Under the German Federal Water Act (Wasserhaushaltsgesetz), operators of wastewater systems are required, among other duties, to monitor and document the operation and maintenance of their systems. CAIGOS Kanal | Spülung provides a standardised specialist application that makes it easy to digitally document all activities relating to flushing operations in your wastewater network.
Based on comprehensive documentation and the relevant analysis options, fixed sewer cleaning cycles can be replaced with a more needs-based deployment of staff. In many areas of the network, this provides a sound basis for using flushing vehicles at longer intervals. These optimised sewer flushing intervals directly reduce the cost of network operations.
To manage planned and regular sewer flushing, the sewer network is usually divided into defined flushing zones. These are network sections with largely homogeneous characteristics, both in terms of the sewer itself, such as diameter and gradient, and the surrounding settlement structure connected to it. A suitable cleaning interval is assigned to every sewer section within a flushing zone. Once this has been stored, the specialist application can generate the corresponding work orders.
Staff can capture and document flushing activities directly on site from the flushing vehicle. This means that, if preferred, documentation on printed work orders and index cards is no longer needed. A workflow guides staff through data capture, while validation checks help ensure that no important parameter is missed.
The same approach allows staff to create unscheduled flushing operations caused by faults as complete work orders and document them immediately as completed. For example, in the event of sewer blockages, the on-call team can document all required information directly, even outside office hours.
