Electro Scan Inc. designs, manufactures, sells, and supports proprietary sewer electro scanning technologies. Its scanning products (ES-38™ and ES-660™) and business intelligence products (Smartphone application & Critical Sewers™ Cloud Computing application), combine to capture, display, process, store, and report data to help eliminate sewer backups and sanitary sewer overflows. Utilizing complex data algorithms and processing techniques, Electro Scan dramatically improves the ability of sewer utilities, sewer contractors, and commercial plumbers to determine the number and severity of leaks in sewer mains and laterals and certify rehabilitation projects.

Founded in October 2011, Electro Scan acquired the assets of Leak Busters, Inc. and PDQ Scan, Inc., in November 2011. Today, the company’s proprietary scanning and data intelligence measurement and reporting tools are unique to recording the passage of electricity through sections of pipe to determine the integrity of pipe walls and associated structures. In accordance and compliance with specifications and operational features as described in the American Standards of Testing and Materials, International Standard FS2550-06, Electro Scan represents the next generation in leak detection.

Electro Scan provides solutions to help find & fix leaking sewers. Rainfall and stormwater runoff represent the number one source for infiltration into sanitary sewer systems. Instead of finding its way into a storm drain, leakage into our sewer systems cause preventable sewer backups and sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) — leaks that can be found & fixed. Unfortunately, legacy inspection techniques, such as CCTV, Sonar, Smoke, and Dye Flood inspections, do not provide the quantitative results necessary to provide appropriate data to make proper remediation decisions.

Instead of relying on visual observations, Electro Scan measures the variation of electricity passing through a pipe’s wall, to quantitatively locate and record the severity of defective joints, cracks, service connections, and manholes. Since we all know that the Earth is a big magnet, electricity WILL NOT pass through non-metallic sewer pipes, but WILL pass through pipe defects that cause leaks. The bigger the defect, the bigger the leak, i.e. the more electricity will flow through a defect causing a larger electro scan spike.

Electro Scan’s proprietary technologies capture and record continuous readings along the pipe. Results are transmitted, filtered, recorded and displayed on Electro Scan’s CloudConnect™ Smartphone app, and can be subsequently exported to Electro Scan’s Critical Sewers™ Cloud Computing app for up-to-the minute viewing via our Executive Dashboard. Once resident in the Electro Scan Critical Sewers™ Cloud, Member Only users can complete additional analysis & reporting, including integration with Geographic Information Systems and use with Hyrdaulic Modeling.

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Electro Scan’s family of leak detection technologies measure the variation of electric current flowing through a sewer pipe to identify, locate, and quantify defects. Whether used for scanning Sewer Laterals (ES-38) or Sewer Mains (ES-660), Electro Scan has pioneered the application of applying harmless levels of electric voltage, inside of a partially surcharged sewer pipe, to become the leading solution for identifying cracks, defective joints, and faulty service tap connections, with accuracy within a tenth of an inch.

Legacy sewer inspection techniques, such as CCTV, Smoke Testing, Dye Flood Testing, and Sonar, do not automatically detect leaks. Since most sewer pipe materials, such as clay, plastic, concrete, reinforced concrete, and brick have a high resistance to electrical current, Electro Scan’s proprietary technology, utilizing a surface-based grounded stake and internal pipe, can detect leaks whether or not water infiltration is occurring at the time of the scan.

Electro Scan’s proprietary technology utilizes a three-electrode array where the electrical fields of the outer electrodes (i.e., guard electrodes) cause a focused electric field that encases the middle electrode (i.e. defect electrode). Examining a sewer pipe’s surface area on a continuous basis, Electro Scan provides leak detection surveillance and intelligence that is unequaled in the wastewater collection industry.

Electro Scan’s product family of Sewer Electro Scan Devices include special purpose down hole pullies, inflatable plugs, equipment accessories, smartphone apps, and web apps to facilitate the collection, processing, reporting, storage, and access of electro scan data.

Due to Electro Scan’s advanced sewer assessment capabilities, the company saw the need to offer a new platform to easily access, display, and review the myriad of data from the field. Once electro scans are completed in the field and stored on its CloudConnect™ Smarphone application, data may be transmitted to a safe and secure multi-tenant web architecture. Electro Scan’s Critical Sewers™ Cloud Computing application easily compares and contrasts electro scan inspections with your legacy CCTV, Smoke & Dye Test, and Manholes Inspection results.

