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Oroville to buy sewer-inspection software to meet state audit recommendation, $58,000 startup plus annual fees
Summary
City staff recommended and council approved a professional services agreement with GraniteNet to upgrade sewer inspection software, address a State Water Board audit finding and integrate video inspections with GIS; staff requested about $58,000 to outfit trucks and an estimated $32,000 yearly fee.
Public works staff told the council the city's existing sewer-inspection software is becoming obsolete and that the State Water Board audit from 2024 flagged the need for standardized pipe grading. The recommended solution will outfit sewer trucks with video equipment, use AI to detect defects and send footage for grading by an external group, and integrate results into the city's GIS for asset management. "This project will do is we will take the video, AI will detect the defects that we need to have, graded," the presenting staff member said.
Staff requested about $58,000 for initial outfitting and training and described an anticipated ongoing cost of roughly $32,000 a year (plus small AI per-feed fees) to maintain grading services. Council members confirmed the expenditure would come from sewer funds and approved the professional services agreement; staff said the system will help the city generate capital project lists to address sewer defects proactively.
Council and staff noted the city has about 66–67 miles of sewer main and aims to inspect the system on a multi-year cycle; the software is intended to improve compliance and asset-tracking without adding full-time staff.
