Water leak on acreage Anstead

25 Aug Water leak on acreage Anstead

Recently we attended to a water leak on an acreage property in Anstead. This property has a long lead in some 150 metres from the water meter to the house. We located and repaired a previous leak in March 2018. Today a water meter test identified a leak of 757 litres per day. We traced the line and after 3.5 hours on site using a combination of compressed air and tracer gas located a failed poly join adjacent to a garden tap. We repaired the leak then conducted another test which reveal the line was still not secure. Our client advised he has had a dozen previous leaks in the line. We discussed the options going forward and given the condition of the line we suggested our client obtain quotes to re run a new lead in rather than paying for continual leak detection services on a clearly compromised lin