Our experts take a deep dive into clean water leakage
Leakage in the clean water network has been accepted for many years as a necessary consequence of transporting pressurized water through networks. Background leaks are not typically considered an emergency, but clean water leaks still have the potential to cause significant disruption.
The high pressure in clean water pipes makes the effect of leakage worse, as small leaks can turn into large leaks and cause an interruption in the supply of water to customers.
In this video, we interviewed our water experts: Business Development Director for water Martin Duff and Sales and Senior Research Engineer Harry Smith. They answered some of the key questions we get asked about clean water networks, including:
- The maturity of the clean water leak detection market compared to the oil and gas market
- If clean water leak detection systems can utilize existing instrumentation
- Fixed monitoring solutions vs portable “lift and shift” solutions in clean water leak detection systems
- If Atmos’ leak detection systems can be deployed on high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipelines
- Technology’s ability to adapt to the changed configurations of a clean water network
- What causes clean water leaks
- If a clean water leak should be considered an emergency
- The current process for trunk mains leak detection
- Approaches to overcoming additional data transportation and storage costs
- Requirements of a leak detection system in the clean water sector