Ears Peeled for Trouble

Baltimore officials use fiber optics to hear problems in water mains before they lead to catastrophic failures.
Ears Peeled for Trouble
Baltimore Bureau of Water and Wastewater department head Rudolph Chow.

Along one stretch of a key transmission main in the Baltimore Public Works water distribution system, the pipe has ears.

A Pure Technologies Soundprint fiber-optic cable was installed five years ago in a 5.8-mile section of Baltimore’s vital Southwest Transmission Main. The...

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