Sensus (Xylem) Case Studies City of Lakeland Improves Flood Prevention Capabilities with IoT Technology

	City of Lakeland Improves Flood Prevention Capabilities with IoT Technology Sensus (Xylem)

City of Lakeland Improves Flood Prevention Capabilities with IoT Technology

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems Networks & Connectivity - Gateways Sensors - Flow Meters Sensors - Level Sensors
Applicable Industries	Cities & Municipalities
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Leakage & Flood Monitoring
Challenge	For scientists at the City of Lakeland, Florida, manually monitoring lake levels to prevent flooding is a time-consuming, resource-draining task, especially during the nearly four-month rainy season. “Maintaining balanced water levels is critical to avoid flooding in residential areas and conserve enough water for the dry season,” said Laurie Smith, manager of the City of Lakeland’s Lakes and Stormwater Division. “Our technician has to drive back and forth between 11 lakes and make sure the levels don’t get too high.” Read More
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Customer Name	City of Lakeland Read More
Solution	The city’s staff knew they needed a better way to monitor water levels, and turned to Sensus, a Xylem brand, to make this goal a reality using innovative Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology. Offering unprecedented capabilities for advanced connectivity, IoT has municipalities and communities rethinking the potential for using existing and future investments in technology–such as the FlexNet®communication network–to improve the lives of the citizens they serve. A long-time Sensus customer, the Lakeland team leveraged their investment in the FlexNet system to create remote water monitoring stations at two lakes using the Sensus® Smart Gateway sensor interface. “Our FlexNet system had all we needed to build a remote monitoring solution, allowing us to reap tremendous cost savings from not having to implement new infrastructure,” said Smith. With Smart Gateway and the FlexNet system, the City of Lakeland’s scientists are now able to collect water level data remotely in real time. Technicians can identify when lakes are at risk for flooding and drive directly to the affected lakes to open or close the installed flood control structures, saving time and operational costs. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Water Flow Rate, Water Level Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Networks & Connectivity - Gateways

Sensors - Flow Meters

Sensors - Level Sensors

Applicable Industries

Cities & Municipalities

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Leakage & Flood Monitoring

Challenge

For scientists at the City of Lakeland, Florida, manually monitoring lake levels to prevent flooding is a time-consuming, resource-draining task, especially during the nearly four-month rainy season.

“Maintaining balanced water levels is critical to avoid flooding in residential areas and conserve enough water for the dry season,” said Laurie Smith, manager of the City of Lakeland’s Lakes and Stormwater Division. “Our technician has to drive back and forth between 11 lakes and make sure the levels don’t get too high.”

About Customer

Customer Name

City of Lakeland

Solution

The city’s staff knew they needed a better way to monitor water levels, and turned to Sensus, a Xylem brand, to make this goal a reality using innovative Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology. Offering unprecedented capabilities for advanced connectivity, IoT has municipalities and communities rethinking the potential for using existing and future investments in technology–such as the FlexNet®communication network–to improve the lives of the citizens they serve.

A long-time Sensus customer, the Lakeland team leveraged their investment in the FlexNet system to create remote water monitoring stations at two lakes using the Sensus® Smart Gateway sensor interface.

“Our FlexNet system had all we needed to build a remote monitoring solution, allowing us to reap tremendous cost savings from not having to implement new infrastructure,” said Smith.

With Smart Gateway and the FlexNet system, the City of Lakeland’s scientists are now able to collect water level data remotely in real time. Technicians can identify when lakes are at risk for flooding and drive directly to the affected lakes to open or close the installed flood control structures, saving time and operational costs.

Data Collected

Water Flow Rate, Water Level

Impact #1	[Efficiency Improvement - Operation] The monitoring process used to take up the majority of technician time during the work week, but now that time has been reduced dramatically.

Impact #1

[Efficiency Improvement - Operation]
The monitoring process used to take up the majority of technician time during the work week, but now that time has been reduced dramatically.

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City of Lakeland Improves Flood Prevention Capabilities with IoT Technology

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