With a time-based maintenance program, Little Rock (Arkansas) Water Reclamation Authority annually serviced 40% of its small-diameter collections system using high-cost resources such as CCTV or cleaning.
In January 2017, Little Rock started using the Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool (SL-RAT) to rapidly screen 100% of its small-diameter pipes for blockages on an annual basis at low cost. They focused high-cost resources on the 20% of the system that was determined to have blockages through acoustic screening.
By using acoustic technology to screen before cleaning, Little Rock cleaned 32% fewer linear feet but increased cubic debris removed by 116% in 2017. By 2018, the city reduced sanitary sewer overflows by approximately two-thirds without hiring any additional personnel.
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