AI in Sewers The importance of the pipe network beneath out feet Our cities and suburbs are supported by a vast underground network of water, wastewater and storm water infrastructure. This network of gravity pipes, pumps and filtration sys ...
Sewer Blowbacks –Releasing the pressure!
Sewer Blowbacks – Releasing the pressure! What is a Sewer Blowback? A sewer blowback is when a combination of air/water/wastewater is ejected from a household wastewater fixture, such as a basin, floor drain, gully trap, and, most commonly a toilet. This ...
Meet the latest addition to our team: Declan Smit
Meet the latest addition to our team: Declan Smit! Declan Smit has joined VAPAR as your Customer Success Analyst; with strong data analysis background, he will be creating interactive Power BI dashboards and gathering user insights from the pl ...
Thinking laterally – Can lateral inspections supplement your inspection program?
Thinking laterally – Can lateral inspections supplement your inspection program? The majority of any pipe network is made up of the smaller diameter lateral connecting pipe lengths (relative to mainline lengths), so it’s no surprise that lateral inspectio ...
Pipe inclination – What goes up must come down.
Pipe inclination - What goes up must come down? What is pipe inclination? Most of the world’s sewers and storm pipes operated as gravity pipe network. What that means is that the water in the pipes drain to the outlet point under gravity. For this to happ ...
Sewer Inspection Software
Sewer Inspection Software Why is asset condition important? One of the fundamental tasks of an asset manager is knowledge of asset condition. Whether this is buildings, bridges, plant, or pipes; collecting accurate information on the condition of the asse ...
Meet the latest addition to our team: Paul Cooper
Meet the latest addition to our team: Paul Cooper! As a Software Engineer, Paul Cooper is focused on delivering high-quality, reliable and performant code for the VAPAR platform.To share a little more about Paul, we asked him to answer some qu ...
What are sewer vents for and how do they work?
What are sewer vents for and how do they work? Inspecting sewer vent Transporting more than wastewater The process of transporting wastewater from houses to treatment facility is a journey through pipes and pumps of various type and size. When designing ...
Ancient Roman Sewer – Cloaca Maxima
Cloaca Maxima This ancient roman sewer is protected by a goddess! Tiber River Strolling along the Tiber River in Rome, you could be forgiven for missing this wastewater wonder of the ancient world. While there were many strollers and joggers al ...
What is Pipe Jetting?
Everything you Need to Know About Pipe Jetting One of the common maintenance activities required to keep sewer and stormwater pipes flowing at full capacity is pipe jetting. Pipe networks are periodically inspected using CCTV cameras to understand the con ...
VAPAR at Northumbrian Innovation Festival 2022
What I learned at the Northumbrian Innovation Festival Author : Megan Clarkson Representing team VAPAR, CEO Amanda Siqueira and myself headed to join the activities of the Northumbrian Water Innovation Festival, where the aim of this festival is to tackle ...