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Proof of concept project for SeweX with WA’s Water Corporation

SeweX
Corrosion
Sewer corrosion can severely limit the lifetime of assets and costs millions to repair. Assets can fail well before the expected life of the equipment and costly manual inspection methods can only cover a small fraction of the network each year.
The cost of replacement and maintenance for unexpected issues can be in the millions. Odor issues in the network can be highly disruptive and understanding and managing safety issues related to sulfide and methane generation is a critical issue to most water utilities.
Product features
SeweX identifies sewer corrosion issues before costly and disruptive incidents occur. Dynamic modelling of corrosion risk is translated to provide rapid analysis of the likely cause of corrosion risk that has occurred or is emerging. Alternative operating and control scenarios can then be simulated to identify the best approach for short-term response and long-term asset management.
The cause of odour complaints in the network can be quickly identified, together with analysis of potential dosing approaches to minimise ongoing costs for managing the issue.
Safety risk related to sulfide and methane generation is also easily understood with network-wide mapping of risk.
Developed over 10 years by the University of Queensland and validated around the world.
Over 30 outputs related to water quality and bi-product generation.
Understand risk before serious incidents occur.
Assess the implications of different changes to operations without engaging costly third-party experts.
Inside the product
Market alternatives offer only simple storage and display of monitoring information. SeweX provides rapid understanding of risk as it develops and supports science-based decision making for making the best short-term and long-term decisions for improvement.
Develop cost effective mitigation strategies by determining the optimal chemical dosing design to suit the needs of a particular network.
Identify potential areas of safety risk in the network due to sulfide and methane generation.
Quickly and easily understand the effects of alternative dosing strategies for short and long-term planning.
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Customer service
Operational and design data can be taken from the existing monitoring network or customer systems.
On-site or web-based training is provided to every customer as part of subscription fees. Ongoing support is provided via our 24-hour global support portal, which includes in-house subject experts to guide you in the most efficient use of the system.