Electro Scan Inc.
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Water, Wastewater |
| Founded | 2011 in Sacramento, California, United States |
| Headquarters | Sacramento |
Key people | Chuck Hansen, CEO, Chairman |
| Website | www |
Electro Scan Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of water and sewer machine-intelligent pipeline inspection devices and provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) based cloud reporting. The company utilizes electric currents to detect leaks in non-conductive sewer pipes.[1][2] The company is based in Sacramento, California, with additional offices in London, England and Toronto, Canada.[3]
History[edit]
Electro Scan was founded in October 2011 by Chuck Hansen in Sacramento, California.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] In July 2015, the City of San Francisco's Public Utilities Commission ordered an Electro Scan van and equipment to inspect its pipes.[7] 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.[8]
In 2015, Electro Scan Inc. executed a strategic marketing agreement with UK-based WRC plc (Swindon, England), developers of international standards for Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) coding standards, to supply Electro Scan services to British water companies for Pre- and Post-Rehabilitation Pipeline Condition Assessment of pipelines.
In 2019, Electro Scan Inc. was first named to the GovTech 100 list of top government technologies, and again in 2020.[9]
Technology[edit]
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.[10] 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.[4][11]
References[edit]
- ^ Joan Thompson (October 19, 2016). "Can We Engineer Clean Drinking Water?". Engineering.com. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ^ Don Rigby (January 20, 2015). "Sewer Leak Identification: Electro Scan Compliments [sic] CCTV For Inspection". Avanti. Archived from the original on 2016-12-27. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Electro Scan -International Demand Increases For Sewer Leak Detection Projects". United Kingdom Society of Trenchless Technology. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ^ a b "Electro Scan: Mastering the Dark Art of Sewer Leak Detection". The New Economy. March 24, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ^ "Electro Scan to Test Leak Scanning Technology in Milwaukee". Water-technology.net. July 13, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ^ Mark Anderson (February 25, 2014). "Electro Scan Signs Deals With Ohio Sewage Districts". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ^ "San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Adds Electro Scan Mobile Van For Advanced Pipe Condition Assessment". DrasticNews. July 1, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ^ "Surrey Solves I&I Mysteries with Electrical Pipe Scanning System". Canadian Underground Infrastructure. August 12, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ^ "2019 GovTech 100". Government Technology Magazine, e.Republic. January 8, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ "Electro Scan for Water and Other Pipelines". International Mining. July 24, 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ^ Bill Leventon (March 31, 2016). "Water Leak Detection: The Inside Story". Engineering 360. Retrieved February 4, 2017.