Case Study: Detroit Water and Sewerage Department accelerates lead service line replacement with BlueConduit’s machine learning

DWSD aims to cut lead service line replacement from 40 years to 10 with BlueConduit

The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) faced the challenge of replacing its lead service lines with incomplete and inaccurate data on their locations. The department turned to vendor BlueConduit and its machine learning service to efficiently inventory the lines and plan their replacement program.

Using BlueConduit's machine learning solution, DWSD was able to significantly accelerate its project timeline. The city's lead service line replacement schedule was reduced from a projected 40 years down to just 10 years, a 75% decrease that will protect residents much sooner.

Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD)