Together with DTU, the water suppliers Nordvand and HOFOR and a number of other industry partners, AVK has joined the LEAKman partnership. The purpose is to implement state-of-the-art water distribution by using high-technology products and techniques and by tying components and software together into integrated solutions. The goal is to minimise water loss and an important part of this project is effective tracking and management of leakages.
As part of the LEAKman project, the two water suppliers Nordvand and HOFOR have each selected two areas where noise loggers will be installed. Automatic tracking ensures that leakages are quickly identified. This also prevents the damage from escalating and causing more serious financial consequences.
Each section of the distribution network is provided with a number of valves in order to be able to isolate a section which is as small as possible in case of pipe bursts or the need for establishing new pipes. The valves are spread across the whole section, which allows placement of the noise loggers together with the valves.
AVK has developed a plastic street cover allowing storage of the necessary equipment for noise loggers, like microphone, software installation, battery and antenna.