Congratulations to Electro Scan Inc. for winning the Environment+Energy Leader ‘PRODUCT OF THE YEAR’ for its SWORDFISH Lead Detection solution. What an honor and a thrill to be selected by the prestigious E+E Judges in 2022 announced earlier this week.
A cautionary note from Hugh Chapman on the use of Satellite Leak Detection (that actually requires others to find the leaks) and Artificial Intelligence to ingest acoustic leak detection signals that exponentially increase the number of false-positives.
The same buyer’s remorse is being observed in applying AI to CCTV videos. If CCTV cameras can’t tell where pipes leak, then neither will AI. Defeating the claim that AI will improve rehabilitation selection. It does not.
Clearly, private equity and venture capital investors that have funded these companies did fully understand the needs of the water market and the rigorous benchmarking that is undertaken before solutions are Accepted.
Word of these kind of project failures travel fast.
Electro Scan Inc. is working with dozens of U.S. and Global water companies that succumbed to these technologies, now having trouble delivering actionable (i.e. where to fix and in what priority) data to their customers and regulators.
Is your utility struggling to get actionable data (i.e. prioritize leaks by severity and know where to dig) using acoustic sensor, data loggers, helium tracers, electro-magnetic sensors, fiber optic cables, ground penetrating radar, lasers, or satellite ‘points of interest’?
After years of relying on legacy leak detection techniques that can’t locate every pipe leak in a single pass or determine the liters per second of each leak found to calibrate to DMA losses, British water utilities are learning how Electro Scan Inc.‘s non-acoustic sensors using low voltage electric current (i.e. not EM) precisely locates all leaks to within 1cm accuracy.
High pitched sounds might be heard locating a single leak, but the higher the pitch the smaller the leak. More than likely missing the larger leaks that are already ponding around the pipe and unheard by listening devices.
Benchmark comparisons show acoustic listening devices can miss 80-100% of leaks in pipes, found by new Electro Scan technology.
Don’t keep digging up the same pipe, when Electro Scan can assess the pipe correctly the first time.
Learn more about DELTA, TRIDENT, and SWORDFISH (Leaks and Buried Lead Pipe Location) and how they can help your utility achieve accurate pipe condition assessments, quantify water losses, and certify joints in new pipes, including plastics, as watertight.
The continued reliance on CCTV cameras to detect sewer leaks is finally catching up to cities in Australia. Time to upgrade to new technology to ensure our sewer and storm networks are water tight.
Climate change and need for resilient infrastructure is shining a new light on the consequences of using legacy technologies to address complex environmental and engineering issues and lackluster results when AI is applied to older technologies that don’t fundamentally deliver actionable data.
This is a key issue in today’s water business with a plethora of IoT sensors that fail to deliver the precision and actionable data needed to identify, quantify, and recommend repairs. Unable to provide “X” marks the spot locational precision, water utilities at today’s session questioned the financial return of placing sensors on every corner (e.g. a key valves, hydrants, or pressure zones).
Given that acoustic sensors miss 80-100% of leaks given ambient noise, high groundwater conditions, customer usage, erratic flows, unsteady pressures, and changes in pipe materials, a new business paradigm has arrived utilizing machine-intelligent non-acoustic sensors.
Congratulations to our very own Chuck Hansen who has just been included in the 2021 Environment+Energy Leader 100 List! 🏆 The annual award recognizes movers and shakers who are pioneers & trailblazers in creating innovative solutions dedicated to the field of sustainable environmental and energy solutions.
In addition to work with the largest water utilities in the world to reduce Non-Revenue Water #nrw and Water Loss through machine-intelligent non-acoustic technology, Electro Scan Inc.‘s selection by PETRONAS as Winner in its recent TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE for Underground Pipeline Condition Assessment were key factors in Chuck Hansen‘s addition to the E+E LEADER Top 100 List.
“I’m delighted to represent the water industry and sharing this honor with such an esteemed group of people from so many different industries. Bringing long-term substantive Improvements in environment and energy management that are economically feasible are some of the most important contributions any of us can make. And it’s great to see innovative solutions coming from all sectors of the economy.” – Chuck Hansen, Chairman, CEO, & Founder, Electro Scan Inc.
