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January 2012
Leaky pipes and non-revenue water are forcing utilities to strike a balance between leak detection, pipe repair, and economics.
[ Source: Water Efficiency ]
January 2012
Condition Assessment of York Region's Forcemain
In partnership with Pure Technologies Ltd. and CH2M Hill, the Regional Municipality of York completed a pilot condition assessment study of a portion of their 93km of wastewater force mains which make up the York Durham Sewage System.
[ Source: Influents - Winter ]
January 2012
Managing Water & Wastewater Infrastructure - An Interview with Mike Higgins
In this interview, Mike Higgins outlines that if a proactive pipeline management strategy is implemented, existing pipelines can be operated as reliably and safe as new pipelines.
[ Source: Water & Wastewater Management Summit 2012 ]
December 25, 2011
Leaky pipes and non-revenue water are forcing utilities to strike a balance between leak detection, pipe repair, and economics.
[ Source: Water Efficiency ]
November 23, 2011
City water leaks wasting millions of tax dollars
In a revolution that started more than a decade ago, some municipalities have been turning their water world on its head. Rather than only reacting once a pipe break is known, they're methodically trying to figure out just how healthy their aging pipes and systems are, and they're trying to find and fix leaks long before they turn into more significant problems.
[ Source: CBC News ]
November 2011
Failure of a large-diameter water main in the Canadian capital resulted in the
use of robotic inspection and monitoring systems.
[ Source: Trenchless World ]
October 2011
In order to develop a comprehensive condition assessment solution, the benefits and limitations of an NDT method must be carefully evaluated to ensure the tool or technique
is providing the most appliciable data. While the benefits
and data outputs for NDT methods are well defined, each
of these techniques have limitations of either their deployment
methodology or data resolution/applicabiliry provided.
[ Source: Trenchless Technology ]
October 27, 2011
Pure wins runner up - rehab project of the year for the "Miami-Dade Large Diameter Pipeline Assessment & Rehab" project.
[ Source: Trenchless Technology ]
October 17, 2011
Pure is exhibiting at WEFTEC11 in LA, Oct 17-Oct. 19, Stop by our booth #4134 for a free gift and to learn about our wastewater inspection services
October 12, 2011
Prestressed Pipe Deterioration Prompts Large Utility to Seek Effective, Cost-efficient Approach
While North America faces the “pay now or pay later” challenges of rehabilitating aging underground pipe infrastructure, another issue — unrelated to age — is lurking beneath the surface.
[ Source: Utility Infrastructure Management ]
October 4, 2011
Pure Technologies targets GCC's leaky pipe market
Pure Technologies, the Canadian infrastructure monitoring technology developer, will use its suite of pipeline services as it looks to gain a foothold in the GCC market, the regional branch manager said on Tuesday.
[ Source: Contruction Week ]
September 28, 2011
Behind the Scenes, Inside the Pipes at The Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility (AWWU)
The 8,800-foot long Eklutna water main in Alaska, supplies clean, fresh water to the majority of the Anchorage Bowl, and Thursday a group of utility workers and engineers crawled through those pipes to make sure everything is running smoothly.
[ Source: KTVA (CBS Affiliate) ]
September 20, 2011
Louisville Water Company has new tool to search for water main breaks
Two massive water main breaks this summer showed cracks in the Louisville Water Company's aging pipe system. Now it has a new tool designed to search out and prevent breaks. Leaders hope a new tool called a PipeDiver will solve some of the problems.
[ Source: WRDB (Fox Affiliate) ]