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TRENCHLESS ASIA 2018

Pipeline Condition Assessment

Peter Henley WRc Infrastructure

7-8 May 2018

Organised by Event Partner Platinum Sponsors

High Resolution

What’s going on down there? Condition Assessment Investment

Strategy
Capital Efficiency

Capital Commitment

Cost of
Inspection

Lower Resolution

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External - NDT Inspection Internal Pipeline Inspection

Techniques
• Small and medium leaks are hard to find with external tools
• Traditional methods • Inline technologies bring the sensor to the leak
• Exposing the pipe and
• Both type of inspection can offer Pipe Wall Assessment (PWA) in
measuring the remaining
pipe wall thickness live mains

• Typical techniques used are

ultrasonics and electro
magnetics
• Limited to a snapshot of the
‘Tethered’ ‘Free-
pipe at that location Swimming’

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Tethered Inspection - Sahara

Acoustic Leak Detection & CCTV

• Acoustic sensor hears leaks

• Other sensors can be added
• Detects 0.1 Ml/d per km
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Free Swimming Inspection Systems Free Swimming High Resolution

Inspection

Pure SmartBall Aquam Bullet

• Systems such as Pure PipeDiver & Aquam Pipescan

• Provide high resolution data on pipe condition
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Detailed Pipeline Assessment Results Condition Assessment Gravity Sewers

CCTV Inspection

• CCTV Inspection - defect observation

• Well established technique for assessing the condition of sewer
• Depends on the skill of the surveyor for accuracy

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Typical Electro Scan Survey Plot

Gravity Sewers - Electro Scan

• Identifies infiltration sources that CCTV doesn’t see

• Quantifies the amount of infiltration

• Allowing rehabilitation to be better targeted

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Electro Scan & CCTV Comparisons Case Study – Southern Water

B Romsey Rising Main - SmartBall Survey
C 1. Provided operational confidence in the technology
A

2. Confirmed the outputs available from the technology

3. Understand the context in which the results would form part of the capital
maintenance targeting process and decision tree - Capital Maintenance
Efficiency Strategy

Joint
Joint

A B C

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Case Study Findings
• 2.4km Ductile Iron Wastewater
• Pressure Main
• No leaks presenting
• No stationary, trapped pockets of gas
• 3 vertical blanked Ts discovered
– during planning
• Several pockets of entrained air
• No significant deviation between the recorded pipeline route and that
detected using SmartBall
Survey Decision Tree - Examples
What do we need to know?
How much of a 15km pipeline needs
replacement?
The condition and location of a brick
sewer before nearby construction
project starts?
How much of a 2.8km 800mm steel
pipeline is corroded, and requires
intervention?
Is there a large diameter leak not picked
up by correlation?
How much of a 10km 400mm rising
main requires replacement?
Are trunk mains leaking?
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How do you find that out?
Leak and wire break detection using untethered Only one pipe length requiring intervention
inspection device on 30" pipeline
Laser/sonar profile and deep tracing
Acoustic and pipe wall loss assessment tool
required
Acoustic leak detection
Free rolling leak detection and magnetic data
inspection on a CI and AC pipeline.
Upstream loss analysis followed by targeted in-
pipe leak detection
What did we find out?
0.04% of total length.
Mapped position of localised damage to
brickwork and informed construction company of
exact route of 150m sewer
4 pipes with corrosion spots > 60% through wall
corrosion. 2%
Leak located
The line of the main and pipe materials were
very different from GIS. A significant length of
replacement was de-scoped as the pipe was
found to be new.
Real loss of 2MLD estimated from analysis. Leak
found and repaired. 2 MLD saved.
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Condition Assessment Results –
Suggested Actions
Leak location using in-pipe survey
Small leak, cast/spun iron joint
Large leak, cast/spun iron joint
Leak on cast/spun iron pipe barrel
Small leak, ductile iron or steel
Large leak, ductile iron or steel
Multiple leaks observed in
single survey
Survey Decision Tree - Examples
What do we need to know?
Which damaged sewer pipes are causing a Electro Scan of 600m section
waste water pumping station to be
overwhelmed?
How to minimise excavation locating and
repairing 10m deep suspected leak?
What is the route cause of corrosion and
high number of historic bursts, and likely
locations requiring intervention?
To what extent are dead zebra mussels
affecting treatment works?
Can we increase pressure on the pipeline? 6km Untethered acoustic survey
The extent to which joints are leaking on a Untethered 6km acoustic survey
1500mm PCCP pipeline?
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Leak type Suggested action
Stable Monitor through regular data review
Stable Plan in repair at time of lower reactive maintenance
Critical Urgent repair
Frequent monitoring through data review. Consider regular
Unstable
in-pipe surveys
Unstable Urgent repair
Planned regular in-pipe inspections; determine sections
Mixed
which may benefit from rehabilitation rather than repair
How do you find that out? What did we find out?
63 infiltrations but 80% of infiltration restricted to just 3
sections 3%
Sahara deep location and acoustic 5 M/ld leak location pinpointed.
detection
Acoustic and conductivity survey Gas pockets identified and new gas relief valves installed as
on 300m 250mm main well as providing new information on the route and material
of the main.
Sonar profile scan using Sahara The location and quantification of mussels enabled planned
maintenance
Leaks found at one previous repair and 2 scour points, the
rest of the pipeline has not leaked in 40 years so pressure
was successfully increased.
“The survey was an extremely worthwhile exercise that has
identified an unexpected leak. Critical trunk mains should be
subject to such inspections routinely to reduce risk to supply
and allow for the repair of pipes in a planned manner.” –
John Slattery (Senior Executive Engineer)
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Thank you for your attention

See me on JBP Stand 119 for further information

PETER HENLEY – WRC INFRASTRUCTURE

peter.henley@wrcplc.co.uk