Thank you, Chuck, for helping guide Electro Scan and its international Environment+Energy customers to adopting clean and dependable carbon-efficient energy solutions to improve and replace legacy Acoustic, CCTV, and other subjective inspection technologies.
Electro Scan Inc. is excited to announce that we are having a GRAND RE-OPENING & OPEN HOUSE, May 20th and 21st to celebrate the launch of our new Trident Potable Water Leak Detection Probe.
See our new Sacramento-based Leak Detection Training Facility, enjoy food and beverage in the California sunshine, meet our team of developers, engineers, and field technicians, and get entered to win 1 of 2 free 1-day water inspections.
The Electro Scan DELTA (large diameter) and TRIDENT (smaller diameter push rod) represents a breakthrough in pressurized leak detection, designed for water mains, transmission pipes, and sewer force mains.
Operating using the same FELL technology as our sewer probes, capable of locating and quantifying leaks with 3/8” locational accuracy, our FELL multi-sensor water solution uses CCTV to allow smooth navigation and identify obstructions and illegal connections.
With TRIDENT and CriticalH20 your inspection results are available within minutes.
Greetings from Jersey, The Channel Islands, UK! Watching Electro Scan Inc. since 2014, the Government of Jersey awarded Electro Scan (UK) Ltd. a contract to survey gravity sewers after CCTV continued providing incomplete or inaccurate data on infiltration.
Brad Weston and Chris Chesworth arrived by ferry earlier this week with beautiful weather and lots of paperwork for entry.
American & British Electro Scan crews, customers, and contractors, have worked throughout COVID-19 with several new orders for purchase of Electro Scan equipment.
And, just in time to address mega-drought conditions, worldwide and at home in the State of California, Electro Scan’s technology is now able to survey pressurized water mains!
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M.E. Simpson Brings Machine-Intelligent Pipe Condition Assessment Technology to Potable Water, Force Main, and Gravity Sewers, Without Interruption of Services
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, February 22, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Electro Scan Inc. is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with M.E. Simpson Company, Inc., a leading provider of leak detection services based in Valparaiso, Indiana, exclusively representing Electro Scan products throughout a seven-state Midwest territory. In addition to representing the company’s products, M.E. Simpson also becomes an Authorized Service Provider (ASP) certified to offer Focused Electrode Leak Location (FELL) services throughout its territory.
For over 40-years, M.E. Simpson has brought cutting-edge technologies to its public and private clients to solve complex water distribution and wastewater collection problems and has built a reputation for providing actionable results.
“Electro Scan’s ability to locate leaks within 1cm and measure each leak’s severity in gallons per minute immediately caught my eye,” stated Michael Simpson, Chief Executive Offer, M.E. Simpson Company, Inc.
“M.E. Simpson prides itself on its long history of adopting proven solutions that offer the best results for its clients. A key factor in our decision to offer Electro Scan was its machine-based accuracy of finding & measuring leaks without requiring any technical interpretations,” stated Simpson.
“Electro Scan’s ability to locate leaks within 1cm and measure each leak’s severity in gallons per minute immediately caught my eye.“
— Michael Simpson, Chief Executive Officer, M.E. Simpson Co., Inc.
Electro Scan will install its award-winning ES-660 pipeline leak detection equipment in an existing M.E. Simpson inspection truck and train its field crews to conduct pipeline surveys in accordance with ASTM F2550.
Electro Scan supports a comprehensive product library allowing its in-house and authorized contractors to assess pipe diameters ranging from 2 inches (50mm) to 72 inches (1800mm).
The newly certified Electro Scan crews will be able to perform Focused Electrode Leak Location (FELL) inspections throughout M.E. Simpson’s Midwest territory, including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Due to Electro Scan’s dramatic growth, other opportunities to deploy M.E. Simpson crews outside their territory will be decided on a case-by-case basis.
Electro Scan’s ASP business model allows M.E. Simpson to immediately offer innovative FELL services to its client base without the need for additional suppliers.
In addition to the new field equipment, M.E. Simpson will utilize Electro Scan’s award-winning Critical Sewers® cloud-based application, featuring immediate access to fully processed reports within minutes after completing field surveys.
“Our team could not be more pleased and excited to offer Electro Scan’s unique and powerful technology,” continued Simpson.
