Board of Water Supply deploys a team to detect dribbling pipes

By Dan Nakaso

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 06, 2012

~~<p>Water service investigator Scotty Sugiyama placed a microphone on a water meter in Royal Kunia last week and heard the telltale hiss of a leaking underground pipe through his headphones as the never-ending war on broken water mains and dripping pipes continues across the island this hot summer.</p>
<p>If the leaking pipe in the 20-year-old subdivision had gone undetected, it's possible that enough pressure could have built up underground to cause an explosion. That could have broken a larger water main and sent chunks of asphalt and roadway flying through the neighborhood, Sugiyama said.</p>
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Water service investigator Scotty Sugiyama placed a microphone on a water meter in Royal Kunia last week and heard the telltale hiss of a leaking underground pipe through his headphones as the never-ending war on broken water mains and dripping pipes continues across the island this hot summer.

If the leaking pipe in the 20-year-old subdivision had gone undetected, it's possible that enough pressure could have built up underground to cause an explosion. That could have broken a larger water main and sent chunks of asphalt and roadway flying through the neighborhood, Sugiyama said. Login for more...