Pumps Ran 22 Hours.
Nobody Measured the Flow Rate.
Your dewatering pumps ran 22 hours yesterday. The discharge permit says you cannot exceed 500 GPM. Where is the flow log? Nobody measured. POD replaces the missing data with voice-captured, permit-compliant dewatering records.
The Dewatering Documentation Crisis
Every pump that runs without a flow log is a permit violation waiting to happen. Every shoring inspection that stays in someone's head is an OSHA citation in progress.
No flow rate measurements — pumps run blind
Your dewatering pumps ran 22 hours yesterday. The NPDES permit limits discharge to 500 GPM. Nobody installed a flow meter, nobody read the one that was installed, and nobody recorded a single reading. When the regulator asks for your flow log, you have a pump runtime written on the back of a timesheet.
Discharge quality data exists only on lab reports filed nowhere
The permit requires weekly pH, turbidity, and TSS samples at the discharge point. Your environmental tech collected the samples, sent them to the lab, and received results by email. Those results sit in an inbox. They never made it into the daily report. The discharge monitoring report is due Friday.
Shoring inspections happen but never get documented
Your competent person walks the sheet pile wall every morning, checks the walers, eyeballs the strut connections, and says "looks good." OSHA requires a written inspection record before each shift. Where is it? In the competent person's head — not on paper, not in a system, nowhere a regulator can see.
Water level readings are sporadic and untrended
Piezometer readings should be taken twice daily to verify drawdown meets the excavation plan. Your crew reads them when they remember. Some days have two readings. Some have none. There is no trend line showing whether groundwater is rising toward the excavation floor. You find out when water appears in the bottom of the cut.
POD Closes Every Dewatering Gap
Voice-captured data, automatic permit checks, and one-click compliance reports.
Voice-capture flow rates, pump runtime, and discharge readings
The field engineer walks the dewatering system and speaks: "Pump 3, wellpoint header north, 380 GPM, running since 0600, discharge to Baker Creek outfall." POD captures pump ID, flow rate, runtime, and discharge destination — no clipboard, no form, no forgotten entries.
AI structures discharge compliance data against permit limits
POD AI compares every flow reading to the NPDES permit limit. When discharge approaches 500 GPM, the project manager gets an alert before exceedance. Water quality results from lab reports are parsed and mapped to permit parameters automatically.
Dashboard tracks flow rates, water levels, and shoring inspections
A live dashboard shows pump station flow rates, cumulative daily discharge volume, piezometer drawdown trends, and shoring inspection status per excavation zone. Every metric updates the moment the field crew submits a voice log.
Auto-generate discharge monitoring reports for regulators
POD compiles daily flow data, water quality readings, and pump runtime into the DMR format required by your state agency. Monthly reports generate with one click — no reconstructing data from field notes, no missed submission deadlines.
Watch the Dewatering System in Real Time
Sheet piles, pumps, flow rates, water level drawdown, treatment, and discharge — all tracked and permit-checked by POD.
Dewatering Operations Metrics — Permit-Compliant
Flow rate trends and excavation inspection status update in real time as your crew logs dewatering operations.
Safety Inspections
Complete Dewatering Operations Intelligence
Every pump, every reading, every inspection — captured in the field and live in the dashboard.
Pump flow rate tracking
Per-pump flow rates logged against NPDES permit limits with automatic exceedance alerts and cumulative daily volume calculations.
Piezometer drawdown trending
Twice-daily water level readings plotted against excavation depth targets. Alerts when groundwater rises toward the excavation floor.
Shoring inspection records
Sheet pile condition, waler deflection, strut loads, and lagging integrity documented per shift per excavation zone. Competent person signature captured.
Discharge quality monitoring
pH, turbidity, TSS, and oil & grease results linked to sample date and outfall location. Lab report parsing eliminates manual data entry.
Pump runtime and efficiency
Runtime hours per pump per day with efficiency calculations. Identifies underperforming pumps before drawdown falls behind the excavation schedule.
DMR report generation
Discharge monitoring reports compiled automatically from daily field data in the format required by state environmental agencies.
“We were running four wellpoint pumps 24/7 on a cut-and-cover sewer tunnel. The NPDES permit required daily flow logs and weekly discharge sampling. Our field notes had pump runtime but no flow rates. The state agency gave us a notice of violation and a $42,000 fine because we could not demonstrate compliance for six weeks of dewatering. POD would have captured every reading before the inspector ever showed up.”
Project Engineer, Cut-and-Cover Sewer Tunnel
Frequently Asked Questions
Stop Running Pumps Without Flow Logs
See how POD captures dewatering flow rates, discharge compliance, and shoring inspections — live in a dashboard, ready for the regulator.