Success Story

In the South Melbourne Area, there were a high number of sewers which had repeated blockages caused by invasive tree-roots.

'us' - Utility Services installed over 100 Blok Aid devices throughout this area, and now sewer cleaning is planned according to monitoring results, thus saving time and money as well as providing early detection of all blockages prior to any spills and overflows.

Blok-Aid

Winner of the

2004 Victoria National Electrical Communications Association

Environmental Award for Excellence

Sewer / Stormwater Overflow Monitoring and Alarm System

Every water authority has experienced the issue of a sewer overflow at some stage. Spills can now be prevented and blockages detected early with a sewer overflow monitoring and alarm device called Blok-Aid. Blok Aid alerts your maintenance team about higher than normal flows in sewer and stormwater environments.

How does it work:

By installing Blok Aid in sewer or stormwater manholes, high sewer and stormwater levels can be detected as the level rises. An alarm is then automatically activated which identifies the manhole either through the Supervisory Control and Acquisition Data (SCADA) system or direct to a mobile phone or email address. Field maintenance can then be undertaken to rectify the situation.

Video Demonstration

What are the benefits of Blok Aid?

• SAVE you thousands of dollars in clean up and compensation costs.
  
• REDUCE risk of household flooding and potential harm to the community.
  
• PREVENT damage to the environment.
  
• MINIMISE exposure to fines, insurance premiums and other penalties.
  
• ENHANCE your service delivery and reputation to the community you serve.
  
• PROVIDE your organisation with knowledge of problem areas to schedule and organise programmed work more efficiently.