A 6” Ductile Iron Water Main Installed Under Us 101 Highway Was Suspected To Be Leaking Under The West Side Emergency Lane.
A 6” Ductile Iron Water Main Installed Under Us 101 Highway Was Suspected To Be Leaking Under The West Side Emergency Lane.
2 PagesWater Main CITY OF EAST PALO ALTO CASE STUDY A 6” DUCTILE IRON WATER MAIN INSTALLED UNDER US 101 HIGHWAY THROUGH THE SILICON VALLEY WAS SUSPECTED TO BE LEAKING UNDER THE WEST SIDE EMERGENCY LANE. 6” InvestigatorTM Ductile Iron Pipe Overview Leak detection, internal pipeline assessment East Palo Alto and TrenchFree Plumbing Company The Challenge A 6” ductile iron water main, installed under the main north / south highway through the Silicon Valley many decades ago, was suspected to be leaking under the emergency lane of highway US 101. Due to excessive ambient noise levels, limited access points and their spacing, and fundamentally because the water main was sleeved in a steel casing, traditional leak detection methods would not be effective. Aquam Pipe Diagnostics (APD) was ta
