This root ball pulled from a South Bend sewer was named “The Blob” because it appeared to be trying to eat a worker’s foot.
Richard Radcliff loves his numbers.
“As a civil engineer, I’m all about measurement,” says Radcliff, combined sewer overflow operations manager for the South Bend (Indiana) Wastewater Department.
The numbers generated by a network of sensors (CSONet, hosted by Xylem Vue) on the collection system, along with data visualization tools developed by South Bend and EmNet, enable Radcliff to see trends and spot issues before they become problems. As a result, dry-weather...
