After a recent trial run, Hillsborough County, Florida, is now committed to using newer technologies like focused electrode leak location by Electro Scan (pictured) and the SL-RAT by InfoSense as part of its I&I program.
As the leader of a large and rapidly growing water/wastewater utility, Richard Cummings needs to make sure I&I issues are identified accurately and efficiently, and he needs to make sure those issues are unquestionably solved the first time he has a crew on site.
In this endeavor, he largely credits embracing emerging technologies that can give him quantifiable data about leaks and help take human error out of the equation wherever possible.
Cummings is the director of...
