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JD7 partners Wachs Water Services continue to win awards in the USA region. WWS are currently completing several projects across the USA using the JD7 technology.

Water companies in the Philippines and Middle East are tapping into the JD7 “Investigator” to survey their distribution system.

The “Investigator” is a CCTV acoustic leak detection system from the United Kingdom that enables pressurised pipe inspection of 500mm and smaller diameter of pipes without interrupting water service. The device can even be launched through fire hydrants, pressure fittings, air valves, and gate valves.

Aside from making investigations without service interruption possible, the “Investigator” lessens traffic obstruction by minimizing road excavations necessary to check the pipes. The device’s system camera, hydrophone and sonde technology detect the actual location of the leak from the surface and marks it for repair. It also enables overall pipe condition assessment; help trace illegal connections, unknown pipes, and possible sources of water quality issues.

To learn more about JD7 or any of the products please contact Stuart Hamilton – stuart.hamilton@jd7.co.uk

Stuart Hamilton and Danny Krywyj have just returned from the AWWA conference in Dallas USA where several projects were secured during the trip and will be announced in our next newsletter.

For more information please contact Stuart Hamilton Stuart@JD7.co.uk

JD7 has been awarded a contract to survey large diameter mains in the city of Jakarta (Indonesia) the project starts mid June and will be using the JD7 LDS1000 portable system – results will be published in the next news letter.

The LDS1000 system was chosen as the preferred technology due to the ability to maximise distance under low flows and to locate/pinpoint leaks using the very sensitive hydrophone in the low pressure situations.

For more information please contact Stuart Hamilton Stuart@JD7.co.uk

JD7 have recently finished a project for EYDAP Water in Athens Greece. 15km of transmission mains were surveyed in the city centre which proved challenging due to the busy city and narrow streets.

The surveys were possible due to the portable JD7 LDS1000 system that is battery driven and can conduct several Km of survey on a single charge – another benefit was the silent running of the technology enabling work to be conducted in the early hours.

The LDS1000 with its high quality camera and acoustics found several leaks all of which were excavated and confirmed on the day where the location was very accurately confirmed by the powerful sonde located in the camera & acoustic head ensuring minimal excavation size.

For more information please contact Stuart Hamilton Stuart@JD7.co.uk

Wachs Water Services have recently completed a project in Mexico to locate leaks on low pressure large diameter mains. WWS deployed the LDS1000 and qualified team to deliver the project. Several problems and leaks were identified and located successfully.

For more information please contact Stuart Hamilton Stuart@JD7.co.uk

JD7 have signed new partners for the Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Islands. This is very good news to JD7 and has already proved a success with immediate success in contract award.

Kevin Storey Sales Director of Water Investigation said “I’m very excited to be able to offer this latest technology for service and sale to the Australasia region and the initial interest has been incredible with successes in the first few weeks”

For more information please contact Stuart Hamilton Stuart@JD7.co.uk

JD7 was recently contacted by a UK water company to assist in the location of a potential water leak. The water company used the majority of traditional and advanced acoustic technology available to them in the UK including companies using insertion technology. All companies tried to locate the potential and problematic leak but all came up with negative results.

JD7 was asked to visit the site using the LDS1000 system and within 2 hours had located a source of where the leak was, pinpointed and marked the location.

Every UK manufacture of insertion and acoustic technology was requested to return and try to locate the leak now the position was known but again all with failure. The leak was excavated a week later and was found to be a joint leaking – the accuracy was within 300mm and the main was over 2m deep and of cast iron material, this again highlights the benefits and advancements of the JD7 technology in this case the camera, hydrophone and sonde.

JD7 have started a program of works in Athens Greece – JD7 were awarded the contract due to the introduction of the most advanced insertion technology in the water industry combined with very competitive pricing. The work started in April 2012 and the teams are using the LDS1000 and Investigator systems. For more information please contact Stuart Hamilton Stuart@JD7.co.uk

JD7 continue to expand the business with overseas growth – JD7 have recently completed a program of works using the JD7 LDS1000 in Georgia. The project was a great success and numerous findings for the client were accurately pinpointed.

JD7 continue to work closely with UK companies and have recently been awarded contracts from MWH, Balfour Beatty and Optimise to assist them with their ongoing program of works.

JD7 have completed the first phase of the Pipescan+ technology – it was announced that the initial phase was very successful with some incredible findings – this product will be the smallest in the world and will change the way that internal condition assessment will be completed.