Project · Municipality of Rize · Eastern Black Sea · 2021
Acoustic detection in a rainy climate, on difficult ground.
Water-loss detection on the Rize drinking-water network by acoustic listening and correlation; field work carried out on sloping terrain and in high ground moisture.
- Method
- Acoustic + correlation
- Field condition
- Sloping terrain · high moisture
- Record
- GPS + sound level + photo
Field conditions
Rize's steep topography and heavy rainfall regime are conditions that make acoustic listening harder: ground moisture carries sound and can produce misleading signals. For this reason every suspect point was confirmed with a correlator between two contact points.
Result
The leaks located were passed to the municipality with coordinates and photographs; a priority order was drawn up for the repair crews.
Point listening with a ground microphone
Survey along a sloping main
Manhole check
Images from the field archive of the Municipality of Rize project (2021).
Result
Difficult ground means more verification.
On moist, sloping ground, listening alone is not enough; correlation and repeat measurement prevent a wrong excavation.
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