Case Study: Aigües de Barcelona speeds emergency sewer inspection with Flyability’s Elios drone

Aigües de Barcelona inspects sewers 40% cheaper per meter with Flyability

Aigües de Barcelona, the company responsible for Barcelona's sewer infrastructure, faced an environmental emergency when a critical wastewater pipe broke during a storm, leaking raw sewage into the Mediterranean Sea. The challenge was to inspect the damaged, flooded pipe to determine the full extent of the break without risking human life, as the conditions made traditional inspection methods impossible. They enlisted Flyability and its collision-proof Elios drone to perform the inspection.

Flyability's solution involved deploying the Elios drone to fly into the damaged pipe through manholes, capturing footage of the entire affected area. This provided engineers with the precise data needed to construct a bypass in the correct location, swiftly stopping the pollution and preventing a future break. The inspection was completed with no risk to human life. Flyability also highlighted that in typical operations, their drone inspections are twice as efficient and 40% less expensive per meter than using human inspectors.

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