The partnership allows M.E. Simpson to offer its municipal clients machine-intelligent sewer infiltration studies, rehabilitation certifications, and force main investigations with Electro Scan’s gravity inspection product suite. Electro Scan is delighted to support M.E. Simpson’s Electro Scan equipment and data management needs.
“The meticulous care that M.E. Simpson serves their clients is the ideal partner want to provide Electro Scan services,” stated Chuck Hansen, Founder, Electro Scan Inc.
“The relationships Mike Simpson has developed over his career are based on successful results, accountability, and a high level of customer service, especially serving small and mid-sized municipal clients. Mike’s proven track record of thought leadership, while actively questioning the typical “business as usual” nature of most suppliers, will really help water & sewer utilities ‘Build Back Better’ as ratepayers return from mandated COVID-19 lockdowns,” continued Hansen.
Coinciding with the U.S. launch of Electro Scan’s potable water and sewer force main multi-sensor inspection product suite, M.E. Simpson will be able to offer the company’s DELTA and TRIDENT pressurized pipe inspection solutions.
Multi-sensor probe combines Acoustic (legacy listening), CCTV (visual navigation), and Conductivity (pinpoint leak location), in a single in-pipe tethered platform.
These tethered technologies include low voltage conductivity, high-definition closed-circuit television (CCTV), acoustic sensors, and continuous pressure sensor to allow Electro Scan to offer the same leak location and quantification capabilities for 3 to 60-inch water mains and transmission pipes of any pipe material, providing a comprehensive assessment from a single pipe insertion.
Of all pipe surveys completed in the last 10 years, Electro Scan’s FELL technology has identified an average of 750 leaks per mile and has assessed over 60 pipe materials.
Electro Scan Develops Pipe-Specific Leak Detection Assessments for Each Pipe Material.
A key advantage of FELL technology is its ability to automatically identify and quantify leaks at joints, customer lateral connections, and cracks.
FELL technology can also identify “pinhole” leaks from trenchless rehabilitation projects, including Cured-In-Place Pipe (CIPP), as well as defects at customer lateral locations that may not have been present before lining.
Electro Scan’s sixth annual CIPP Leakage Survey, released January 1, 2021, found that 33% of all CIPP inspected in 2020 showed leakage rates of over 20 GPM. Since 2014, Electro Scan has conducted over 1,500 CIPP inspections around the world, from 40 different suppliers.
Electro Scan’s FELL technology has been evaluated in benchmark studies by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Water Works Association (AWWA), and the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation (WERF).
Likewise, the German-based Institute of Underground Infrastructure (IKT), UK-based Water Research Centre (WRc), and the Japan Sewer Collection System Maintenance Association (JASCOMA) have all studied and endorsed FELL technology for pipeline condition inspection, with WRc representing Electro Scan products from 2015-2020, when Electro Scan introduced its own pressurized pipe inspection solutions for the UK water market.
Electro Scan is the only worldwide supplier that produces reports in accordance with ASTM F2550, ‘Standard Practice for Locating Leaks in Sewer Pipes by Measuring the Variation of Electric Current Flow Through the Pipe Wall’ and was recently awarded its fourteenth patent, with many additional patents pending.
ABOUT M.E. SIMPSON COMPANY, INC. M.E. Simpson Co., Inc. was founded in 1979 by Marvin E. Simpson, who started in the Water Works Industry in 1956 and spent the next 23 years working for various manufacturers of pipe, valves, and water meters. M.E. Simpson Company’s mission is to provide technical services to municipal and private Water Utilities in the Midwest. In the last 20 years, the company has worked not only with many Midwestern Water Utilities and has also helped Water Utilities throughout the United States and its territories.
ABOUT ELECTRO SCAN INC. Electro Scan Inc., a leading supplier of machine-intelligent pipeline assessment products and services for the water & wastewater pipeline market, was recognized at the 2021 IoT Breakthrough Awards as ‘Leak Detection Solution of the Year’. Electro Scan Inc. develops proprietary pipe condition assessment equipment, delivers field services, and offers cloud-based data processing and reporting applications that automatically locate, measure, and report defects in sewer, water, and natural gas pipelines, typically not found by legacy inspection methods.
California-based Electro Scan Inc. Wins the Prestigious “Leak Detection Solution of the Year” Award for 2021 as first technology to accuracy locate & measure leakage in Gallons per Minute or Liters per Second.
