Last year, Fort Worth, Texas completed the fourth year of its Fort Worth Interceptor Condition Assessment Program (ICAP), an initiative designed to inspect the entirety of the city’s large-diameter sanitary sewer lines and determine their condition in order to make repairs. By the end of 2014, the city had managed to inspect to about sixty … Continued
Last year, Cranberry Township in Pittsburgh decided to make life easier for itself by using a robot designed by RedZone Robotics to inspect its two mile stretch of main sewer line. Prior to this, the sewer lines hadn’t been checked this effectively. The city used a comparably rudimentary process of tethering a camera to a … Continued
The International Water Management Institute estimates that by the year 2025, just over thirty percent of the world’s population will have to deal with water scarcity, and one of the primary culprits behind it is leaks. It’s estimated that anywhere between twenty to thirty percent of treated water is lost in systems due to this … Continued
The Rancho California Water District (RCWD) based in Southern California serves a varied array of more than 40,000 residential and commercial customers. Last year marked the state’s fourth consecutive year dealing with the ramifications of the drought, forcing the State Water Resources Control Board to devise and implement mandatory measures intended to conserve and reduce … Continued
InfoSense’s SL-RAT Acoustic Pipe Inspection uses sound traveling through the air to mimic water flow through a pipe using an active transmitter. As opposed to existing pipe inspection methods, the acoustic method takes advantage of the simultaneous air and water flow, providing a blockage assessment 10 to 20 times faster than CCTV, without requiring pre-cleaning … Continued
Despite its modern appeal, the City of North Miami Beach was until recently still using traditional manual meter reading and quarterly inspected leak detection service. For two weeks, surveyors were tasked with inspecting all 550 miles of the city’s pipeline system, a necessary but highly laborious and time consuming process despite meeting the necessary system … Continued
Most people recognize Itron as being a well-known metering company for water, gas, and electricity utilities, but the role of its Idea Labs unit as an innovator has turned it into a modern technology and services company processing huge amounts of data into incredibly useful information. Take for example the Itron Riva platform. Utilizing the … Continued
The Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool (SL-RAT) is a highly portable device capable of assessing a sewer line in under three minutes. It is comprised of a Transmitter and Receiver, or TX and RX unit, respectively. The former is responsible for the active acoustic transmission via the pipe while the latter has a microphone and … Continued
Designed to be an economically intelligent solution, the Hach SC200 Universal Controller with Ultrasonic Sensor provides highly accurate measurement levels that combine with a hydraulic structure to deliver permanent scenario flow data. The SC200 flow instrument works exceptionally well in a number of settings, including monitoring effluent and sludge to inlet flow. With support for … Continued
Saline tides and water pollution are two factors affecting the region of Macao’s already limited natural water resources. The region has experienced significant economic growth that’s lead to a strong increase in population and visitors, reinforcing the need to prioritize and protect the region’s natural water resources and boost conservation efforts. The Macao Water Supply … Continued
Cooper City in Florida’s Broward County has a population of about 32,000 people and its wastewater assets comprise about 90 miles of collection system, more than 1,400 manholes, nearly 80 pump and lift stations, and a treatment plant intended for just over four million gallons a day (MGD). The city’s engineer was tasked with overhauling … Continued
We are pleased to announce that we’ve signed a Florida distribution agreement with Smart Earth Technologies (SET). The company has become well known for its SETflow Valve Control Platform for Itron 100W+ modules which consists of a hardware and software platform allowing significantly improved efficiency, convenience and control to utility customers delivering water to its … Continued
