Smart Pipes—Instrumented Water Pipes, Can This Be Made a Reality?

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 11; no. 8; pp. 7455 - 7475
• Main Authors: Metje, Nicole, Chapman, David N., Cheneler, David, Ward, Michael, Thomas, Andrew M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.08.2011; Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
• Subjects: Aids; Civil engineering; Communication; Engineering schools; Infrastructure; Integrity; intelligent water distribution networks; Maintenance; MEMS; Microelectromechanical systems; Monitoring; Monitoring systems; Physical sciences; Pipe; Sensors; smart pipes; smart technology; structural monitoring; Utilities; Water pipes; Water quality; United Kingdom > UK; intelligent water distribution networks; smart pipes; smart technology; MEMS; structural monitoring

Several millions of kilometres of pipes and cables are buried beneath our streets in the UK. As they are not visible and easily accessible, the monitoring of their integrity as well as the quality of their contents is a challenge. Any information of these properties aids the utility owners in their...