What ADS Environmental Services does

ADS Environmental Services, founded in 1975 and headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, is a provider of integrated monitoring solutions for wastewater, storm water, and surface water infrastructure. The company sells a combined hardware and software platform that measures flow, level, and rainfall in municipal and industrial water systems. Its product portfolio includes proprietary flow monitoring technology, level monitoring solutions, and rainfall monitoring systems, complemented by the Accusonic sub-brand, which offers ultrasonic flow measurement technology for wastewater and infrastructure applications.

The company operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX), a diversified industrial conglomerate, and shares corporate email infrastructure under the @idexcorp.com domain. ADS serves two primary customer segments: municipal water utilities (the primary segment), which use its solutions for wastewater collection, storm water management, and surface water compliance, and industrial clients, which deploy the technology for process water monitoring, environmental compliance, and discharge reporting. Go-to-market is executed through a direct enterprise sales motion, with dedicated phone and email channels for sales (800-633-7246, EXT 5), customer support (877-237-9585), and a separate Accusonic sales contact. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, consistent with enterprise hardware-software sales.

ADS generates revenue primarily through hardware and software sales of its monitoring platform, supplemented by professional services and ongoing technical support for deployed systems. Historical M&A activity includes the 2006 acquisitions of DWC Technologies and Severn Trent Services' wastewater monitoring operations. The company has 251-500 employees and positions itself as a proven industry leader in its vertical, with no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, no public pricing, and limited external marketing channels beyond LinkedIn-based recruitment outreach.

Name

ADS Environmental Services

Website

https://adsenv.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

ADS Environmental Services provides integrated hardware and software monitoring solutions for flow, level, and rainfall in wastewater, storm water, and surface water infrastructure, serving municipal water utilities and industrial clients as a subsidiary of IDEX Corporation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wastewater Monitoring Equipment

NAICS

Totalizing Fluid Meter and Counting Device Manufacturing (334514)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Quality Monitoring (Surface Water, Stormwater, Drinking Water) (EUAHACAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data Management, LIMS & Compliance Software (ELN, eDMS, reporting automation) (EUANAJAE)

Keywords

• Wastewater flow monitoring
• Storm water monitoring
• Level monitoring systems
• Rainfall monitoring solutions
• Ultrasonic flow measurement

Headquarters

HQ city

Huntsville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hardware and Software Sales: Sale of monitoring hardware and software technology for flow, level, and rainfall measurement in wastewater and surface water applications. The integrated platform combines proprietary sensors and software for infrastructure monitoring.
2. Support Services: Technical support and service offerings for deployed monitoring solutions, providing ongoing customer assistance through dedicated support channels.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

ADS Environmental Services provides an integrated hardware and software platform for flow, level, and rainfall monitoring in wastewater, storm water, and surface water infrastructure. Its offerings include proprietary monitoring systems (sensors, meters, and software analytics) sold alongside the Accusonic line of ultrasonic/acoustic flow measurement products. The company complements these products with technical support services and domain expertise for municipal water utilities and industrial clients.

Product overview

ADS Environmental Services provides a unified integrated platform combining hardware and software technology for comprehensive monitoring solutions. The company offers flow, level, and rainfall monitoring systems primarily serving the wastewater, storm water, and surface water markets. The Accusonic brand (ultrasonic flow measurement technology) is a key component of their product portfolio, delivered alongside support services and expertise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Accusonic: Flow measurement and monitoring technology brand under ADS Environmental Services for wastewater applications

Products and services

• Flow Monitoring Systems Hardware and software solutions that measure and monitor flow in wastewater collection systems, storm water infrastructure, and surface water networks. Designed for municipal water utilities and industrial clients that require continuous flow data for operational management, capacity assessment, and regulatory compliance.
• Level Monitoring Systems Hardware and software solutions for monitoring water levels in wastewater, storm water, and surface water infrastructure. Used by municipal utilities and industrial operators to detect surcharge events, manage storage assets, and support flood and overflow monitoring.
• Rainfall Monitoring Systems Hardware and software solutions for monitoring rainfall patterns and their impact on wastewater and storm water systems. Enables utilities to correlate rainfall with system response, support inflow and infiltration (I/I) studies, and improve planning and compliance.
• Accusonic Flow Measurement Accusonic provides ultrasonic/acoustic flow measurement technology for wastewater and infrastructure monitoring applications, delivered as part of ADS's integrated hardware and software platform. Differentiated by accuracy and precision, it is sold to municipal and industrial clients for flow measurement in demanding applications.
• Monitoring Support Services Technical support and professional services for deployed ADS and Accusonic monitoring solutions, provided through a dedicated customer support center (phone 877-237-9585 and [email protected]). Designed for municipal and industrial customers needing ongoing assistance to maintain and operate their monitoring infrastructure.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Xylem: Xylem is a large public water technology company with overlapping flow monitoring, smart metering, and wastewater analytics offerings (e.g., SmartBall, Pure Technologies). It competes with ADS across municipal water and wastewater infrastructure, though its portfolio is much broader.
• Emerson (Rosemount): Emerson's Rosemount line is a global leader in industrial flow and level measurement, with applications in water/wastewater plants. It is a broad incumbent competitor for instrumentation specifications at large municipal accounts.
• Endress+Hauser: Endress+Hauser is a global process instrumentation supplier with extensive flow, level, and analytical measurement products serving water/wastewater applications. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities to ADS's monitoring portfolio.
• Badger Meter: Badger Meter is a publicly-traded leader in flow measurement and smart water metering for municipal and industrial customers. Its smart water metering and AMI solutions overlap with ADS's flow monitoring business, particularly with utility customers.
• Itron: Itron provides smart metering and analytics solutions for water utilities, including AMI platforms and distribution monitoring. It overlaps with ADS's municipal utility customer base and increasingly competes on software-enabled monitoring.
• ABB Measurement & Analytics: ABB offers flow, level, and pressure measurement instrumentation across process industries including water and wastewater. It is a broad incumbent that competes for the same enterprise specification-driven RFPs as ADS.

Direct peers

• Hach Company: Hach (a Veralto company) is a direct peer in water quality and flow monitoring, serving municipal wastewater and drinking water utilities with portable and fixed instrumentation, reagents, and software — overlapping closely with ADS's flow, level, and water-quality monitoring portfolio.
• Teledyne ISCO: Teledyne ISCO (part of Teledyne Technologies) provides flow monitoring, sampling, and level instrumentation for wastewater and stormwater applications — a direct product-line competitor to ADS in the municipal sewer and stormwater monitoring space.
• KROHNE Group: KROHNE is a specialist in industrial process instrumentation with a strong flow measurement portfolio, including solutions for water and wastewater applications. It is a direct product-line competitor in flow monitoring.
• Sierra Instruments (Baker Hughes): Sierra Instruments (now part of Baker Hughes) specializes in thermal mass and ultrasonic flow meters used in water, wastewater, and industrial process applications. It is a direct peer in flow measurement instrumentation for similar end markets.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A2 records

Investments

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