Sensors to monitor city sewage system
Scientists at Purdue and Notre Dame Universities say they’re developing a sensor network to prevent city sewage from flowing into waterways during storms.
The researchers are working with EmNet LLC on a wireless sensor network for the city of South Bend, Ind., using 105 manhole-mounted sensors and “smart valves” to automatically hold back storm surges of rainwater and sewage until the storm has passed.
“To our knowledge, this monitoring system will be the first of its kind in the world because it will be the largest wireless sensor network in a permanent, industrial setting,” said Luis Montestruque of EmNet.
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