Fire Hydrant Flow Testing Firelines and hydrants are routinely tested every 5 years to determine if there is adequate flow and pressure and that all parts are serviceable and easily located with quality markings. In practice, network operators determine how often each grid/suburb will be tested. To determine system and hydrant compliance, Flow Testing is [...]
Reducing Water Loss Throughout NSW Using the latest tools and exclusive technology Leaktech have again demonstrated our commitment to excellence, expertise, increasing capabilities and overall knowledge within all aspects of leak detection across various water mains, piping networks and facilities around regional areas of NSW under the DPIE Water Efficiency Program. The Goal Leaktech’s Primary [...]
There had been an ongoing issue with a large amount of water ponding around the property. Our crews mobilised and monitored the domestic water meter including the piping (internal & external) and found no movement to suspect any leakage or any draw on the property’s water supply. The teams decided to perform acoustic leak detection [...]
Using the latest tools and exclusive technology Leaktech have again demonstrated our commitment to excellence, expertise, capabilities, and overall knowledge within all aspects of Leak Detection across various water mains, piping networks and facilities around Queensland. So far this financial year (3.5 months), Leaktech have completed Leakage Surveys on approximately 850km of Pipeline, network and [...]
Glass-fibre Reinforced Plastic pipe (GRP) piping systems which are also known as FRP piping systems are commonly used within the pipeline industry as well as other markets. The advantages of using GRP piping are that they are light weight, they have a high corrosion resistance, a smooth inner surface and are easy to install. Although [...]
New LEAKTRAKAS from Leaktech now in use. Following almost 12 months of investigation and development, Leaktech has now made our new LEAKTRAKAS available in each of our vehicles. As the name implies, these devices carry out Leak Tracker functions INSIDE pipes where access is available. The photo above was taken during the final field-testing sessions when our key [...]
Water Leaks in large shopping centres can be expensive and can cause a major impact on businesses within the shopping centre. Leaktech was notified at short notice of this leak and worked closely with some of our current clients to re-organise and shuffle pre-booked jobs around, as we deemed it an imperative to support our [...]
Hard to locate water leaks can be very expensive and disruptive to your business. Thanks to our technology and over 30 years of experience, we’re able to rapidly identify the source of water leaks that others miss. We recently helped a major shopping centre significantly reduce damage to their business due to a particularly deceptive [...]
Our team has upgraded our Ground Penetrating Radar technology so we can provide an even more accessible service to you. Firstly, what is ground penetrating radar? Ground penetrating radar is a non-destructive geo-physical method in which radar pulses are used to create an image of shallow subsurface features (down to 6 metres approximately). This allows [...]
Many Australian businesses and customers are in turmoil at the moment, due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the restrictions governments have had to implement. With that in mind, we’d like to explain how we’ll be operating over the coming weeks. As an essential business, we’re determined to stay open as long as possible. Water leaks [...]
