Capital Region Water taps smart city solutions

Capital Region Water of Harrisburg, which manages the water distribution system for the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and surrounding areas, announced the results of its work with 540 Technologies, an environmental and data solutions provider, to reduce water loss and optimize system efficiency.

With 228 miles of water mains, Capital Region Water manages Harrisburg’s distribution system, which includes a 600-acre reservoir that serves as the primary source of drinking water for more than 60,000 people. Before reaching more than 20,000 taps and nearly 1,800 hydrants, water from the reservoir travels through 23 miles of underground pipes to a treatment center and is then pumped to one of four smaller reservoirs. From there, the water is gravity-fed through a network of an additional 200 miles of pipes to the authority’s residential and commercial customers in Harrisburg and parts of Susquehanna Township, Penbrook Borough and Lower Paxton Township.