WATER LOSS AND LEAK DETECTION RESOURCES
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Water utilities across the United States have made great strides in controlling water loss within their water distribution systems. Resources such as the M36 Manual, Water Audits and Loss Control Programs, from the American Water Works Association have helped educate and prepare utility operators and managers to recover and manage water loss from their systems. However, more can be done to account for every last drop of water.
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Yorkshire Water Services (YWS) is a leading UK water utility that serves nearly 5.5 million people and has a well-deserved reputation as a progressive and proactive utility. Their belief that innovation is one of the key driving forces that allows utilities to deliver better services to their customers while keeping costs down has led them to always seek out new ways to improve their operations both now and in the future.
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Learn how a military installation used an Insta-Valve insertion valve to repair a water leak, minimizing disruption and costs. Hydra-Stop's support was valued in maintaining military readiness.
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The Town of Holly Springs, NC, used Hydra-Stop's Insta-Valve 250 insertion valves to repair a leak in a transmission line without causing water service outages to over 40 residences. This solution saved the town from widespread outages and other costs associated with a system shutdown, providing better control, cost reduction, and long-term value.
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How are water utilities getting the deluge of real and apparent water losses under control? The City of Elmhurst, a stately suburb west of Chicago with a population of about 46,000 residents, is a case study on how one municipality took on the issue.
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It's a sobering fact that global freshwater demand could outstrip supply by more than 50% by 2030. Despite this, more than 158 million cubic feet of water are still lost around the world each day through leakage. To put that in context, that's the same as losing 12,000 Olympic-size swimming pools of drinking water each day.
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By understanding how to implement a pressure management program, the amount of recoverable water losses can be staggering, as well as have a significant reduction in pipe breakages.
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In this case study, read about a network design that reduced energy use while improving health and quality of life for one of India's holiest cities.
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Hear how utilities are overcoming operational challenges, such as non-revenue water and leak detection, using digital technologies.
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Water Online recently spoke with Dave Wallenstein, P.E., a licensed mechanical and civil engineer with East Bay MUD, about how they are using AMI to conserve water.
WATER LOSS AND LEAK DETECTION VIDEOS
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The Business Of Water: Kamstrup
In this episode of The Water Online Show: The Business Of Water, Travis Kennedy sits down with Joe Ball from Kamstrup. Travis and Joe discuss the evolution of AMI, and explore Kamstrup's groundbreaking leak detection tool, which is the industry's first smart meter with acoustic leak detection embedded inside the meter.