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ARWA Circuit Rider Program
Recent Leak Detection Results

Ardmore Water System leak
This leak was found on April 4, 2007 at the Ardmore Water System by Franklin Buzbee, a Circuit Rider for Alabama Rural Water Association. The system has 1,050 customers located in Limestone County. The leak is estimated at 75 gallons per minute. After repairs are made, the system should see a savings of $5,670.00 per month.
leak in Ardmore
This leak in Ardmore was located on State Line Road east of Jones Avenue. The leak was not surfacing. After it was excavated the water level did not reach ground level. It was escaping through another underground means.
Employees of  the Ardmore Water System are shown repairing the leak on the day it was located.
Employees of the Ardmore Water System are shown repairing the leak on the day it was located. They stated had they not seen the leak, they would not have believed there was a leak at the location where it was found.
Harrisburg Water Authority
This 100 Gallon Per Minute leak at the Harrisburg Water Authority was surfacing near a drainage ditch. The ditch was covered with ground foliage making it nearly impossible to see. The water was running down the ditch to a nearby stream.
Harrisburg Water Authority 100 Gallon per minute leak.
Harrisburg Water Authority 100 Gallon per minute leak. Customers in the Pondville Area had been without water for 4 days when this leak was located.  Harrisburg Water Authority is located in Bibb County and serves 345 customers.  The repair of this leak resulted in a savings to the system of $2,014.80 per month.
Harrisburg Water Authoritys maintenance crews make repairs on the 6 inch PVC water main.
Harrisburg Water Authority's maintenance crews make repairs on the 6 inch PVC water main.

 

  

 

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