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The Grand River in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was in bad shape years ago from sewer overflows caused by excess inflow and infiltration. A robust network of flow meters and rain gauges analyzed by a BLU-X Intelligent Urban Watershed platform has helped clean up the problems.
By using sensors to collect real-time data about the performance of sanitary sewers and a specialized software program to analyze the intel, the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, avoided an estimated $1 billion worth of system upgrades that reports indicated would be needed to ensure...