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Demonstration of Innovative Sewer System Inspection Technology SewerBatt
Citation:
Murray, Dan, S. Panguluri, G. Skipper, AND S. Donovan. Demonstration of Innovative Sewer System Inspection Technology SewerBatt. U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-14/081, 2014.
Impact/Purpose:
To report the findings of a demonstration project that evaluated an acoustic sewer inspection technology, SewerBatt.
Description:
The overall objective of this EPA-funded study was to demonstrate innovative a sewer line assessment technology that is designed for rapid deployment using portable equipment. This study focused on demonstration of a technology that is suitable for smaller diameter pipes (less than 12-inch diameter). The recently developed and commercially-available acoustic-based sewer pipe assessment technology demonstrated during this study was the SewerBattTM manufactured by Acoustic Sensing Technology LTD (ASTL), based in the United Kingdom. The results of this demonstration of the SewerBatt show promise for the application of this technology as a tool for cost-effective, pre-cleaning assessment, post-cleaning quality assurance and quick condition assessment screening. The application of this technology in an overall collection system O&M program should enable wastewater utilities to optimize their sewer cleaning efforts and free up valuable resources to more effectively implement critical CMOM and asset management programs. Also, with further development, SewerBatt has the potential to provide very useful sewer defect identification and location capability.