Paw Prints in the sand

I had a very successful training course in Balclutha. Today I went over two of the 4 leaks we Identified yesterday ( one of which I did a review of for our Balclutha Team to help find another one on the same line on my way back to Timaru) with a small group, each member having a go with the Probe and the Ground Mic. The Probe is for listening on Valves, Hydrants and Tobies, from this you would identify which direction the leak is and then ground mic from there. Everyone hears noise in different ways and everyone was surprised when the heard the leak. The Second one was up a Private Driveway, yesterday a Crew excavated a Manifold where the Meter was flying around which means the leak is on the consumers side ( Private); a leak was found on the connection at the main. What I also explained was about a private property leak and that if they could not meter it they would have to install a Manifold, water meter and record the results of a Flow Test and report this back to the Client. The reason for this is if you report the leak via leakdetection the owner of the Property could dispute it, but if you identify it via a flow test there is no excuse, some people who have a leak and can't see it will be in complete denial as it is an expense they don't want to have any part of. The leaks identified yesterday were all bang on the money a great way to build up the Trainee's confidence as it was they who did the work I just followed around with my own listening gear to back up their results. The Leak I rechecked on the way home was out in the road and may be an old abandoned connection. I love this section of the Otago Coast Line, a stopped at Shag Point as the Sun was starting it's Journey toward it's Bedtime.