Where there’s a pump, operators need some means of control and monitoring. Digital technology makes it possible to create smaller yet more sophisticated control systems.MultiTrode, based in Boca Raton, Fla., has developed the MultiSmart Pump Station Manager, an electronic control system for monitoring and controlling individual pump stations. The company also provides PumpView Web-based software for remote control of a utility’s entire system of pump stations.On Oct. 17, Travis Walker of the Beaver Dam municipal wastewater utility demonstrated the functions of the city’s MultiSmart manager installed on one of the city’s 13 sewer system lift stations. On Sept. 28, Aaron
