Flow and Load Surveys

Accurate insights for better decisions, improved performance, and lower costs

Flow and load surveys are essential tools for understanding how treatment processes and hydraulic systems perform in the real world.  Whether you’re planning a site upgrade, troubleshooting issues, or verifying new plant performance, a well-designed survey provides the data you need to make confident, cost-effective decisions.

At Flowcheck, we’ve been delivering tailored flow and load surveys for over 20 years.  We work closely with both water utility and industrial clients to design surveys that capture the specific data they require.

What is a flow & load survey?

A flow and load survey involves installing temporary instrumentation and data logging equipment to measure how a treatment plant or hydraulic system is performing over time.  Depending on your needs, we can monitor:

Flow volumes

Effluent strength (load)

Level and pressure

Rainfall

Equipment status (valves, pumps, alarms)

No two sites are the same, so every survey is bespoke, designed to give you accurate, actionable insights into system behaviour.

When are these surveys needed?

Flow & load surveys can assist:

The cost of a flow and load survey is almost always far lower than the cost of getting a design or upgrade wrong.

Our approach

Every flow and load survey starts with us learning about your objectives.  From there, we design a bespoke monitoring plan tailored to your sites constraints that delivers the data you need, without unnecessary complexity or cost.

Where possible, we make use of existing instrumentation to reduce equipment needs.   Our inventory includes 230v, 110v and battery-powered equipment for use in all environments and applications. 

Our survey equipment includes:

Closed pipe and open channel flowmeters

Level transducers

Composite samplers

Rain gauges and pressure sensors

Data loggers (with event/status input capabilities)

Comprehensive reporting & data delivery

Once the survey is complete, you’ll receive a detailed written report with:

Data analysis and trend summaries

Site-specific observations

Practical recommendations

All raw data provided in Excel format

We don’t just hand over numbers, we help you interpret them, so you can take the right steps moving forward.

Why choose Flowcheck?

At Flowcheck, we’ve been delivering accurate, actionable data for over two decades, supporting both water utilities and industrial clients across the UK.

Plan your survey with confidence

Need to assess your treatment system, support a capital project, or get ahead of compliance issues?