City of Los Angeles FAST

At the City of Los Angeles, more than 100 maintenance crews are responsible for the huge task of maintaining and inspecting the vast LA sewer system. Like painting the Golden Gate Bridge, the work is relentless - every secondary sewer is cleaned and inspected on a regular basis at intervals ranging from quarterly to once every five years. Failure to perform regular maintenance is not an option: the City has committed at the highest levels to reduce the number of sewerage spills resulting from inadequate maintenance.

The FAST System (Field Automation for Sanitation Trucks) is an exciting application for managing sewer maintenance work orders and the associated facilities data and deploying that data to the field. FAST replaces cumbersome and time-consuming manual processes with a modern wireless computer application, dramatically improving sewer maintenance productivity. The system eliminates paperwork and provides a graphical map-based interface that helps maintenance supervisors keep their crews operating at peak efficiency.

The system has been in full production for more than five years, and is installed in over 130 vehicles used to perform critical sewer inspection and cleaning operations that keep the City of LA sewers flowing smoothly and safely.