“This is a competitive differentiator for us,” Dawson says. “flowworks has allowed our engineers to become much more efficient in generating these I&I analyses.” He added that his engineering time on flow monitoring studies has decreased by an “average of 25% with the flowworks i&i analysis tool, and up to 50% on larger projects involving 20 or more meters.”
PROBLEM:
Since its inception, New Jersey-based CSL Services has logged over 2 million-meter days and established itself as one of the leading flow monitoring and pipeline inspection companies in the United States. Its flow studies typically last from 60 days to six months and can use as many as 50 or more flowmeters. The company needed a tool for its engineers to become more efficient in generating analyses from these studies to avoid manually loading I&I data into Excel spreadsheet templates.
SOLUTION:
Bill Dawson, vice president of CSL Services, discovered the infinittii flowworks i&i analysis tool. The feature set includes an automated dry weather pattern generator and an automated storm event group finder for faster, more accurate analysis. An RDII (rainfall-derived inflow and infiltration) chart provides a powerful, quantitative view of the collection system’s wet weather response. A correlation report provides a linear regression between rainfall and RDII to assist in forecasting wet weather impacts on the collection system. With the tool, Dawson’s engineers can export both graphs and the underlying data to include into a report.
RESULT:
“This is a competitive differentiator for us,” Dawson says. “flowworks has allowed our engineers to become much more efficient in generating these I&I analyses.” He added that his engineering time on flow monitoring studies has decreased by an “average of 25% with the flowworks i&i analysis tool, and up to 50% on larger projects involving 20 or more meters.”
(This case study was originally published in the Fall 2022 I&I supplement to MS&W Magazine.)
About infinitii ai
Trusted since 2014 to provide environmental monitoring to many of the largest water infrastructure utilities in the U.S. and Canada, infinitii ai (formerly Carl Data Solutions Inc.) has evolved into a leader in AI-driven predictive analytics for industrial and Smart City infrastructure applications that rely on time-series data. The company serves customers via a trusted partner network that includes engineering and IT services companies like AECOM, Core & Main, Kerr Wood Leidal, K2 Geospatial and CSL Services.
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