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JD7 in Athens

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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

JD7 sign new distributors in the Australasia region

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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 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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