Rapidly growing urban development. Sharp increases in the demand for freshwater. It’s a double whammy that most municipalities would just as soon...
Entries Tagged Leak Detection
Editorial
A Look At Everything Water
Everything water will be under one roof in June, as the American Water Works Association’s 2014 Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE14) is...
Online Exclusives
Top 4 Ways to Control Water System Leaks
There’s an old joke that goes something like this: A violinist, late for an audition, inquires of a New York cabbie, “How...
Online Exclusives
What is a Valve Maintenance Program?
No one likes being called in the middle of the night to the scene of a broken waterline. What’s even more frustrating...
Online Exclusives
Runners Chase Leaks for 2014 Fix-A-Leak Week
For a homeowner, the slow, methodical dripping of a kitchen sink in the middle of the night is merely an annoyance. For...
Editorial
Location and Leak Detection
Magnetic-RFID identifies underground assets quicklyProblem
Underground utility asset location and identification is a very costly problem for utilities and municipalities. Problems range from...
Editorial
Location and Leak Detection
Quickly locating the source of infiltration and inflow in sewer systems can save utilities thousands in operating costs and wasted resources. The...
Editorial
The Asset Test
It’s a simple rule. You can’t maintain what you have unless you know what you have — and what shape it’s in....
Editorial
New Technology Slated for WEFTEC 2013
WEFTEC, the Water Environment Federation’s annual technical exhibition and conference, annually offers water-quality education and training to water and wastewater professionals from...
Editorial
Leak-testing Laboratory
When the water utility serving Henry County, Ga., was ready to replace its leak detection equipment a few years ago, the agency...
Editorial
Pipeline Inspection, Surveying and Mapping
Inspection Camera Systems/Vehicles
Side-scanning cameraThe CUES Digital Universal Camera (DUC) is a high resolution, digital CCTV, side-scanning camera designed for rapid and detailed...
Online Exclusives
3 Leak Detection Tools Every Utility Needs
Limiting sewer line inflow and infiltration requires a dedicated maintenance program and tools that can assess pipe condition and note areas of...
Online Exclusives
Defect Detection Manufacturer Agrees to Conduct 20,000-Foot Project in Virginia
Electro Scan Inc., a pipeline defect detection instrumentation, smartphone and cloud computing applications manufacturer, announced an agreement with Prism Contractors & Engineers,...
Blogs
$16,000 Water Bill Causes Uproar in California
When a woman in Escondido, Calif., received a $16,000 water bill for roughly 30 days worth of service from December 2012 to...



















