Board backs $6.5 million monitoring and analytics contract for water and wastewater

The Denton Public Utilities Board on April 13 approved staff’s recommendation to contract for a five‑year water utility monitoring and analytics solution listed on the agenda as XylemView for $6,496,090.

David Brown, water utilities project manager, described the system as a network of sensors, flow and pressure monitoring, and visualization tools that create a near‑real‑time “dashboard” for the water and wastewater systems. Brown said the platform will help identify inflow and infiltration (I&I), detect surges that could lead to sanitary sewer overflows, prioritize repairs and improve long‑term planning by creating a digital twin of assets.

Brown explained the system’s ability to integrate with AMI/AMR meter data, provide automated alarms and notifications to field crews and support hydraulic-model calibration to guide rehabilitation and replacement decisions. He said the system also yields metrics to evaluate post‑project performance and confirm whether upgrades achieved the intended effect.

Board members asked how monitoring would change wastewater operations. Brown said the utility has storage at sites such as the Hickory Creek basin and can shift flows temporally to manage peak plant loads; the monitoring platform would help identify where targeted projects could reduce I&I and free plant capacity. The board discussed how the data will be used to prioritize low‑cost projects that reduce inflow/infiltration and improve treatment capacity.

After discussion the board moved, seconded and unanimously approved staff’s recommendation to enter the cooperative purchasing agreement for the monitoring and analytics project. Staff indicated this contract will be executed through the cooperative purchasing service agreement and noted the five‑year price of $6,496,090.

Actions: The board approved the five-year monitoring and analytics contract recommendation; outcome recorded as unanimous approval.