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May 9, 2012

More than Pipe Dreams: Non-Revenue Water Solutions

Non-revenue Water (NRW) as the name suggests, describes the all too common occurrence of water that is lost, or unaccounted for, en route between the water supplier and the customer. As might be expected, NRW is a major challenge for water utilitity companies and governments, who are responsible for the upkeep of pipelines and is a particular headache in developing countries where technology and resources to address the problem are often limited. Such water losses may occur as result of poor utilities management including lack of accountability and governance leading to badly maintained pipes and leakages, as well illegal connections.
[ Source: China Water Risk ]

May 7, 2012

Research makes leaders in leakage management

An $A800,000 research project trial will allow Sydney Water to focus on leak management by testing innovative leak detection techniques in Sydney’s 3,000 km of large pipes.
[ Source: Trenchless Australasia ]

April 4, 2012

Condition Assessment and Localized Repairs of Transmission Mains Offer Utilities Major Savings over Replacement or Large Scale Sliplining

In the past, many utilities have operated under a “three strikes and you’re out” approach. Meaning, they have replaced entire pipelines if they failed multiple times expending significant capital costs for a pipeline that may have had many decades of remaining useful life. Many of these pipelines are prematurely discarded when they could have been reliably managed.
[ Source: UIM ]