www.redzone.com RedZone Robotics THE CHALLENGE: PRIORITIZING PIPELINE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT The city of Fort Worth, Texas has a 260-mile sprawl of large diameter interceptor sewers that are vital to its wastewater handling. Recognizing that the aging pipelines needed to be assessed – and replaced or repaired according to priority – the city embarked on a six-year Interceptor Condition Assessment Program (ICAP) in 2010. Leaders also expected the program findings to inform realistic expectations for a long-term capital improvement program. Rather than simply giving a pass/fail rating to each pipe segment, the city wanted to assign a score that accurately reflected the pipeline’s condition – and consequently, how urgently repair, replacement or cleaning was needed. This directiv

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