Faster wide-scale leak detection now within reach
Ovarro’s latest addition to the market, EnigmaREACH, is a lift-and-shift correlating hub for rapid non-revenue water (NRW) reductions.
It combines either 32 or 64 loggers, a tablet, a single app for logger deployment, retrieval and follow-up, and access to Ovarro’s LeakInsight analytics platform.
EnigmaREACH offers mass logger deployment and expanded network coverage compared to that of traditional lift-and-shift kits. The companion app guides technicians through the logger installation, retrieval and follow-up processes.
Typically, a team taking a lift-and-shift approach – deploying loggers in a specific location and retrieving them usually the next day – will use between 80 and 100 loggers, positioned around 75m apart, for approximately 6km of network coverage. One EnigmaREACH kit comprising 64 loggers can monitor up to 16km of pipe network, depending on how far apart they are positioned – more than double the distance with fewer loggers – and perform 256 overnight correlations.
Traditionally, once the loggers are retrieved, skilled analysts use a laptop to assess the data themselves to identify an area of interest and to review or assign any points of interest (PoIs) to be followed up. A follow-up technician would then deploy additional correlating kits to pinpoint the leak and place the blue mark on the ground.
When the technician retrieves the EnigmaREACH loggers and places them in their associated box, the data gathered is automatically uploaded to the LeakInsight analytics platform via a mobile phone or tablet. LeakInsight will automatically complete the correlation and generate the POIs for the user to view when they log into the system. The PoIs can then be assigned to technicians directly through the app.
Having a system that automatically generates Points of Interest (PoIs), as well as a simple-to-use app to guide technicians through their tasks on the ground, frees up skilled analysts and technicians. This means they can spend more time validating – another benefit, given the current recruitment and retention challenges in the leakage field.
