From Sensing to Control: How Smart Technology Transforms Wastewater Operation

As utilities face intensifying challenges from changing weather patterns, urban growth, and tighter regulations, the need for intelligent wastewater management has never been more critical. In this practical webinar, Pascal Lang, Director of Product Management for Wastewater at Xylem, demonstrates how utilities can evolve from basic sensing to full operational control, showcasing real success stories where smart technology has dramatically reduced combined sewer overflows and achieved significant cost savings.

Key Learnings:

• How to navigate the journey from basic sensor deployment to full network optimization
• Practical approaches for integrating disparate data sources into actionable insights
• Ways to leverage analytics for early detection of common challenges like blockages, infiltration, and illegal discharges
• Real-world examples of success, including Richmond's 180M+ gallon reduction in CSO volume and South Bend's $500M+ CapEx savings
• Methods for implementing market-based optimization to balance wastewater network assets
• Strategies for moving beyond reactive operations to predictive management
• Steps to achieve operational intelligence through real-time decision support systems

Speaker:

Pascal Lang 
Director of Product Management – Wastewater
Xylem

Pascal Lang has well over a decade of experience in supporting, developing and then applying water specific software solutions. He spent several years at Scottish Water and Thames Water, leveraging hydraulic modelling applications to inform not only long-term planning outcomes but also operational responses to network. Building on this utility experience Pascal went on to lead product functions at Innovyze and is currently a Director of Product Management for Xylem’s wastewater solutions, specifically focusing on optimisation of controllable assets both in the network as well as the plant to protect the public, the environment and deliver improved performance where possible.”