Today an alarm arrives with no way to see the site. Someone drives out, or the team guesses. Labor is the cost they feel, and it is the cost that keeps climbing.
Cities already put cameras on buildings. The remote sites stayed blind because full time streaming cost too much. Sentry is event-based, so the same idea finally works out there.
Lift stations
Pumping stations
Tanks and wells
Well pads
Gwinnett County lift station, March 2022
Two Ways In
Depending on how you run today
Already on web SCADA
Add the visual layer, keep the control system, and measure the truck rolls you stop making.
Still on private radio
Modernize without changing the control system. The local PLC and the central HMI stay exactly where they are.
The Department Goals
The goals this lands against
The improvement goals utilities are already writing down, and where a picture at the site helps carry them.
The improvement goals utilities are already writing down, and where a picture at the site helps carry them.
Who uses it, which facilities it covers, and how it fits sites still on radio or phone line.
Who is Sentry built for?
Superintendents who manage the sites and the truck rolls. Public works directors who own the budget and the headcount. City managers who are responsible for the record. Consulting engineers who spec monitoring systems for municipalities. Anyone accountable for remote, unattended water and wastewater facilities.
Does Sentry work for wastewater security?
Yes. Sentry provides water security and wastewater security through event based video with AI human form detection. It covers vandalism, unauthorized access, safety incidents, and operational anomalies at lift stations, pump houses, tanks, wells, and well pads without requiring full time streaming or on site personnel.
What types of facilities does Sentry cover?
Lift stations, pumping stations, tanks and wells, well pads, and other remote unattended facilities. Any site where nobody is standing by default and where an alarm currently arrives as a number with no picture.
Can Sentry integrate with sites still on radio or phone line?
Yes. Sentry does not depend on your existing communication path. For sites already on web SCADA, it adds the visual layer. For sites still on radio or phone line, Sentry modernizes monitoring without replacing the local PLC or the central HMI. Both paths work.
How does Sentry address the water labor and wastewater labor shortage?
Labor is the largest line item most utilities carry, and the skilled labor pool is shrinking. Every avoidable truck roll spends a trained operator’s time on a question a picture could have answered. Sentry reduces those blind dispatches so your existing workforce stays on the work that actually needs them on site.
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