As per the contract, valued at CNY15.8m ($2.4m), Tri-Tech will set up flash flood monitoring and forecasting systems in the four counties of Xingtai and Baoding City in Hebei Province, and the districts of Changping, Yanqing and Pinggu, in Beijing City.

Each system includes an information collection sub-system, an early warning sub-system and an information dissemination platform.

The project involves production of certain equipment, procurement of other equipment, software development, integration and installation of the system and after-sales service.

All the flash flood early warning projects are expected to be completed at different points in time from late September to late December 2011.

China-based Tri-Tech provides turn-key solutions for the water resources, water and wastewater treatment, industrial safety and pollution control markets.