Echologics LLC is a Canadian

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company based in

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that specializes in non-invasive acoustic detection of underground leaks and

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condition assessment. It has completed projects in North America, Europe, Australia, South Africa, and Singapore that have minimized the loss of millions of gallons of drinking water via leaking infrastructure. Echologics and

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are both part of

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' Mueller Technologies reporting segment.

Products and Services

Echologics uses acoustic technology to detect leaks in below-ground plastic piping, without the need to directly access the pipes. In 2010, the company won a one-year contract to detect leaks in municipal piping in the

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Hurricane Katrina. Three Echologics engineers were assigned to the project. In the project's first two weeks, Echologics detected leaks totaling 358,000 gallons daily. Other services include assessment of

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pipes, permanent leak monitoring systems, transmission main leak detection, and

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management. In 2012, Mueller Service Co., which provides assessment and remediation services to water utilities, was consolidated under the Echologics brand.

Projects

Water Transmission Main in Las Vegas

Echologics is monitoring a three-mile section of a critical water main beneath the Las Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD). Installed in 1963, the 30-inch water main supplies up to 7.5 million gallons of water per day to resorts, casinos, and attractions, among other users. LVVWD is deploying Echologics' EchoShore-TX leak detection platform.

Bottling Plant in China

Echologics located a leak under a bottling plant in China, which was losing approximately 40,000 gallons per day of treated supply water. An Echologics field crew with the LeakFinder correlator located the leak, within a day, underneath a section of concrete roadway surrounding the plant.

Partnership with American Water and Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center partnered with American Water and Echologics to monitor leak detection within the Metropolitan Chicago area and saved 3.25 million gallons of non-revenue water.

City of Tampa Water Department

The City of

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Water Department secured a service agreement with Echologics in April 2012 to conduct widespread transmission main leak detection on approximately 7.5 miles of cast iron pipe in the city's water system.

United Water New Jersey

United Water New Jersey (UWNJ), a subsidiary of

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, selected Echologics for a pilot survey to detect leaks in five miles of water mains composed of cast iron pipe, pre-stressed cylinder concrete, and reinforced concrete pipe.

References

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