Utilis Undertakes Pilot Program of their Satellite Leak Detection Solution in San Diego
March 15 2019 - 3:05AM
PR Newswire (US)
SAN DIEGO, March 15, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The
City of San Diego recently contracted the San Diego based remote-sensing data company,
Utilis, to conduct a pilot study survey of the city's drinking
water distribution system as part of their innovation exploration
program. Over the course of two days Councilmember Scott Sherman
(district 7), and representatives from the districts of Council
President Pro Tem Bry (district 1), Councilmember Campbell
(district 2), Councilmember Kersey (district 5), as well as a
representative from U.S. Congressman Scott
Peter's office (52nd district) joined Utilis and their leak
detection partners from Utility Service Associates (USA) as they toured the project study area and
observed the satellite leak detection method in action.
"This is an excellent opportunity to showcase how the Utilis
method is applied in the field and being in our home town of
San Diego makes it so much more
meaningful," observed James Perry,
Utilis VP of Business Development.
Utilis has completed over 200 projects around the world, but
this is their first in the City of San
Diego. Besides pilots, Utilis offers service contracts that
allow a water utility to set-up a schedule to monitor their entire
network on an ongoing basis. Utilis uses synthetic aperture radar
satellite data along with their proprietary algorithm to
specifically identify areas with soil moisture at a depth
underground that often signifies drinking water leaks from pipes.
This information is provided to water utilities to use along with
their current leak detection and repair programs.
SOURCE Utilis Corp
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