Monitoring system prevents sewer spillProblemA sewer in West Covina, Calif., overflowed occasionally. Operators needed a way to monitor the level and receive...
Entries Tagged Flow Control/Monitoring
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Water System Maintenance and Infrastructure
Hydrant and valve inspectorThe Flow Control Hydrant and Valve Inspector by Trimble from AMERICAN puts hydrant and valve maintenance and recordkeeping in...
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Eyes On Flow
The general public and regulatory agencies have grown more sensitive to sanitary sewer spills. In states like California, where sewer system management...
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Tunnel Vision
Combined sewer overflows were once a regular headache for the wastewater treatment operators and the residents living around Narragansett Bay in Rhode...
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A Quick Qstart
Flow monitors are critical tools for overseeing both sewer collection and water distribution systems, and successful interaction requires software that is reliable...
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A Better Way to Model
Imagine you are building your dream house on a lake. To protect your investment from flooding, you hire an engineer to tell...
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All Flowing Together
Akey challenge in sanitary sewer flow monitoring has been turning flow information from multiple field devices in scattered locations into readily actionable...
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Overflow Solution
The city of Pottsville in Schuylkill County, Pa., faced a serious problem with wastewater overflows, caused in part by the design of...
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Above the Fray
The Big Bear Area Regional Wastewater Agency in Big Bear City, Calif., had capacity issues where its sanitary sewers turned 90 degrees....
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The Battle of New Orleans
While Hurricane Katrina fades into the country’s memory, its aftermath is a daily reality for the Sewerage and Water Board of New...
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Level Headed
The Lowell (Mass.) Regional Wastewater Utility sewer separation program and remote gate control system upgrades had significantly reduced combined sewer overflows (CSOs)...
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Knowing the Flows
State-of-the-art flow monitoring technology is a key to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission’s effort to manage and eliminate sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs),...



















