Many leaks occur through joints and fittings on the pipeline or in the case of pipeline wall failures, because they become thinner due to stress and fatigue.
A number of contributing factors cause pipeline stress, we are concentrating on 'pressure transients'.
Transients are short-lived pressure waves delivering fast changes in the pressure of a pipe in water networks.
Regular transient activity within pipelines can lead to pipeline fatigue and a weakening of infrastructure which becomes a pre-cursor to leaks and bursts.
CCMWA wished to gain greater visibility and insight ito discover exactly what was going on within their transmission loop.
Syrinix worked with Evides on locating burst events to improve operational response times
Pressure transient monitoring helped Anglian Water understand how a leak closely became a burst.
