New monitoring technology from Fluid Conservation Systems can detect rising water levels in sewer systems to reduce the risk of costly and damaging wastewater spills.
RadarSens is an intrinsically safe monitoring system that has been designed to track water levels in the pipes of a sewer network with radar sensing technology. When RadarSens detects rising water, it will issue an alert by email or text message and pinpoint the location so crews can be dispatched to the site to mitigate the chances of a spill occurring.
“Wastewater spills are harmful to the environment and very costly to clean up,” said Beth Powell, president of Fluid Conservation System. “RadarSens is a game-changer for municipal sewer systems by localizing the problem to give managers enough information to send out their crews to fix the problem and reduce the risk of a spill.”
Thanks to this technology that allows for early detection of possible issues, officials at municipal sewer systems can better allocate their workers’ time, budget, and other resources while avoiding a spill that could result in pollution, fines, and service outages.
“Without the monitoring made possible by RadarSens, the managers at sewer systems are left to guess where to deploy their crews,” Powell said. “RadarSens helps them make their resources go as far as possible.”
RadarSens devices are battery-powered and easily installed within 30 minutes in a manhole. They are available with various stainless-steel, non-drill brace bars or conventional wall brackets. Sensors are connected through BlueTooth technology, which allows sewer system data to be uploaded and accessed remotely.
Through the Fluid Conservation Systems Deployment app, sewer managers can view the levels on a color-coded graph that is updated daily from the data the sensors collect.
RadarSens is a cost-effective and long-term solution for both large and small wastewater companies in the United States. In the U.S., the average age of a sewer pipe is 45 years old, and it runs at 81% of its capacity
“Municipal systems have been degrading because they do not have enough money to run at the level they should be,” Powell said. “Plants are overwhelmed. Their pipes are getting older, the fittings are getting worse, and there are more and more leaks. The systems cannot increase their rates to raise the capital they need to upgrade to modernize their systems. Our product fills that gap.
RadarSens is one of the wastewater products from Fluid Conservation Systems, which was founded in 1978 and has begun reinvesting in the U.S. market. It is owned by Halma, a British global group of safety equipment companies that makes products for hazard detection and life protection
