Pipe condition assessment projects in Israel
28/01/2020
Aquarius Spectrum, a provider of advanced monitoring and leak detection solutions, recently won two Pipe Condition Assessment (PCA) projects in two large cities in Israel.In Holon, Aquarius deployed 750 acoustic sensors to cover the entire water network. The sensors permanently monitor the underground pipeline on a daily basis, providing accurate data on the development of hidden leaks as well as analysis of the condition of the pipes in order to prioritise the replacement of faulty pipeline sections.
Mei Shikma Water Utility is responsible for supplying drinking water to 250,000 customers in the local authorities, Holon, Or Yehuda, Azur and Beit Dagan, operating a water pipeline that is 400 km in length.
PCA is a powerful tool for water utilities that enables them to replace the right malfunctioning pipes and analyse the cause of the fault in the pipe. Aquarius Spectrum has gained extensive experience in interpreting leak development dynamics in pipes and their relationship to pipe condition assessment.
Aquarius PCA is integrating several methods, including leak statistics, to analyse the history of pipe breaks and their exact locations, and leak development dynamics, which analyses the growth rate of the leak. The density of leaks in each pipe section and the leak growth rate are strongly connected to the pipe condition; the main pipe types that have severe deterioration and an increasing failure rate, and which are likely to break, can be identified.
In addition, the large pipes of the city of Tel Aviv will be covered by 150 new sensors that combine both hydrophones and pressure sensors. These will detect hidden leakages and analyse the pipeline condition.
Aquarius specialises in the monitoring of municipal water distribution networks and the detection of underground leaks from the earliest stages of their development using both fixed and mobile acoustic sensors.
AQS-SYS is a permanent leak detection system that executes daily monitoring of the municipal water network and iQuarius is a revolutionary mobile leak detection device that is based on an innovative vibration sensor coupled with sophisticated smartphone software.
