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Monitored pipe systems

Future-proof solutions for resilient underground infrastructure

Water loss, soil contamination and climate-related extreme weather events are increasingly putting underground infrastructure to the test. Monitored pipe systems make a decisive contribution to the safety, sustainability and efficiency of our supply networks and enable operators to comply with strict legal requirements.

Below you will find a wealth of useful information in the form of expertise, technical background, legal requirements and modern solutions – for planners, local authorities, grid operators and decision-makers.

Specialist content & downloads monitored pipe systems

Our white papers and cheatsheets

Here you will regularly find new white papers and cheatsheets with in-depth information on material selection, the legal situation and technical solutions in the field of monitored pipe systems.

Whitepaper: Extreme weather events as a new challenge for underground infrastructure

Read how the increase in extreme weather events is putting pressure on and damaging our underground infrastructure and what solutions modern pipe systems offer.

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Whitepaper: Consolidation of small wastewater treatment plants

Small wastewater treatment plants also often reach their technical limits when it comes to complying with limit values. This whitepaper highlights the advantages of merging, the technical and legal requirements and specific practical examples.

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Pipe leakage and their consequences

This corresponds to around 473 million m³ or around 5% of all drinking

water every year, resulting in financial losses of almost one billion euros.

[1]

In Germany, around

liters of
drinking water

1.3 Billion

seep into the ground unused every day.

This corresponds to around a quarter of the treated drinking water

and would be enough for the daily needs of almost 5 million people.

Last year, Thames Water lost an average of

liters a day

690 million

due to leaks

[2]

Halving these losses could provide an additional

drinking water supply for 90 million people.

It is estimated that around

is lost during transportation to the end consumer.

30%

of the world's available drinking water

[3]

This results in billions of dollars in economic damage

and a severe impact on the environment.

In the USA, at least

are lost each year

13 million

due to leaks.

tons of
methane

[4]

The cleanup took years

and cost over 1.2 billion dollars.

An oil spill in Michigan in 2010 released over

into the

one million

Kalamazoo River.

[5]

gallons of
crude oil

Leakage in pipe systems are not only an economic problem, but can also have serious ecological consequences. Gas leaks, for example, can release the greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere, while leaking water pipes can lead to soil and groundwater contamination.