ADS Technologies Reduce Cleaning Costs and Prevent Spills

ADS Technologies Reduce Cleaning Costs and Prevent Spills

A large Florida utility responsible for a sewer collection system handling more than 80 million gallons of wastewater daily has significantly improved their cleaning process and reduced costs with ADS® solutions.  

Their previous cleaning process included scheduled maintenance and frequent cleaning of over 100 ‘hot spots.’ Some disadvantages to this process include: 

  • High staff costs 
  • Inefficient use of staff resources 
  • Unnecessary cleaning of sites that don’t need cleaning 

The utility selected ADS ECHO™ level monitors to gain greater sewer intelligence as an alternative to their previous collection methods. Over a two-year period, the utility installed over 100 ECHO units throughout the collection system. The ECHO monitoring units in conjunction with ADS machine learning blockage PREDICT™ software enable utility staff to proactively identify potential blockages and prevent SSOs.  

The utility was able to reduce work orders by 35% and save over $100,000 in 2021. With new ADS technology in place, they prevented 10 likely SSOs.  

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  1. […] A new case study published by ADS (see attached) discusses how a large community-owned utility in Florida – one of the largest systems in the United States – is using ADS to optimize its sewer cleaning program, including a focus on 100 “hot spots” that have a history of needing more frequent cleaning because of blockages. With more than 3,900 miles of wastewater collection lines, over 1,300 pumping stations, and eleven wastewater treatment plants, the system handles more than 80 million gallons of wastewater every day. Using ECHO flow monitors connected through cellular network to cloud-based PRISM™ software, the utility reduced its work order volume by 35 percent. Learn more. […]

  2. […] A new case study published by ADS (see attached) discusses how a large community-owned utility in Florida – one of the largest systems in the United States – is using ADS to optimize its sewer cleaning program, including a focus on 100 “hot spots” that have a history of needing more frequent cleaning because of blockages. With more than 3,900 miles of wastewater collection lines, over 1,300 pumping stations, and eleven wastewater treatment plants, the system handles more than 80 million gallons of wastewater every day. Using ECHO flow monitors connected through cellular network to cloud-based PRISM™ software, the utility reduced its work order volume by 35 percent. Learn more. […]

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