Electro Scan Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of sewer scanning technologies and data solutions. The company utilizes electric currents to detect leaks in non-conductive sewer pipes. The company is based and Sacramento, California, with additional offices in London, England and Toronto, Canada. It operates in accordance with ASTM International F-2550 standards.
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History
Electro Scan was founded in October 2011 by Chuck Hansen in Sacramento, California. In 2012, the Water Environment Research Foundation approved a testing project in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, in which the company used its technology to check non-conductive sewer pipes that had previously been inspected for leaks using other methods. Its technology was utilized by the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati and the Twin City Water & Sewer District, Ohio, to measure leaks in their systems in 2014. In July 2015, the City of San Francisco's Public Utilities Commission ordered an Electro Scan van and equipment to inspect its pipes. That same year, the company's technology was used by the city of Surrey, British Columbia, to address defects in their sewer system that CCTV inspections weren't able to find.
In 2017, Electro Scan Inc. was granted the Japan Sewer Collection System Maintenance Association (JASCOMA) Certificate No. 12, Water Tightness Investigation Technology, "Electroscan," for testing and certifying both existing and newly rehabilitated sewer pipes.
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Technology
The company's electro scanning inspection technology utilizes a low-voltage high-frequency electric current produced by a probe placed inside a non-conductive sewer line to check the 360-degree wall of the pipe for leaks. The probe is able to determine the size of leaks by the amount of electrical current detected outside of the pipes. The data collected is relayed to a nearby truck and then uploaded to Amazon web servers where it is interpreted before being available for review on a company website.
References
External links
- Critical Sewers website
- Interview with Chuck Hansen
- Operations and Maintenance of Wastewater Collection Systems
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