Case Study
Permanent Water Leak Detection Installation Saves Millions of Krone in Copenhagen
PERMANENT WATER LEAK DETECTION INSTALLATION SAVES MILLIONS OF KRONE IN COPENHAGEN Danish water leak detection specialist Leif Koch A/S has used HWM’s PermaNet to save millions of krone for Denmark’s largest utility company HOFOR. PermaNet allowed Leif Koch A/S, for the first time, to install 185 data loggers in Copenhagen on a permanent basis over a five-year period. The permanent installation enabled the company to quickly find out when and where a leak had occurred. Previously, the firm had used a lift-and-shift method and changed the location every 48 hours. On just the second day of the project, the leak detection team identified a leak. Instead of tackling it, they decided to leave it and see how many dayswould elapse before the water reached the surface. After 10 days in which nothin