Inline Inspection of Underwater Leak | Aquip

INGU Pipers® locates an underwater leak in a fiberglass pipeline from Thailand’s Provincial Waterworks Authority.

INGU Pipers® was deployed through an air valve to inspect a 6.6km pipeline that crossed two canals and a main road.

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Project	Inline Inspection of Underwater Leak
Project Overview	Thailand’s Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) was facing a serious problem: 30-40% of raw water was being lost throughout its fiberglass pipeline system every year. The PWA knew its lines had to be leaking, but previous inspection results failed to explain such significant losses. Pipers® was deployed through an air valve to inspect a 6.6km fiberglass pipeline that crossed two canals and a main road.
Project Challenges	INGU analysed the data and reported the coordinates of a single leak flowing into one of the canals. There were no visible signs of a leak at the surface, so teams had to wade through the water and surrounding vegetation to confirm the leak in person.
Project Results	Pipers® and data science located the leak within two meters. Thanks to INGU Pipers®, a +/-10 meter range was all that had to be searched, opposed to the 6km pipeline, a nearly impossible task otherwise. Best of all, the client was very happy with the results.

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