InfoSense’s SL-RAT technology has be selected for presentation to the SouthEast TAG 8 (Technology Approval Group Region 8) on the 25th June. The meeting will be located at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center 600 East 4th Street, Charlotte NC 28202.
New Braunfels Gets Proactive On Maintenance And Management
Quote from the Municipal Swer & Water April 2015 Magazine concerning using acoustic inspection technology to prioritize collection system cleaning management:
Pedraza says in prior years, the utility would only clean sewer lines reactively — if there was a problem. Now, equipped with a SL-RAT (Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool) from InfoSense, the utility develops data that indicates where the blockages are. Today, NBU has a team cleaning about 10 percent of the system each year, but it’s not just cleaning for cleaning’s sake. “The cleaning is devoted to the areas that need it,” Pedraza says.
Read the complete article at MSW April 2015: “New Braunfels Gets Proactive On Maintenance And Management”
Paper: Implementation of Acoustic Inspection Technology at the City of Augusta, GA
Implementation of Acoustic Inspection Technology at the City of Augusta, GA was written in conjunction with a presentation given at the NASTT 2015 as a collaboration between InfoSense, Inc. and Augusta Utilities Department.
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Abstract
The City of Augusta, GA manages 1,040 miles of gravity sanitary sewer mains over an area of 280 square miles. In February 2013, they began using the Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool (SL-RAT) to help prioritize cleaning operations. They have since added several devices and have worked toward incorporating the technology into their asset management program.
Currently, the SL-RAT is used by 2 person crews to perform acoustic inspections. The average rate of inspection is approximately 7,500 linear feet per day per crew. Inspection areas are planned out based on tax maps, and then the information obtained from the inspection is used to prioritize cleaning operations. Over 12,000 segments (3 million feet) have been inspected since the program started. Results from these acoustic inspections indicate that even a conservative cleaning policy guided by acoustic inspection would result in a substantial reduction in the amount of cleaning that needs to be performed. Based on these results, cleaning for the segments considered can be reduced anywhere from 60% to 85%.
Use of this device as a preliminary screening tool has resulted in substantial cost savings, while simultaneously reducing the amount of sanitary sewer overflows (SSO’s). Financial impact of using the technology, along with an evaluation of SSO reduction will be discussed. In summary, use of this technology has shown that acoustic inspections can be performed quickly and cheaply, and are an effective tool for asset management.
InfoSense to Present During WERF LIFT Technology Scan Webinar April 15
The Technology Scans webinar will take place on April 15th at noon EDT. The webinar will feature vendor presentations on several collection systems and dewatering technologies which we thought may be of interest to the LIFT Collection Systems Focus Group. Registration is free for WERF subscribers. Click here for more information and to register.
One of the featured technologies:
InfoSense, Inc.’s Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool (SL-RAT®) – The Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool or SL-RAT® provides collection system operators with a practical new tool for focusing camera and cleaning efforts for gravity-fed sanitary sewer lines. The SL-RAT® uses acoustics to provide an overall blockage assessment in less than 3 minutes. Operating costs are typically 1/10th to 1/20th of other cleaning inspection technologies.
SL-RAT Imagine H20 Runner-UP Winner
InfoSense’s SL-RAT acoustic inspection tool for prioritizing wastewater utilities maintenance operations for cleaning is the Imagine H20 runner-up in the growth-stage category. The Imagine H20’s 6th Annual Competition and Accelerator for Water Innovation Businesses focused on Infrastructure Challenge. “A path-to-market program to support emerging and growth-stage water businesses with scalable solutions for water and wastewater infrastructure.”
A Great Partnership
Gareth Hunt, of Select Solutions in Australia, poses with Alex Churchill, COO of InfoSense, at the WWETT Show in Indianapolis.
Infosense Teams with WEF on Platinum Sponsorship for the 2015 Collection Systems Conference
InfoSense, Inc. is pleased to announce that we are the Platinum Sponsor of the 2015 WEF Collections Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio April 20 & 21.
Come see us in Booth #200.
SL-RAT ACE15 Innovation Award Winner
InfoSense is excited to announce we are a ACE15 INNOVATION AWARD WINNER. Our product for acoustically assessing gravity-fed sewer line blockages called the Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool, or SL-RAT®, will be featured in the Innovation Lounge at AWWA’s 2015 Annual Conference and Exposition – ACE15, June 7-10 in Anaheim. The Innovation Lounge is located in booth 669 near the Innovation Session Classroom and the Poster Sessions.
InfoSense to Attend MWEA/AWWA Joint Annual Conference with Heartland Controls
InfoSense will attend the MWEA/AWWA Joint Annual Conference in conjunction with Heartland Controls March 29 to April 1st 2015 in Osage Beach.
InfoSense Presents at the NASTT No Dig Show
InfoSense presented “Implementation of Acoustic Inspection Technology at the City of Augusta” on March 17th, 2015 at 1PM. The presentation was part of the technical program at the NASTT No-Dig Show.
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