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The City of Albany and Albany Water Supply

The Beaver Creek District, the City of Albany's largest sewershed, historically discharged over 530 million gallons of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) annually into the Hudson River. To address this challenge, the Albany Water Board implemented an integrated strategy combining innovative technology with traditional grey infrastructure and green initiatives. Opti's Continuous Monitoring and Adaptive Control (CMAC) solution serves as a core technological component of this approach, actively managing 17.5 million gallons of storage capacity within the district.

Monitoring and Analytics

• Opti’s platform receives monitoring data from 3 sources - 2 existing treatment facilities, 4 SmartCover monitoring sites, and 1 USGS gaging station.
• These data provide visibility into asset status, performance, and maintenance needs. They also allow for early detection of potential problems and impending flooding.

Enhance Existing Infrastructure

• Washington Park Lake was originally separated from the combined sewer. Retrofitting the lake with Opti CMAC controls created 7 million gallons of storage that protects the downstream sewer system.
• Retrofitting an existing West Lawrence St. box culvert with CMAC controls allowed for intelligent runoff management that prevents combined sewer overflows and promotes infiltration by utilizing coordinated, timed drawdown logic in conjunction with other in-line facilities.

Optimize New Infrastructure

• Several new green infrastructure facilities were constructed throughout the sewershed. These include an underground infiltration gallery and stormwater harvesting facility in Woodlawn Park and a constructed wetland system along Ryckman Alley, as part of a 7-facility smart watershed network.
• Opti’s CMAC platform is used to activate valves to control the release rates and timing of flows at the outlet structures of these facilities, greatly reducing downstream flooding and combined sewer overflow volumes as shown below.