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WRc offers pipeline inspection and asset-condition assessment services using SmartBall and related technologies (PipeDiver, Sahara) to identify leaks and other defects in live water mains. SmartBall is a free-flowing inspection device inserted under pressure into pipelines over 250 mm in diameter and can cover tens of kilometres without interrupting service, collecting acoustic, gyroscopic, and magnetic data to locate leaks and validate GIS information. The technology supports leak and air-pocket detection, condition assessment, active leakage control, and commissioning across trunk and distribution mains, with case studies such as collaboration with Irish Water.
Words AI uses
AI reaches for free-swimming · ideal · free-flowing when it describes SmartBall.
Sources
wrcgroup.com shapes more of what AI says about SmartBall than any other source, at 64% of its citations.
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Excerpts where SmartBall appeared in the AI's answer

SmartBall®: Free-flowing tool that uses acoustic sensors to detect leaks and gas pockets, also while in service.

SmartBall: An inline tool that travels with the water flow to detect leaks and gas pockets, ideal for long-distance, in-service inspections.