Data From Multiple Sensors Helps South Bend Set Sewer Maintenance Priorities and Minimize CSOs

An array of sensors in the combined sewers help the South Bend Wastewater Department keep the system flowing smoothly and prevent sewer overflows.

Data From Multiple Sensors Helps South Bend Set Sewer Maintenance Priorities and Minimize CSOs

This root ball pulled from a South Bend sewer was named “The Blob” because it appeared to be trying to eat a worker’s foot.

Richard Radcliff loves his numbers.

“As a civil engineer, I’m all about measurement,” says Radcliff, combined sewer overflow operations manager for the South Bend (Indiana) Wastewater Department.

The numbers generated by a network of sensors (CSONet, hosted by Xylem Vue)...

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