Leakage and Blockage Detection for Water Pipelines

Author(s):

Samiksha Mandurkar , Don Bosco College of Engineering; Pradnya Kamat, Don Bosco College of Engineering; Fatimath Ezmath .M., Don Bosco College of Engineering; Gandhar Sathe, Don Bosco College of Engineering; Avril Vaz, Don Bosco College of Engineering

Keywords:

leakages and blockages, detector, sensors

Abstract:

Leakage is usually the major cause of water loss in water-distribution systems. To minimize public health risk and economic loss and to conserve water, utilities regularly audit their distribution systems and conduct leak-detection surveys. When pressurized water leaks out from the cracks in the pipe, there will be loss of energy in the water. Some of this energy is transformed to noise, which spreads in all directions through soil and some of this noise reaches the surface. Some noise spreads longitudinally through the pipe and through water in the pipe. These leakages and blockages are detected by digging and checking for cracks on the entire length of the pipe which wastes a lot of time and resource. This problem can be solved by using a detector comprising of different sensors attached to a cable that will detect the leakage and the blockage in water pipelines.

Other Details:

Manuscript Id	:	IJSTEV2I10134
Published in	:	Volume : 2, Issue : 10
Publication Date	:	01/05/2016
Page(s)	:	539-541

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