Before PODDS flushing was the cheapest and first reaction to discolouration contacts, beyond this interventions were via invasive cleaning methods and costly pipe renewal or treatment works upgrades.

PODDS has seen the transformational implementation of flow conditioning, significantly reducing the costs and amount of trunk main renewal yet delivering major service improvements (see video below). It has also reduced the need for WTW upgrades and highlighted the unsustainable nature of invasive cleaning methods (captured in the shift between lines 1 and 2).

PODDS et AL will deliver ‘self-maintaining’ networks, inform targeted and bespoke flushing and remove the need for whole DMA flushing operations, savings costs, time and resources.  These sustainable changes will achieve even higher levels of service and reduced total costs (captured in the transition from line 2 to 3).

A step-by-step guide to planning discolouration maintenence

Animating the PODDS process