Albuquerque Water Authority leak detection technician Zack Layne inserts an acoustics device along a pipeline to listen for leaks in an access point near a Northeast Albuquerque neighborhood. Water leak coordinator Allen Maestas supervises. These listening devices are ideal for measuring leaks in pressurized waterlines where a camera would prove too difficult to maneuver. (Roberto Rosales photo)
Detecting leaks by sound seems simple. In fact, the first underground leak detection professionals did it by simply pressing a doctor’s stethoscope to the ground. But while manufacturers of leak detection products would like you to believe that theirs is the best and only method...
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