Sewage Level Monitor: what it is and how it mounts
A non-contact ultrasonic sensor on a bracket inside the manhole, reading down to the liquid every hour and sending level and flow rate to the dashboard. Nothing touches the sewage, the battery runs for years, and alerts flag a rising level before it becomes an overflow.
Guide revised October 2026. Questions or a step that does not match your unit? Call (385) 534-8200.
- Sensing
- Ultrasonic, non-contact, pointed down at the liquid
- Reads
- Sewage liquid level and flow rate
- Mounting
- Inside the manhole on the bracket supplied
- Reporting
- Every 60 minutes; more frequent on request
- Battery
- 2+ years
- Pricing
- Quoted per site; mounts provided, installation quoted separately
How it mounts
The bracket bolts to the manhole wall below the lid and holds the sensor over the channel with a clear path to the liquid. Mounts are provided with the monitor; installation is quoted separately, because every manhole is different.
This is the monitor on the Powder Mountain job above Eden, Utah, where ultrasonic sensors in the sanitary line are finding where spring runoff gets in.
What the dashboard shows
- Level and flow rate every hour, trended over days and weeks.
- Alerts on a rising level, so a blockage or a storm surcharge reaches a phone before it reaches the street.
- Reports for the record, and multiple account users.
Tell us the manhole depth, the pipe size, and whether you want the readings in an existing SCADA, and we will quote the monitor and the install.
Stuck on a step, or not sure which sensor fits your site? Call or text and a person who has installed these will answer.
Related Meterra pages
- The Powder Mountain job: the sewer-system job above Eden, Utah, where this monitor is in use on the line study.
- Lift station monitoring: wet-well level and high-level alarms for pump stations
- Sewer inflow and infiltration monitoring: several monitors along a line to find where runoff gets in
- SCADA integration: feeding the readings into an existing plant system
- Wastewater lagoons: level and freeboard on the lagoon side
Warranty, returns and shipping for every Meterra device are on the Shipping & Returns page.
