Introduction

As the peak of the urban plum rain season approaches and heavy rainfall becomes more frequent, urban drainage systems are facing severe challenges. In this context, the risks of urban waterlogging and stagnant water have increased, posing threats to the normal operation of urban infrastructure and the safety of residents.

In response to this situation, Flangco Water proposes a comprehensive urban stormwater management solution covering key links such as intelligent monitoring, precise early warning, and efficient drainage. Meanwhile, it also possesses professional and efficient service capabilities to quickly respond to and properly handle various emergencies, providing all-round and multi-level guarantees for urban stormwater management and helping cities build highly resilient drainage systems.

In the previous article, we introduced the specific functions and other core highlights of Flangco Water's comprehensive urban stormwater management solution. In this article, we will continue to deeply interpret the solution, further exploring its underlying technical principles, implementation strategies, application value, and more.

Origins

"The inspiration behind the stormwater management solution mainly originates from the governance of Germany's Rhine River."

01 What was the core reason that initially motivated Flangco Water to engage in the stormwater management field?

Technician: When it comes to the company's comprehensive stormwater management solution, it mainly originates from the governance of Germany's Rhine River.

In the early years, Germans found the Rhine River severely polluted and invested heavily in building many wastewater treatment plants. However, despite the proliferation of wastewater treatment plants, the water quality of the Rhine did not significantly improve. Through in-depth research, people finally identified the root cause of pollution: initial rainwater. As initial rainwater carries large amounts of pollutants while scouring urban surfaces, direct discharge into the Rhine seriously affected water quality. Therefore, Germans built numerous retention basins on both sides of the Rhine to collect and store initial rainwater. After approximately a decade of continuous efforts, the water quality of the Rhine was significantly purified, and fish that had once disappeared reappeared in these waters. This provided valuable inspiration to Flangco Water.

Before and after comparison photos of urban sewage treatment

Challenges

"During the R&D of the comprehensive urban stormwater management solution, scheme selection and system stability were two core challenges."

02 What were the biggest challenges Flangco Water faced during the R&D of the comprehensive urban stormwater management solution?

Technician: During the R&D of the comprehensive urban stormwater management solution, scheme selection and system stability were two core challenges. Initially, facing multi-path difficulties (such as end-of-pipe treatment and pollution source control), the team had to make difficult trade-offs between technical approaches and urban adaptability. Through in-depth discussions, the team focused on the core concept of "urban stormwater management" to build a complete equipment system capable of withstanding extreme weather impacts.

At the same time, it was necessary to ensure the scheme operated stably under extreme weather conditions to avoid project failures due to equipment malfunctions. From system design and equipment selection to operation and maintenance strategies, "stability" was prioritized as the first principle to ensure reliable equipment operation under extreme conditions such as heavy rain, ultimately forming a solution adaptable to urban needs.

On-site equipment maintenance

Technology

"Achieving AI automated control to improve response rates and synergy."

03 What is the biggest highlight of Flangco Water's comprehensive urban stormwater management solution?

Technician: Shifting from "point projects" to "system integration." Breaking through the fragmented model of traditional municipal engineering, the solution integrates decentralized stormwater management equipment (such as monitoring, storage, and discharge) into a unified software platform to achieve full-process AI automated control, improving response efficiency and synergy. It reconstructs stormwater management logic through "intelligent integration" and replaces passive response with "source prevention and control," providing a technical foundation for urban resilience construction.

On-site equipment installation

Innovation

"We have integrated an emergency equipment suite into the comprehensive stormwater management solution."

04 How do technologies such as intelligent interception and stormwater storage ensure stability and reliability during extreme weather?

Technician: In the comprehensive stormwater management solution, our company has integrated an emergency equipment suite. When power outages occur during extreme weather, the closed-loop design of "risk prediction - emergency response - redundant support" upgrades system reliability from "passive maintenance" to "active disaster resistance," building the final safety line for urban stormwater management.

The completed storage tank

Case Study

"In an old community with a low-lying terrain, the underground garage accumulated over 2 meters of water within 2 hours, putting hundreds of private cars and power distribution facilities at risk of destruction."

05 Can you share a successful case of large-flow flood control pumps in actual flood control scenarios?

Technician: During a typhoon and heavy rain in a southern city, many low-lying basements in residential areas were flooded. The underground garage accumulated over 2 meters of water within 2 hours, threatening hundreds of private cars and power distribution facilities with destruction.

To protect residents' property, the community property brought this large-flow flood discharge pump to the site. Only two people were needed to easily install the pump system for emergency flood control, ultimately ensuring the safety of all vehicles in the underground garage.

It is worth mentioning that in recent years, China has invested significant efforts and funding in sponge city stormwater management. For example, Shanghai's Zhuyuan Wastewater Treatment Plant has Asia's largest combined sewage retention basin with a storage capacity of 500,000 cubic meters. If 500,000 cubic meters of initial rainwater can be stored per rainfall, utilizing this water is equivalent to saving 500,000 RMB. The application of flood control pumps in actual scenarios is still quite extensive.

Breakthroughs

"We prefer to develop toward AI smart software."

06 What are Flangco Water's key technical R&D directions for the next 3-5 years?

Technician: In the future, the company prefers to develop toward AI smart software. Currently, urban management concepts focus on taking countermeasures after flood disasters occur. In the future, we aim to collect big data to achieve advanced prediction as much as possible. Before severe weather and rainfall occur, we will accurately determine the hazards caused by the rainfall. By then, we will master the pipe network space in the area in advance to reserve more redundant space for stormwater storage.

Epilogue

From being a cultivator of secondary water supply to a "retrograde traveler" in rainstorms, Flangco Water reconstructs urban water cycles and predicts natural forces through algorithms. As retention basins operate silently underground and data fluctuates on AI large screens safeguards thousands of households, we see not only a technical victory but also Flangco Water's profound practice of "harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature."

In the future, we believe Flangco Water's new products will also open a new chapter in urban stormwater management!