Engineers develop drone-boat to inspect Wastewater Treatment Plant
Landon Hickok- 0
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Some local engineers have found an innovative way to monitor a corrosive gas problem at Lethbridge’s Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The problem lies due to a growing amount of poisonous hydrogen sulfide in the plant’s wastewater channels that corrosively eats away at the plant’s infrastructure. Since there’s no way for a person to safely access these channels, the plant’s staff including Senior System Integrator, Lee Allen, turned to developing a type of ‘drone boat’ made from 3D printing; a cost-effective method that has been uncovering a major issue found at wastewater treatment plants.
According to Allen, the cost of acquiring the materials and building the boat cost less than $1,000.
