SENSOR DDS® leak location systems in water industry

In the water industry there is many applications for SENSOR DDS® leak detection & location systems.

Dirty / waste water applications:

Aerobic Lagoons
Anaerobic Lagoons
Evaporation ponds
Waste thickeners
Storm tanks

Clean water:

Service reservoirs / Potable Water Storage Tanks
Lakes / Impounding Reservoirs
Chemical Free Water Treatment Lagoons

Anerobic Digester in England –
SENSOR DDS® FIXED INSTALLATION (SENSOR DDS® CMS)

General project info:

Industrial waste from manufacturing facility
Area of 200,000sqft
SENSOR DDS® CMS 24/7 monitoring
Sensor grid 16'x16'
800 DDS sensors and 50 miles of cable used
Single lining system 100mil liner

CAL lagoons are specifically designed to generate methane and must satisfy a number of design criteria like for example:

stop rainfall to the lagoon
contain the gas so it can be collected
allow remove of inert sludge
exchange heat from the factory to maintain gas production from waste during winter months
Prevent leakage

At this lagoon our ZERO LEAK LINER® approach was used which means that apart from permanent leak monitoring system installation we also monitored the lagoon construction and filling consisting of:

SENSOR DDS® FIXED – buried DDS sensor installation in grid arrangement of 16'x16'
SENSOR DDS® MIT – survey of geomembrane after installation to locate any pinholes made during installation or transport of the liner
The geomembrane was monitored 24/7 during lagoon filling up process and during operations using SENSOR DDS® CMS

SENSOR DDS® RMS installed on site has following features:

Online remote connectivity
24/7 geomembrane monitoring
Live alerts by SMS/Email
Full access via Sensor Cloud
Rapid resolution of leaks
Security camera
Weather station
10″ full HD touch display
12 months events list
Battery backup for 3 days

SENSOR DDS® CMS control touch screen

During lagoon filing process our system detected a leak and automatically triggered an alarm, informing the client about the leak in the liner. Precise location of the leak was reported to the client.

Since installation in 2012 SENSOR DDS® CMS leak detection & location system monitors the lagoon 24/7.