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  • Environmental Engineering
  • Data Science
  • Acoustics

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  • Non-surfacing leaks are a major cause of water loss globally.
  • Effective monitoring of underground water infrastructure is crucial for utilities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate advanced data-driven methods for leak detection using vibro-acoustic sensors.
  • To assess the performance of these methods across diverse urban pipeline conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized commercial, field-deployable semi-permanent vibro-acoustic sensors for data collection.
  • Applied Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) trained with Short-Time Fourier Transforms (STFTs) for signal analysis.
  • Evaluated methods on live data from extensive multi-sensor deployments in a metropolitan city.

Main Results:

  • Achieved excellent leak/no-leak classification accuracy exceeding 94%.
  • Demonstrated consistent performance across sensors from different manufacturers.
  • Confirmed the robustness of the method over time and in densely populated areas.

Conclusions:

  • Data-driven vibro-acoustic analysis with CNNs offers a highly accurate and reliable method for non-surfacing leak detection.
  • The proposed approach is sensor-agnostic and effective in complex urban environments.
  • This technology can significantly improve structural pipe health monitoring and reduce water losses.