InfoSense is excited to announce that our Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool or SL-RAT product has been named a winner of the 2012 WEF Innovative Technology Award.   The stringent award criteria require products to “demonstrate an innovative aspect utilizing new ideas” as well as “demonstrate a significant achievement in design, operation, maintenance or process change resulting in demonstrated long-term water quality improvement”, and to have been in field use for one to five years.

Dr. Ivan Howitt, the inventor of the SL-RAT technology commented “this award shows that InfoSense’s acoustic inspection technology is being embraced by the water industry.  And, it is gratifying to be recognized by WEF for the Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool’s ability to solve the real-world problems of better assessing aging pipe infrastructure, efficiently directing cleaning resources, and ultimately reducing SSO’s.”   

2012 WEFTEC EVENTS

Please stop by our Booth #1156, Hall B at WEFTEC in New Orleans – October 1st to October 3rd, 2012.

Or, stop by the Innovation Pavilion to learn more about our technology at the show – visit  http://www.weftec.org/Innovation/

You can also attend one of several presentations during WEFTEC:

WEF Innovative Technology Award Showcase, Innovation Pavilion
Booth #1957 | Hall C – 10/1/2012 3:30-5:00pm
“Active Acoustic Methods for Performing Blockage Assessments in Sanitary Sewer Lines”

Session 114. O&M of Collection Systems
Exhibit Hall Meeting Room B – 10/3/2012 1:30-3:00pm
“Rethinking Collection System Cleaning Using Acoustic Inspection”
(joint presentation from InfoSense and Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities)

Exhibitor Showcase: Technical Advances
Exhibit Hall Meeting Room C – 10/3/2012 1:30-4:00pm
“Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool (SL-RAT): How to Inspect a Sewer Line in 3 Minutes or Less” (2:15-2:30pm)

About InfoSense

We are a technology company formed in 2007 as a spin out from UNC Charlotte.  Our product portfolio is focused on innovative acoustic inspection technologies for conducting pipe blockage assessments.

About WEF

Formed in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with 36,000 individual members and 75 affiliated Member Associations representing water quality professionals around the world.

InfoSense’s COO Alex Churchill presented “Rapid, Non‐intrusive Pipe Evaluations Using Acoustical Techniques.”  He was one of the four presenters addressing methods for Combating Common Collection Systems Issues at the Water Environment Association of South Carolina (WEASC) Catawba District Meeting held July 19, 2012 at the Carolina Lakes Country Club.

InfoSense’s President and Co-Founder Ivan Howitt presented the paper Reducing Sewer Line Cleaning Costs Through  Use of Acoustic Inspection at the 2012 Georgia Association of Water Professionals (GAWP) Conference held in Savannah, GA July 15-18, 2012.

InfoSense’s President and Co-Founder Ivan Howitt presented the paper – Acoustic Inspection of Sanitary Sewer Lines at the 2012 Kentucky-Tennessee Water Professionals Conference (KY-TN WPC) held in Memphis TN July 8-12, 2012.

We had over 100 people stop by our booth on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to learn about how acoustic pipe inspection could benefit their communities. Thanks to all of you – we look forward to seeing you soon as we are out doing demos in your areas.

And The WINNER Is…
Winner of our NCRWA drawing for a $100 Amazon gift card was Terry Mitchell from the City of High Point. Congratulations! Thanks for stopping by.

InfoSense Inc at the NCRWA Trade Show

A team of two inspectors showed a South Carolina military installation the meaning of the words “Rapid Assessment” last week. The team, using the InfoSense SL-RAT tool, acoustically inspected 8,000 feet of gravity-fed sewer lines for blockages and full pipe sags between 9am and 2pm.

Our onsite assessment found 1600 feet of pipe that needs to be cleaned in 4 segments – avoiding the cleaning of 22 segments or 6400 feet!

Acoustic Inspection Measurement Campaign

10’ Segment – Acoustic Measurement

Be sure to stop by Booth #90 at the North Carolina Rural Water Association Conference in Greensboro, NC (May 15-17) for a chance to win a $100 Amazon.com gift card!

InfoSense’s Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool (SL-RAT) is a patented acoustic inspection device used to make blockage assessments of sanitary sewer lines in 3 minutes or less.

We look forward to seeing you at the conference!

We are excited to announce that InfoSense has won $10k as the New Energy & High Tech category winner in the Charlotte Venture Challenge (formerly Five Ventures).  Our team secured a coveted top 5 finish out of 117 companies.  The judging panel consisted of seasoned Angel and Venture Capital investors from throughout North Carolina.

Our patented acoustic inspection technology can drastically improve pipe inspection and pipe condition assessment.  Our  initial application for the technology is through our Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool or SL-RAT™ for the wastewater collection industry.

For more information on the Charlotte Venture Challenge go to:  http://charlotteventurechallenge.com/2012/04/25/2012-charlotte-venture-challenge-winners/

Please visit us in Booth #401 at the North Carolina AWWA-WEA Spring Conference Wilmington Convention Center – Wilmington, NC.  We will be showcasing our SL-RAT™ device and the acoustic pipe inspection method that underlies its success.

At the conference, we will be presenting a joint paper with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities “Rethinking Collection System Cleaning Using Acoustic Inspection” during the Wastewater Session on Tuesday April 17, 2012, 11:50 am – 12:20 pm.

The show runs from April 15-17, 2012.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Thanks to all attendees who stopped by our booth – many enjoyable interactions.  We look forward to seeing you next year – if not sooner!

InfoSense IPOD Nano Drawing at the South Carolina Environmental Conference

South Carolina Environmental Conference Trade Show Discussions