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Chuck Hansen, Chairman & CEO

Chuck Hansen is a public sector information technology pioneer with over 25 years of experience advising and deploying a wide range of public sector solutions. As co-founder and majority shareholder of Hansen Information Technologies, Chuck was instrumental in building Hansen Information Technologies to become the first major international IT solutions provider dedicated solely to streamlining the operations of government.

In 1988, Chuck was responsible for designing & developing the first of its kind field-to-office integrated solution to manage the inventory, data collection, and inspection of city-wide Sewer Survey Evaluation Study (SSES). Working with the City of Houston to inventory and rate the condition of its 5,000-mile sanitary sewer system while operating under an EPA consent decree, Chuck worked with the City of Houston’s Henry Gregory to define industry inspection standards to be used by city personnel and outside contractors, including standards followed by over 120 television inspection crews. Other major inspections included Manhole Inspections, Smoke Testing, and Dye Flood Testing, all part of the largest public works inspection project of its kind.

Spearheading the design, development, and deployment of industry-specific work management solutions for the water & sewer, plant, highway, and transit market, Chuck Hansen was responsible for leading his offshore development team to create the first ever cloud-based web service applications for Asset Valuation, Utility Billing, Property Tax, Business & Consumer Licensing, Planning, and Permitting solutions. Chuck was also responsible for developing the first asset-based accounting system for local governments in Australia in accordance with AAS27. In addition, he developed the first Asset Valuation system in accordance with GASB 34 requirements which are used for Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR).

Chuck’s former clients have included some of the largest cities in the United States, Canada, England, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, including strategic alliances in the Middle East, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea.

In 2006, Chuck partnered with private equity firm Golden Gate Capital. As the majority shareholder, he sold Hansen Information Technologies to Atlanta-based Infor Global in 2007.

Since selling his company, Chuck has been involved in the start-up, management, and investment of several high-tech companies, including his decision to make an early stage investment in Facebook. An avid musician, Chuck played Baritone & Bass Sax with various artists, including Eddy Money, Huey Lewis, Micky Dolans (“The Monkees”), Mickey Thomas (Starship), Prairie Prince (“The Tubes”), Todd Rundgren, and Tower of Power. Earning his General Aviation Pilot’s license and Instrument Rating in less than a year, Chuck began investigating innovative technologies that would fundamentally alter the way municipal and investor-owned utilities can identify critical sewer pipes, which led to Chuck’s founding of Electro Scan Inc.

Prior to co-founding Hansen Information Technologies with his father and brother, Chuck worked with several Silicon Valley venture capital firms as a senior executive for troubled high-tech companies. Chuck was also the youngest corporate Vice President and Corporate Officer for a $20 billion NYSE bank holding company. Chuck started his career in Finance as a Senior Accountant for Arthur Andersen & Co. in their San Francisco and Oakland offices, where he worked on several SEC registration statements including a brief tenure as a merger & acquisition consultant and Director of Strategic Planning at cement pipe maker, Ameron, Inc.

Chuck received his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management (1982) and BS from the University of California, Berkeley (1978). Chuck also rowed Cal Crew during their 1977 championship season and played in the U.C. Berkeley Jazz Band, and was the male recipient of the prestigious Robert Gordon Sproul & Ida W. Sproul Award, U.C. Berkeley’s highest student honor. For over ten (10) years, Chuck was a Visiting Lecturer with the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Graduate School of Engineering, where he taught courses on Upgrading Your Sanitary Sewer Maintenance Program.

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“Simply put, Electro Scan finds leaks that CCTV doesn’t.”

Electro Scan’s breakthrough technology changes how municipalities, contractors, engineering firms, and commercial plumbers assess sewer pipes.

Once every fifty years or so, a technology comes along and shifts the direction of an industry. Electro Scan is that technology. The industry will never be the same again.

By allowing sewer utilities, contractors, and engineering firms to locate the precise location (i.e., within .1 inches) and severity of defects that cause inflow & infiltration, Electro Scan has jumped to the front of the line of inspection techniques to not only assess & prioritze critical pipes, but to certify that relining projects, repairs, and sewer line replacements deliver the results that everyone has been promised.

Why such a strong statement? The facts are undeniable. Electro Scan’s proprietary technology scientifically finds leaks without visual observation.

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