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The\u00a0Kouga Municipality recently installed a new smart leak detection technology which enables the municipality to \u2018sweep\u2019 water pipes with an acoustic listening device, to detect underground water leaks that are not yet visible above ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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According to Dr Vicky Knoetze, Kouga Constituency Leader, the Kouga region has been facing dire water shortages, as an ongoing crippling drought has placed immense strain on available water resources.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople need water to survive, from cooking, cleaning and flushing toilets, to running schools and businesses. Without water, the town would collapse,\u201d said Knoetze.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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She said the acoustic listening device, the Aqua AM300, is just one element of the state-of-the-art leak detection vehicle that was officially launched by the Kouga Municipality in Jeffreys Bay recently.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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Knoetze said since being brought online in September, the project has already prevented the loss of approximately 420 000 liters of water per day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The value of saving this water is conservatively estimated to be in the vicinity of R 1.3 million per annum.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cBy deploying state-of-the-art solutions, the municipality is saving millions of litres of water that would otherwise have been lost, and which can now be utilized by residents,\u201d said Knoetze.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Since being brought online in September, the project has already prevented the loss of approximately 420 000 liters of water per day. <\/div>\n
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Executive Mayor of Kouga, Horatio Hendricks, said the leak detection vehicle was procured through a NAKOPA Partnership Project between Kouga Municipality and Ilsfeld Municipality in Germany.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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He said the project is funded with more than \u20ac200 000 through the German Competence Centre for Local Development Cooperation (SKEW) over a period of three years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Knoetze said apart from acoustic leak detection, which involves listening for signs of a leak by tapping a stick microphone to a meter or pipe connection, the vehicle is also equipped with a correlator which is an accumulator and PC with two measuring boxes and other attachments that are to be utilised for establishing where in the pipeline the source of the leak is most likely to be situated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is a crucial time to ensure that municipalities are proactive, instead of reactive, especially as far as protecting water security is concerned,\u201d said Knoetze.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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She said the municipality will continue to drive innovation to ensure that it remains efficient, not only in terms of fixing water leaks but also effectively detecting unknown water leaks as an additional weapon against the ongoing drought. <\/p>\n

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