PointWatch Systems

What PointWatch Systems does

PointWatch Systems LLC is a privately held, founder-owned (Vienna, VA) provider of a patented remote monitoring and control platform for water, wastewater, and building infrastructure. The system integrates multiple analog or digital sensors at the asset level, connects to an online portal over hardwire, Wi-Fi, or cellular (with an optional solar package for off-grid sites), and supports user-configured alerting via text, email, and phone along with remote control functions such as pump stop/start/reverse. Application surfaces span lift stations, treatment plants, water towers, and broader building operations systems including boilers, freezers, sump pumps, and pool systems.

The product is sold both as a retrofit into existing installations and as a specification on new construction projects, with the company pursuing direct enterprise field sales to municipalities, water/wastewater operators, system engineers and specifiers, and facility maintenance staff. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; prospective customers are routed via phone and the website contact form. The platform's revenue mechanics combine hardware (sensor gateways, optional solar) with an ongoing monitoring/control service accessed through the PointWatch client portal. Competitive advantages cited by the company include the patent on the core system, a user-friendly Rules Engine that avoids IT-staff requirements, unlimited users and data storage, and meaningful switching costs from accumulated historical trend data and rule configurations.

The company was co-founded by Tom Samburg (former web architect for whitehouse.gov and large-scale DNS systems) and Gene Samburg (Cornell-trained electrical engineer who previously founded and exited Kastle Systems International for $50M+ revenue) and is run today as a bootstrapped LLC with 1–10 employees. Eric Larson, who joined to lead marketing, sales, and business development and brought domain standing through MOWA, NOWRA, and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency committee work, is now listed as VP (Retired). The customer base is US-only and is anchored by small municipalities (single-operator Villages, contract-operator relationships for towns with 20–30 lift stations) and SMB facility operators, with documented per-customer annual savings of $3,600–$100,000+ supporting the value proposition.

Name

PointWatch Systems

Legal name

PointWatch Systems LLC

Website

https://pointwatch.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

PointWatch Systems LLC provides a patented remote monitoring and control platform for water, wastewater, and building infrastructure, serving US municipalities, water/wastewater operators, system engineers, and facility maintenance staff through direct sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Remote Monitoring and Control Systems for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure

NAICS

Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Instrumentation, Controls & Automation (DCS/PLC/SCADA, SIS, Metering) (EUAEAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Control Panel, Keypad & Siren Installation/Replacement (HSAHABAE)

Keywords

• Remote monitoring systems
• Wastewater infrastructure monitoring
• Lift station telemetry
• SCADA remote control
• Water utility automation

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Remote Monitoring and Control System (Hardware + Monitoring): PointWatch sells its patented remote monitoring and control system as a product that integrates sensors and reports data to an online portal. The system includes hardware (sensors, gateway) and a monitoring/notification service. A solar package is available as an add-on for off-grid power. The system is sold for both retrofit and new construction installations. Customers access data via the online portal, suggesting an ongoing monitoring service component.
2. Remote Control Services: PointWatch provides remote control capabilities in addition to monitoring, allowing operators to remotely stop, start, and reverse pumps and manage water levels. This control capability adds value to the monitoring service and supports ongoing customer engagement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

PointWatch Systems sells a patented remote monitoring and control system that integrates multiple analog or digital sensors and reports data to the PointWatch online portal for real-time alarm monitoring, processing, and remote control. The system is sold as application-specific packages for lift stations, treatment plants, water towers, and building operations, and can be deployed as a retrofit or in new construction, with an optional solar package for off-grid power.

Product overview

PointWatch Systems offers the PointWatch System, a patented remote monitoring and control platform designed to integrate multiple analog or digital sensors and report them to the PointWatch online portal. The core offering consists of monitoring solutions for Lift Stations, Treatment Plants, Water Towers, and Building Operations Systems. The system provides real-time data visualization, customizable alerts via text/email/phone, and remote control capabilities. An optional Solar Package is available for off-grid installations. Users access the system through the PointWatch Portal web interface.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PointWatch System

Quantifiable outcome

• Municipalities saved over $100,000 in the first year of use on lift stations
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Hach (Danaher): Hach is a major supplier of water quality and process monitoring instrumentation to utilities and industrial customers, operating at a larger scale but in an adjacent instrumentation category.
• Itron: Itron provides smart metering and utility-network solutions for water and wastewater utilities, with remote monitoring and analytics capabilities that address similar pain points as PointWatch.
• Xylem (Sensus): Xylem, including its Sensus smart-infrastructure business, serves water utilities with metering, AMI, and remote monitoring at scale, representing a much larger incumbent in municipal water data and analytics.
• Mueller Water Products: Mueller Water Products offers water infrastructure products alongside monitoring and control technologies for utilities, providing a broader portfolio alternative to PointWatch's specialized offering.
• Trimble Water (Telog): Trimble's water business (formerly Telog) provides remote monitoring and data acquisition for water/wastewater utilities as part of a larger industrial-technology portfolio, competing in the same customer segment with broader platforms.

Direct peers

• SCADAmetrics: SCADAmetrics specializes in remote monitoring and control hardware/software for water and wastewater utilities, including Ethernet-based pump station monitoring that competes with PointWatch's offerings.
• RACO Manufacturing & Engineering: RACO provides alarm monitoring and remote telemetry units for water, wastewater, and industrial applications, with a similar emphasis on retrofit SCADA-style monitoring for municipal utilities.
• Mission Communications: Mission Communications offers remote monitoring specifically for lift stations, wastewater pumps, and water infrastructure with alarm notification services. It is the most direct competitor to PointWatch in the small-municipality/SCADA-monitoring niche.
• TeleTran Control Systems: TeleTran designs and builds SCADA/remote monitoring systems for water and wastewater utilities, overlapping with PointWatch on lift-station and treatment-plant monitoring use cases.

Others

• Banner Engineering: Banner Engineering is an industrial sensor manufacturer whose sensing and connectivity products are sometimes used as components in remote-monitoring deployments similar to PointWatch's integrated approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pointwatch
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pointwatch-systems

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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