Workshop Description and Agenda:
Water Smart Acoustic Leak Detection Field Course
Creston, May 27 and 28, 2013
Creston and District Community Complex
312 – 19th Avenue North
Please note, the course will be repeated on consecutive days, May 27 and 28. This is only a 1 day
course. We encourage West Kootenay communities to register on the 27th, and East Kootenay
communities to register on the 28th. **Click here to register by May 17, 2013.
Course instructors:
 Jamie Eichenberger, President, IKEN Services Ltd.
 Mike Ippen, Public Works Division Manager, Municipality of Saanich
Total Continuing Education Units (CEUs) available: 0.6
In order to be eligible for CEUs, participants are required to:
 complete in-class assessments; and
 complete in-class Environmental Operators Certification Program (EOCP) and CBT evaluations.
Workshop Description
Active Leakage Control is a critical component in Water Loss Management. While utilities can make
significant gains through top-down analysis of consumption, every utility should be proactively engaged in
some form of coordinated and prioritized leak detection program, in order to maximize real loss savings.
This hands-on, one day workshop will support water utility operators in meeting their utility’s water loss
management targets by teaching them to locate unreported leakage in their systems through use of a
range of acoustic leak detection equipment and methods. Participants will learn to implement a leak
detection strategy that best fits their utility’s budget, staff experience and resources and provides them an
understanding of how leak detection fits into the overall Water Loss Management spectrum.
**Pre-requisite is prior attendance at a Columbia Basin Trust sponsored Water Loss Management
workshop in either 2012 or 2013.
Participants MUST bring:

For leak detection display and field work:
o Any utility owned acoustic leak detection equipment, if available (e.g.: listening devices, data
loggers, etc…).
o Available reports on acoustic leak detection efforts to date.
o Leak repair information: how notified, average time to locate, average time to repair.

For the field work portion:
o PPE (Personal Protective Equipment): e.g.: vest, steel-toed boots, gloves, weatherappropriate outdoor gear
o Any utility owned acoustic leak detection equipment, if available.

For summary and next steps:
o related budget/program information on leak detection
o proposed or preferred future leak detection priorities
*** If you have questions or require clarification about this list, please contact Mike Ippen at
Mike.Ippen@saanich.ca before May 17, 2013.
Time (Pacific) Agenda (click here to register)
Coffee and light breakfast
7:15 - 8:00
8:00 - 8:15
Introductions and Topic Review
8:15 - 9:15
Acoustic Leak Detection and Water Loss Management - how it fits into the overall
strategy:

Review of CARL, UARL and Water Loss Management
9:15-10:00
Acoustic Leak Detection Methods
10:00-10:15
BREAK
10:15 - Noon
Locating Unreported Leakage:

Field work outside
Noon - 1:00
LUNCH (provided at venue)
1:00 - 2:30
Locating Unreported Leakage:

Field work outside, continued
2:30 - 2:45
BREAK
2:45 - 4:00
Putting it all together: creating strategies that work - focus on leak detection programming:

Table top exercises to identify each utility's potential next steps.
4:00 - 4:15
Summary and Feedback, Q & A
4:15 - 4:30
Evaluations and Wrap Up