Electrode leak location helps Florida utility identify infiltrationProblem:After spending decades and millions of dollars rehabilitating sewer pipes across its service area, a large coastal Florida utility realized its legacy pipe inspection program was failing to reduce excessive infiltration.
Solution:The utility engaged Electro Scan to perform a Focused Electrode Leak Location pipe inspection program, comparing equal lengths of 50-year-old unlined vitrified clay pipe, newly lined cured-in-place pipe, and 15-year-old CIPP liners to evaluate its efficacy to support improved rehabilitation strategies.
Result:Remarkably, the 50-year-old unlined VCP performance for controlling I&I was two and one-half times greater than the newly rehabilitated CIPP liners. This single finding resulted in an immediate priority to inspect all
