Case Study: City of Houston reduces sewer overflows with IDRICA's GoAigua

City of Houston reduces SSOs by over 70% with IDRICA

The City of Houston faced a significant challenge with frequent Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs) caused by blockages from grease and wipes in its extensive sewer network. To address this, the city partnered with vendor IDRICA and implemented its GoAigua ClogSpot intelligent sewer platform to move from a time-based to a predictive, risk-based maintenance strategy.

IDRICA's solution integrated real-time and historical data from numerous city systems into a single cloud platform. This enabled the creation of risk-based preventive maintenance plans, efficient sensor placement, and predictive analytics for early SSO detection. As a result, IDRICA helped the City of Houston reduce SSOs by over 70% in the study area, saving millions of dollars in preventative cleaning and maintenance costs while minimizing environmental impact.

City of Houston