There is a version of sewer management that feels familiar to most utilities: respond to a blockage, clean the line, move on. Respond to an overflow, document it, repair what failed, move on. The cycle repeats, the backlog grows, and the system deteriorates faster than the maintenance program can address it. Continue Reading From Reactive to Proactive: Building a Collection System Program That Drives SSOs Down Year Over Year

No prevention program eliminates the possibility of a sanitary sewer overflow. Pipe failures, extreme weather, blockages from illegal dumping, and equipment malfunctions occur even in well-maintained systems. As the first blog in this series laid out, the relevant question for a utility is not whether an SSO could happen. It is whether the organization is prepared to respond when one does. Continue Reading SSO Emergency Response: What Separates a Compliant Reaction From an Effective One

New connection between ITpipes and Novotx Elements XS gives wastewater and stormwater agencies a direct path from field condition data to maintenance, rehabilitation, and long-term capital planning. Continue Reading ITpipes and Novotx Launch Integration Connecting Pipe Inspection Data to Enterprise Asset and Capital Planning

Most sewer systems go unnoticed until something goes wrong. The infrastructure runs underground, the maintenance happens quietly, and the public rarely thinks about where wastewater goes once it leaves a building. Continue Reading Sanitary Sewer Overflows: What They Cost, What Causes Them, and Where Your Next One Is Hiding

The end of a consent decree is a milestone worth acknowledging. Reaching that point represents years of disciplined execution, significant capital investment, and organizational change that did not come easily. For many organizations, it marks the conclusion of a period of intense regulatory scrutiny. Continue Reading After the Consent Decree Is Lifted: How to Ensure Your Improvements Make a Lasting Impact

A consent decree changes what is expected of an organization overnight. Reporting timelines tighten. Documentation requirements expand. Every maintenance decision, capital investment, and operational change becomes subject to regulatory scrutiny. For organizations still operating on fragmented data and manual workflows, that shift can feel impossible to manage. Continue Reading The Infrastructure of Compliance: Building the Systems That Make a Consent Decree Manageable

ITpipes’ SmartVision technology combines FieldVision for capturing high-quality CCTV inspections in the field and CoreVision for managing, reviewing, and reporting inspection results, providing sewer and stormwater utilities with clean, organized, accurate and reliable inspection data. Info360 Asset uses that inspection data to support condition scoring, risk evaluation, deterioration modeling, and rehabilitation planning.

When these systems are connected, inspection findings directly inform how assets are prioritized and funded. Each capital recommendation can be traced back to specific inspection evidence and risk drivers. This reduces reliance on assumptions and helps ensure that capital plans reflect the actual state of the system. Continue Reading From CCTV Inspections to Confident Capital Plans: Introducing the AutoDesk Info360 Asset + ITpipes SmartVision Integration