South East Water, Australia: Sensor Technology to Manage Sewer Network

South East Water has reinforced its commitment to a healthy and livable Frankston community with a series of sewer management programs designed to minimise the impact of spills on the environment. These include working closely with Frankston City Council to better communicate and manage significant sewer spills, and deploying a sensor technology on the region’s sewer network.

Working with Council allows the organisations to be closely aligned with improved communications to minimise any potential impacts on local waterways, creeks, the beach and the communities who use them, should a significant spill occur.

Responsibilities between the two organisations include:

• coordinating clean-up responses to minimise any impact on the community;
• working together to inform the community of any impacts on beaches or waterways;
• working with key stakeholders to minimise any impacts of a spill;
• maintaining contact throughout spill and clean-up activity, 24 hours a day if necessary.

 South East Water has also started deployment of Advanced BlokAid technology in the Frankston area. Developed by South East Water, the sensor technology is installed at the top of manholes and monitors sewer levels, flow rates and detects corrosive gases. Data is sent in real time to South East Water’s operations team to detect and remove blockages before a spill occurs.

This technology has already helped South East Water detect blockages and prevent potential spills in its network, and is expected to have a positive impact on the Frankston area moving forward.

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• Combined Sewer
• Sewage Treatment
• Technology
• Sensor Systems
• IT
• System Integration
• Data Management
• Water Monitoring
• Remote Sensing & Data Analysis
• Infrastructure Design Software
• Infrastructure
• Civil Engineering
• Condition Assessment
• Intelligent Networks
• Efficiency Improvement
• Infrastructure Management
• Sewer Networks
• Multi-Sensor Pipelines
• Networking Solutions
• Sensorial networks
• GIS & Remote Sensing
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Water Sensitive Design and Planning
• Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT)
• Pipes and Pipelines