Category: JD7 News

JD7 finds the impossible leak

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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 continue to expand the business with overseas growth

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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.

Maynilad taps JD7 hi-tech equipment for leak operations

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SwanMetro Pacific Investments Corporation and DMCI Holdings-led Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) is tapping the JD7 LDS2010 “Investigator” to detect leaks and bring down waterloss in its concession area.

The “Investigator” is a CCTV acoustic leak detection system from the United Kingdom that enables pressurised pipe inspection of 400mm 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. Maynilad is the first water company in Asia to use the high-tech device.

Aside from making leak detection without service interruption possible, the “Investigator” lessens traffic obstruction by minimizing road excavations necessary to check the pipes. The device’s systems camera and hydrophone technology helps 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.

“We are investing heavily in our Non-Revenue Water (NRW) reduction program because we want to recover more water for our customers. Thus far, we have recovered over 400 MLD of water, which is enough to supply a city of 2 million people,” said Maynilad President and CEO Ricky Vargas.

For further info contact Stuart Hamilton – stuart.hamilton@jd7.co.uk

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JD7 LDS1000 awarded contract in Georgia

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JD7 announced today that they have been awarded a project in Georgia to conduct leakage detection and asset management survey of over 50km of water mains varying in size from 400mm -1000mm diameter.

This award is one of several recently completed by JD7 including surveys in Canada, USA, UK, Europe, Asia and Middle East.

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

JD7 Signs new Partners

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JD7 announced today that during the London Leakage conference held 27th – 29th June 2011 they signed new partnership agreements with Bluegold Dubai who will represent JD7 in the Middle East – www.bluegold.ae and Waterworx Ireland who will represent JD7 in both Southern and Northern Ireland – www.waterworxltd.co.uk

CEO of Blue Gold Jeremy  Llewellyn quoted ‘These are exciting times for the water industry with such unique current and future technology available from JD7 – the way the water companies conduct projects in the future will see significant changes.’

Managing Director of Waterworx Daniel Poyntz said ‘This is what the industry has been waiting for and I can’t wait to promote the products in Ireland’

Should anyone wish to look at JD7 please visit www.jd7.co.uk or contact Stuart Hamilton – stuart.hamilton@jd7.co.uk

Blue Gold brings cutting edge pipe inspection technology to the region

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Blue Gold Technology, one of the leading leak detection companies in the GCC, has signed an exclusive five-year license agreement with UK-based JD7 for their internal pipe inspection equipment.JD7’s combination of High Definition CCTV and Hydrophone will enable utilities to perform asset condition assessment and leak detection at the same time.

Blue Gold Technology, one of the leading leak detection companies in the GCC, has signed an exclusive five-year license agreement with UK-based JD7 for their internal pipe inspection equipment.

Jeremy Llewellyn, CEO, Blue Gold said: “We are very pleased to have secured this exclusive relationship as there is tremendous demand for internal trunk mains inspection in the region. It is an excellent complement to our existing leak detection portfolio comprising Gutermann and Technolog products.”

Llewellyn explained that JD7’s combination of High Definition CCTV and Hydrophone allows one to perform asset condition assessment and leak detection at the same time. He continued, “The flagship LDS1000 provides internal CCTV and leak inspection capabilities for 1,000-metres in pipe diameters over 300mm. This will provide major benefits to utilities who have limited options for equipment that can assist them with their trunk mains asset management.”

The technology is of major advantage to utilities who have limited options for equipment when it comes to managing their trunk mains

‘Pipe Investigator’ is the mini-version of the same technology for smaller diameter pipes. “This type of technology is attractive because it can either use exiting entry points like valves, fire hydrant or washouts or can enter through hot tappings, so there is no need to interrupt the service during the actual inspection,” said Llewellyn.

For further info contact Stuart Hamilton – stuart.hamilton@jd7.co.uk

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