Mueller Articles

  1. Innovative Repair Products A Key To Optimized Asset Management 12/6/2020

    For water managers, getting visibility into their distribution system through historical data offers a better understanding of which pipes are most likely to break, thereby making it easier to plan to make repairs before they become emergencies. Active leak detection can also reduce the number of emergency repairs by finding them when they are small leaks. A growing number of municipalities are taking advantage of those tools. At the same time, however, selecting optimal repair products plays just as critical a role in enhancing asset management.

  2. Smart Hydrant Pilot Project Delivers Promising Pressure Data 12/4/2020

    Dealing with aging infrastructure, and the resulting leaks and breaks, is the biggest ongoing issue for water utilities, including New Jersey American Water. Until recently, operators at the utility had to install a permanent monitoring site to get remote pressure readings that could help them address the issue. However, they may have found a more viable solution for pressure and leak monitoring.

  3. Innovative Communication Tool Enables Robust And Contact-Free Control Capabilities 10/24/2020

    Two-way wireless communication can provide a wealth of benefits for municipal water utilities, including command and control abilities that underpin a wider smart city infrastructure. However, most tools currently on the market do not provide the flexibility and uncompromising speed that are necessary to enable these capabilities. The newly released Mueller® Mi.Net® LoRaWAN® (LW) node, by comparison, allows two-way data communication to take place within seconds instead of hours.

  4. A Sound Approach To Evaluating NRW Loss And Aging Pipelines 5/18/2018

    As water distribution infrastructure ages, the potential for leaks grows and the need for condition-driven asset management increases proportionally. As with so many other aspects of water operations, planning ahead is key. Good system diagnosis using noninvasive procedures provides an accurate and cost-effective assessment of distribution system integrity, just as noninvasive monitoring of heartbeat, pulse, and blood pressure plays an important role in human health.