BACKGROUND

The Klamath Falls South Suburban Sanitary District (SSSD) includes roughly 10 square miles and serves a population of approximately 25,000 people in more than 7,500 households and businesses.

SSSD owns and maintains more than 100 miles of sewer pipe and more than 1,000 manholes. Most of the sewer mains were installed in the 1960s and 1970s and are comprised of asbestos cement (AC) pipe.

The sewer pipe size depends on how much wastewater needs to be carried. The sewer pipe varies between 6-inches and 36-inches in diameter. Most of the larger pipe is reinforced concrete pipe (RCP).

SUMMARY

“Monitoring remote locations with SmartCover is key in our efforts to identify and combat I&I,” states Mike Fritschi, District Manager.

Using SmartCover allowed Klamath Falls SSSD to quickly expand and improve I&I monitoring processes at a much lower cost than the alternatives.

Deployment was quick and easy because no confined entry was required, which allowed them to get up and running fast without a lot of wasted staff time. They also get the benefit of real time monitoring and alerts in more locations.

In addition, SmartCover tech support staff even tailored special software for aggregating flow information from multiple locations, thereby improving flexibility to analyze relationships between sites and to better understand the dynamics within the sub-basin.

Looking forward, it is anticipated that ROI on the first round of SmartCover deployment will yield better information on I&I and provide a more refined capital improvement decision making process, while also controlling costs and optimizing usage of valuable staff and resources.

As Klamath Falls SSSD continues to monitor the results, the deployment flexibility of SmartCover allows a smooth transition to support reallocation of existing units and/or expansion of the overall footprint to define additional sub-basins.

Interested in finding out how our SmartCover solutions can work for you? Reach out to sales@smartcoversystems.com or call (855) 291-1980.