“Waterworld: The Hunt for What Lies Beneath” by Adam Tank
Many pipes delivering drinking water were installed a century ago. They are now well beyond their remaining useful life and many are cracking, breaking, and leaking trillions of gallons of water underground. In fact, 30% of all clean water is lost in distribution before it reaches our homes. Fortunately, historical pipeline data coupled with advanced acoustic, satellite, and robotic technology is emerging that enables us to find & fix these problem pipes without digging up streets.
Adam is the founder of a Bay Area startup building submersible robots for the repair of buried water pipes. He previously ran General Electric’s Digital Water division, focused on creating software solutions for water utilities all over the world. He tweets about things water and non-water related @artank.
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