Infrasync Technology Services

Technology vs. People What has had a greater effect on our quality of life and solving water challenges? See the justification in our new Infrasync newsletter. We look at real-world examples of tech solutions and human ingenuity tackling water issues. Spoiler: It's not either/or. What's your take? Is your utility leaning more on tech or people to solve water challenges? #WaterTechnology #UtilityManagement #Innovation https://lnkd.in/gZQFJZHM

“About 70 percent of utilities inspected by federal officials over the last year violated standards meant to prevent breaches or other intrusions” - The EPA See insights from 3 water system hacks and ways to protect your utility. https://lnkd.in/gVRmUiSe

EPA reports over 20,000 drinking water and 50,000 wastewater permit violations a year or about 2% of our systems have serious quality issues. This may not sound like a lot in % but it can be huge in lives impacted. There is hope! Using modern technology such as sensors and machine learning software utilities are able to get more of their plants then ever before. Cuxhaven Germany - used machine learning to improve energy usage by 30%. El Paso Texas - Is doing more reuse and using sensors and software to find contaminants BEFORE they hit the treatment plant. Yorkshire Water United Kingdom - Is using embedded sensors to detect faults in giant screw pumps before failure. https://lnkd.in/gPyFKNSb 

What happened last week in water? Prehaps the biggest challenge since lead and copper service lines. The removal of PFAS and other chemicals is now required by all utilites. https://lnkd.in/gWfWDhdg

Infrasync Newsletter #9 - Save Water Save The Grid It’s estimated that the US uses around 13% of its energy on water related activity. Of that 13% the largest users is finished water pumping at 67% and wastewater aeration at 52%. Many utilities are working to improve their energy efficiency through smart water projects. How exactly are they doing that? https://lnkd.in/g5SkHwCr

Infrasync Newsletter #6 - Is your water plant ready for AI? Are you ready for AI at your water plant? Do you want to be? 3 minute read to start getting ready! https://lnkd.in/gfxbi9C8

Infrasync Newsletter #5 - How to Actually Evaluate the ROI of New Utility Technology "For a new technology what is the ability for reducing that risk of failure? 10% reduction? 90% reduction? And what is the cost? Once you list out the options, the risk reductions, and the costs it makes it much easier to make good decisions... #smartutility #risk #roi https://lnkd.in/gxnrhSBi

The grey wave has already arrived in the water space and its impact is already up close in the water space. Once these people leave the industry and retire, they typically take decades of institutional knowledge with them. Something as simple as knowing exactly where that hidden water valve is under the pavement can make a big difference during a pipeline break. https://lnkd.in/g4H2prBi

You need a utility technology framework in place. The framework includes multiple components (Equipment, Software, and Services) and the utility’s existing system (People, Processes,  Infrastructure). Each component works together to enable the utility to achieve their goals to monitor and operate their systems using today’s information, not yesterdays. Red more in this weeks Infrasync Technology Services Newsletter. https://lnkd.in/gQQYzuB9

How is your team using using AI Chat agents? What helps us out is to take years of data such as city council meetings and use that to help the AI Chat agent with content. See below for an example using City of Houston 5 years of council minutes and training the model on that. Now if someone on the team wants to know more about the Northeast Water Purification Plant, the largest water plant under construction in the world! They can ask here for the history, current contracts, goals, etc. about the project. Pretty helpful!