You might be surprised at how little has changed in sewer pipeline inspection over the past 60 years. Closed-circuit television, first introduced in the 1940s, was adopted in the 1950s to determine pipe conditions and line defects. While equipment updates and new standards improved pipe inspections over the years, very few improvements were made to the process of identifying pipeline defects … until now. Artificial intelligence offers a real breakthrough for more accurate, efficient and unbiased inspections.Overcoming ObstaclesUtility owners and contractors benefitted from the standardization of pipeline observations by the National Association of Sewer Service Cos. in the early 2000s.
