Echologics
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| Industry | Water infrastructure |
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| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Keith Belknap (President), Marc Bracken (Vice President & General Manager) |
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| Parent | Mueller Water Products, Inc. |
| Website | echologics |
Echologics LLC is a Toronto-based engineering company that specializes in non-invasive acoustic detection of underground leaks and pipe condition assessment. It has conducted and completed projects in North America, Europe, Australia, South Africa, and Singapore that have mitigated the loss of millions of gallons of drinking water via leaking infrastructure. Echologics and Mueller Systems are both part of Mueller Water Products' Mueller Technologies reporting segment.
Echologics offers several pipeline leak detection products and services that can non-intrusively and non-invasively pinpoint leaks on pipes using a proprietary acoustic technology. The company touts a superior capability in detecting leaks in non-metallic and large-diameter pipes, which are more difficult to detect using acoustic methods because they are quiet.
Among the services Echologics offers are pipe condition assessment, including a specialized assessment solution for asbestos cement pipes, permanent leak monitoring systems, transmission main leak detection, and non-revenue water management. In 2012, Mueller Service Co., which provides assessment and remediation services to water utilities by combining field assessment with GIS development services, was consolidated under the Echologics brand.
Echologics celebrated the opening of its new Innovation Site in Walkerton, Ontario on September 10, 2015. The Innovation Site is a large-scale research and development site for advancing innovations in water main leak detection and condition assessment technologies. The research and development center will allow Echologics' engineers to test new solutions, showcase capabilities for visiting water utilities and other customers, and provide operators with hands-on training experiences.
Drought is becoming a serious problem in the western U.S., and all over the world. Now, big companies are taking action, with the help of the IoT. AT&T, IBM and Mueller Water Products announced on June 1 that the three have developed a new solution using IoT technology to try and alleviate water shortages in urban environments. At the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Tech Expo, the brands announced the results of several recent test trials of the technology that took place in Atlanta, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Echologics is monitoring a three-mile section of a critical water main beneath the Las Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD. Installed in 1963, the 30-inch water main supplies up to 7.5 million gallons of water per day to resorts, casinos and attractions, among other users. LVVWD is deploying Echologics' EchoShore®-TX leak detection platform. The new smart technology platform is at the forefront of transmission main monitoring technologies and enables customers to better manage aging water pipeline infrastructure and reduce water loss due to leakage.
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