On May 31, 2016, Bloomberg news interviewed Dave Henderson of XPV Water Partners about new technologies that are transforming water and wastewater management. Key among the topics that he discussed was the use of advanced software and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies such as SmartCover Systems™.
With funding growing more scarce and water infrastructures aging, it is critical to leverage these new technologies both to get the most out of existing infrastructures and to better inform capital planning processes going forward. The industry needs answers to the key questions of “How do we keep our water clean?” and “How do we fund repairs and capital projects within tight budgets?”
SmartCover Systems™ helps provide the answers to these key questions.
As Dave Henderson states in the interview, “SmartCover enables you to actually look into the sewer network to see what’s going on. A lot of people talk about the need to spend trillions of dollars on infrastructure but I don’t see governments having that funding. By using smart technologies such as software and Internet of Things we can dramatically lower the costs and actually renew the infrastructure rather than having to replace it.”
Similar to SSO (sanitary system overflow) and CSO (combined system overflow) prevention, SmartCover® continuously monitors the water level within a vault. When the water level rises above the customer predetermined threshold due to water intrusion from rain or through intrusion into conduit, an alarm is sent directly to emergency response personnel. This enables the customer to receive advance notice so that corrective action may be taken.
SmartCover Systems has introduced the Sewer Intelligence® and Smart Sewer® concepts for comprehensive wastewater collection, management monitoring and system deployment.
SmartCover Systems is introducing the Sewer Intelligence® concept for comprehensive wastewater collection and management monitoring. Sewer Intelligence® will coordinate and analyze information collected from all of the SmartCovers® within an agency’s collection system. Sewer Intelligence® can be used as a resource for a variety sanitary sewer collection system needs, including but not limited to:
Predictive Collection System Maintenance
Collection Systems Maintenance Optimization
Inflow and Infiltration Detection
Capital Project Planning
Systemic Problem Mitigation
Capital Project Deferment
Risk Management
Sewer Intelligence® is beneficial to customers with a substantial number SmartCovers® in their system.
Sewer Intelligence® when used with the RAPPORTS™ deployment process provides the ultimate in sewer system optimization.
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