Case Studies
TWO YEARS AND COUNTING: THE AFC SEMPER RPM OFFERS AQUA INSIGHT INTO PRESSURE TRANSIENTS
It’s been more than two years since Aqua Pennsylvania began using an eye-opening technology, the AMERICAN Flow Control SEMPER Remote Pressure Monitor (RPM), to identify pressure transients and reduce main breaks and non-revenue water. Aqua Pennsylvania provides water to more than 1.4 million residents across the state and maintains more than 4,500 miles of pipeline.
AFC SEMPER® REMOTE PRESSURE MONITORS PROVIDE REAL-TIME INSIGHT TO MIAMI BEACH WATER
Over the past year, the Water Division of the city of Miami Beach, Florida, has seen its use of AMERICAN Flow Control SEMPER® Remote Pressure Monitors (RPM) grow. The Water Division initially purchased five units in early 2021. Three more AFC SEMPER RPMs were added a few months later and two more units were purchased in March 2022.
AMERICAN FLOW CONTROL SEMPER® RPM PROVIDES CRITICAL HELP FOR BIRMINGHAM WATER WORKS
In October 2021, the Birmingham Water Works (BWW) in Birmingham, Alabama, discovered a broken 16-inch water main in one of its city centers that supplied water to several businesses and hospitals. The break was found after one hospital reported a low-pressure issue, and the BWW responded quickly to repair the broken water line and restore pressure.
AFC SEMPER® RPM AIDS LOUISIANA WATER UTILITY AFTER HURRICANE IDA STRIKES
It was just before noon on August 29, 2021, when Hurricane Ida made landfall on the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 hurricane. But for the Lafourche Parish Water District in Lockport, Louisiana, preparations had been underway for days.
AFC SEMPER®RPM USED TO STUDY NEW FAIRFIELD, CALIFORNIA TRANSMISSION LINE
In March 2021, the city of Fairfield, California’s Water Division was tasked with commissioning a new 36-inch Cross Town Transmission Line (CTTL). The CTTL will enhance the already robust distribution system and better serve the water needs of the Water Division’s 33,000 customers. This new CTTL, however, will change the dynamics of the city’s current distribution system.
AMERICAN FLOW CONTROL’S SEMPER® RPM WITH “LIFT AND SHIFT” CAPABILITY HELPS LOWCOUNTRY REGIONAL WATER RESOLVE SYSTEM PRESSURE ISSUES
In the summer of 2020, the Lowcountry Regional Water System in Hampton, South Carolina, had a customer located in an industrial park report a low water pressure issue. The company was a commercial laundry that served the hospitality industry and provided linens to hotels around the Hilton Head area.
AFC SEMPER® RPM: TOPSFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT’S ANSWER FOR IDENTIFYING WATER HAMMER AND OTHER SYSTEM PRESSURE ISSUES
For any water system, water hammer, also known as pressure transients, pose significant threats, from leaking joints to service connection failures and even pipes that burst. The damages resulting from these events can be costly to repair and leave customers without water.
AFC SEMPER® RPM’S “LIFT AND SHIFT” ABILITY SHINES IN FORSYTH COUNTY, GEORGIA
The Forsyth County, Georgia, Department of Water and Sewer deployed the AMERICAN Flow Control SEMPER® Remote Pressure Monitor (RPM) more than a year ago and has seen numerous advantages. But the AFC SEMPER’s ability to move from one system asset to another, “Lift and Shift,” is among the greatest.