Signs That Water Pipe Lining is Failing
Water, for all its benefits, is one of the earth’s most destructive forces. Given enough time, it can dissolve the planet’s hardest minerals, carve mammoth canyons, and shape mountain ranges. The infrastructure designed to transport it from source to tap is not immune to this significant power. In fact, if left unattended, it’s just a matter of time before the pipelines and mains we rely upon fail. With that said, there are some key indicators that allow maintenance personnel to identify impending pipeline failure.[...]
SMART CITY CONNECTIVITY FOR FIXED LEAK DETECTION
Many utilities are now seizing opportunities to take their AMI system to the next level. Emerging next-generation AMI systems are incorporating the latest “Internet of Things” (IoT) technologies providing two-way communications and data transfer with specialized cloud-connected remote sensors and devices that is ushering in a new era of automated infrastructure management.[...]
5 Ways US Cities Can Conserve Water
Water management issues are on the rise in the United States and worldwide due to: drought, aging infrastructure, and flooding. Here are five ways cities can conserve water: [...]
What is non-invasive leak detection & how does it work?
Water leaks and main breaks are on the rise due to deteriorating water systems left unchecked. On average, these leaks run undetected for more than six months before it surfaces. The consequence of undetected leaks can be severe with up to 15–30% of treated potable water is lost through leaks.[...]
Medicine Hat Selects Echologics® Fixed Leak Detection Solution
Echologics has commissioned an Internet of Things (IoT) Smart City solution over Bell’s broadband wireless network for the City of Medicine Hat, Alberta. The solution wirelessly monitors the City’s water pipeline network to help reduce water loss and mitigate the cost of infrastructure failure.[...]
Sustainable Water Infrastructure Management (SWIM) Study
We often take for granted what we don’t see. This is especially true for our infrastructure that’s buried beneath the surface. Underground pipes supply our homes and businesses with access to safe water—keeping us alive. Yet in North America, the emphasis of replacing and upgrading these vital pipes have been widely ignored.[...]
Echologics and M. E. Simpson Co water main inspection
M. E. Simpson Co. secures license to provide Echologics leak detection and water main condition assessment services for U.S. water utilities. M. E. Simpson Co. was founded in Indiana in 1979 to provide water distribution system evaluation and meter testing services. Along with its head office in Valparaiso, Indiana, today the company has eight regional offices across the U.S. and supplies a wide range of programs and services for water distribution and wastewater collection systems.[...]
REDUCE THE COST OF PCCP ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS
Assessing and monitoring the condition of large diameter prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) is an important and challenging task. Water providers want solutions delivering the accuracy of complex electromagnetic (EM) and internal survey methods but without the operational challenges, limitations, and cost. The Echologics ePulse® condition assessment technology uses non-invasive and non-intrusive acoustic wave propagation (AWP) to identify sections of pipeline with reduced structural stiffness, and estimate the average remaining structural strength or wall thickness.[...]