You don't need a five-year plan. You need one basin.
Smart Sewers is built to start small. One basin. One rain event. Clear results before the next budget cycle. Here's how a community goes from problem to pilot to program.
From "we have a problem" to "we have data" in 30 days.
Pick the worst basin you have
Choose the basin you can't explain. The one that overflows first. The one with mystery flow. The one your council keeps asking about. We'll start there — and the data will speak for itself.
Deploy sensors at the manholes
Smart Sewers sensors deploy in minutes, not weeks. No confined space entry. No flow meter mobilization. Cellular data starts streaming the moment the lid closes.
Wait for one rain event
That's all we need. One storm, captured across dense sensor coverage, will tell us which 3–4 manholes drive the basin's wet-weather response. Most utilities have never seen their system this clearly.
Get an answer, not a binder
You receive a one-page summary, a basin map with the hotspots circled, and a cost-impact estimate. If the data doesn't show you something useful, you don't pay. That's the offer.
The Smart Sewers Founding Utilities Committee.
A working group of utility directors, superintendents, and engineers shaping how the next decade of sewer evaluation gets done. No vendor pitch. No annual fee. Quarterly calls, pilot insights, and direct input on the platform roadmap.
- Quarterly virtual roundtables with peer utilities
- Early access to pilots and new sensor deployments
- Free benchmarking against similar systems
- Direct line to product, engineering, and policy leads
- Co-author published case studies under your utility's name