Settled in to the world that is 'the East Midlands' now and have found some leaks. First thing that I had to get my head around was the level of leakage in the area and how much work you can put into finding one leak, that and getting used to the kit I have been issued.
Here is a rough list-
Micro corr6 Correlator- Not the best in the world, but it will do.
C-scope Cat and Gennie- Great, no complaints.
PPE Kit-signage high vis jacket, etc,
Listening stick,
stop tap key.
Shovel,
Hand pump,
Lump hammer,
Prizing bars,
Valve key.
And a Fiat Fiorino Van.
The first Dma pack I was issued was a rural one, with three main villages and plenty of leaks. All the pipework was cast iron, which the sound travels well through. The only set back is that if a leak is noisy, then it can mask any other leaks in the area. These leaks should be repaired asap so the area can be re-surveyed.
Recently I have had a DMA which has been giving strange leak sounds. An old man who stopped to talk to me one morning said that the road is built on sand; and that leaks have a habit of washing the sand away, resulting in subsidence. This has put me on a mission to try to nail one of these leaks. The sound of the leak is being masked by the water around the leak making it hard to correlate. We are going to try and get it with a ground mic, the result of this I will let you know.
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