Water pump station gauge reading
Booster, lift and transfer stations are spread across a network and visited on a rota. Cameras on the existing suction and discharge gauges send readings by station to one dashboard, so the operator sees every site without driving to it.
THE PROBLEM
Many stations, one operator, one van
A water network operator often runs many small stations: borehole pumps, booster sets in apartment blocks, lift stations and reservoir transfer pumps. Many were built with local gauges and a starter panel, with no telemetry. The only record of discharge pressure is what the operator wrote down on the last visit.
That makes slow problems hard to see. A suction pressure creeping down as a well draws down, a discharge pressure drifting as an impeller wears, or a blocked strainer raising differential pressure all show up in a trend long before they show up as a complaint.
Adding transmitters and an RTU to every small station is a capital project. Reading the gauges that are already there is a much smaller step and gets the trend started.
HOW WE SET IT UP
Station by station, gauge by gauge
Station survey
We list the gauges worth reading at each station: suction, discharge, filter differential or a visual flow indicator. Photos of each one tell us how the camera should be placed.
Readings tagged by location
Every camera is named for its station and gauge, so values arrive as Station 7 discharge rather than device numbers. The dashboard groups them by site and by area.
Trend and threshold alerts
RIOD Live plots each gauge over time and raises an alert when a reading moves outside the band you set. Your team decides which station to visit first.
Works alongside pump protection
The pressure switches, dry-run protection and starter trips at each station keep protecting the pumps. The cameras add a remote record for planning and maintenance.
AT A GLANCE
Pump station gauge reading in brief
- What is measured
- Suction, discharge or visual flow gauge values, tagged by station and gauge
- Hardware
- Vision AI optical meter reader, one per gauge, on a mounting plate
- Power
- Battery for daily reads; external power from the station supply for frequent reads
- Data
- MQTT over TLS 1.2 to RIOD Live or a utility-owned server
- Outputs
- Trends, threshold alerts, PDF and Excel reports with audit trails
- Role on site
- Monitoring and maintenance planning. Pump protection stays with the station's own switches and trips
- Accuracy
- Confirmed on your gauges during the pilot
FAQ
Questions buyers ask us
How do I monitor a remote pump station without SCADA?
Fit a camera reader in front of each existing pressure gauge. It photographs the gauge on a schedule and our cloud AI model turns the image into a value, which appears on a dashboard grouped by station.
Can it stop the pump if pressure is wrong?
Pump protection stays with the pressure switches and starter trips at the station. The camera reader monitors and alerts, so your team sees trends and plans visits.
What if the station has a weak network signal?
We check coverage at each station during the survey. The device holds up to 25 images in flash and sends them when the connection returns.
Can the data go into our own utility server?
Yes. Readings can go to RIOD Live or to a server you own, where we set the platform up for you. Exports to PDF and Excel keep an audit trail for reporting.
Running stations without telemetry?
Tell us how many stations you have and which gauges matter at each. We will propose a pilot on a few of them first.