A food processing company in northern California has a small wastewater treatment plant to treat its wastewater before releasing it back to the local municipality. The customer needed a reliable way to monitor its effluent flow that is accurate and can be accuracy- verified twice a year. 

At the request of the customer, the local Siemens representative installed a SITRANS FM MAG5100W electromagnetic flow meter that is now being used in the wastewater plant of this facility. The flow meter accurately measures the quantity of water being returned to the local municipality. The customer is now being billed based on the volume of treated effluent. The SITRANS FM MAG5100W sensor tube is installed in a 4 inch pipe that occasionally becomes submerged, but the application of the Siemens Submersible Kit protects the sensor from water damage. The remotely mounted transmitter is mounted in a cabinet so they can easily see the flow rate and totalizer amounts, and have easy access to the output terminals. The flow signal and the totalizer values are recorded and reported to the city on a weekly basis.