Each sensor we add improves the model for every other site. National gauges cost tens of thousands of francs and sit on major rivers. Ours are cheap enough to put into creeks, where the water starts.

MEASURE

Sensors record water temperature, water level and turbidity in rivers and creeks. With site calibration, turbidity readings convert into suspended sediment concentration.

CONNECT

Readings are sent every five minutes over low-power radio and satellite, creating a continuous record even at remote sites.

PREDICT

Customers view live data and receive threshold alerts. Machine-learning models combine those readings with weather-radar data to predict when and where a flash flood will arrive.

The sky has live radar. Rivers don't.

Weather radar shows where rain is falling. Government gauges measure major rivers.

The smaller rivers and creeks where flash floods and sediment waves begin remain largely unmeasured.

$43 BILLION

Damage from the 2021 EU floods, where debris raised water levels 2m+ above forecasts.

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Weather radar shows where rain falls. It does not show how each creek will respond.

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Government gauges measure major rivers. Most smaller streams remain unmonitored.

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In June 2024, 80 millimetres of rain fell on the Misox valley in two hours. There was no special weather warning. Six hydropower plants were damaged; one was clearing mud from its tunnel for months.

55 PAYING CUSTOMERS.
122 SENSORS DEPLOYED.

THREE OF SWITZERLAND’S LARGEST ENERGY UTILITIES.

50 RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATIONS,

FROM PATAGONIA TO JAPAN.

THREE OF SWITZERLAND’S LARGEST ENERGY UTILITIES. 50 RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATIONS, FROM PATAGONIA TO JAPAN.

Sediment monitoring for hydropower operations

Continuous monitoring at alpine and remote sites

Flash-flood monitoring in small catchments

Monitoring small streams and intermittent channels

Sediment monitoring during peak-flow and flushing

Live data and threshold alerts for field operations

BUILT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WORK CLOSEST TO WATER. WE SHOW WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW AND WHAT IS COMING NEXT.

RIVER RADAR FOR
HYDROPOWER

Riverkin tracks water and sediment before it reaches hydropower infrastructure, giving operators time to close inlets or divert water, protect turbines and pull crews out of the riverbed.

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RIVER RADAR FOR
FIRST RESPONDERS

Riverkin predicts when and where heavy rain will cause flooding at a risk point, giving teams time to evacuate before the water arrives. Or time to deploy barriers and divert water and protect their assets.

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WATER AND SEDIMENT MONITORING FOR RESEARCH

Riverkin records water temperature, pressure and turbidity every five minutes, with remote data access for hard-to-reach sites. Site-specific calibration provides suspended sediment concentration. Sensors from CHF 2’000.

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FROM ETH ZURICH TO RIVERS AROUND THE WORLD.

Riverkin was founded by a hydrologist who spent four years measuring alpine rivers and published the peer-reviewed research behind the sensor. Today the technology runs in the field for energy utilities, fire brigades and research institutions on four continents.

SUPPORTED BY

River monitoring device installed among rocks in a flowing stream beneath a bridge.

Sensor placed along a riverbank measuring freshwater conditions in a natural landscape.

About the Migros Pioneer Fund

The Migros Pioneer Fund supports sustainable solutions for societal challenges with the goal of initiating systemic change towards a future-oriented society. The impact-oriented funding approach combines financial support with active funding and risk management. The fund is part of the social commitment of the Migros Group and has an annual budget of approximately CHF 15 million. The Migros Pioneer Fund is supported by companies such as Denner, Migros Bank, Migrol, migrolino and Ex Libris.

More information: www.migros-pionierfonds.ch

WE PREDICT WHERE

WATER GOES NEXT.

FROM RIVER SIGNALS TO LIVE DATA AND EARLY WARNING.