Maksymilian Jasiak presented research on “Water distribution pipeline anomaly detection using distributed acoustic sensing (DAS)” at the 13th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (September 1-5, 2025) hosted by TU Graz in Graz, Austria.
This work in collaboration with Shih-Hung Chiu and Jaewon Saw as well as Peter Hubbard (FiberSense) and David Katzev (EBMUD) demonstrated key takeaways:
- Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) can be deployed on underground fiber optic cables to monitor buried pipelines.
- DAS can characterize anomalies in water flow, pressure transients, and leaks along water distribution pipelines.
- Fiber deployment conditions for structure-embedded cables vs. existing telecom cables (cable type, pipe-cable distance) influence visibility of pipeline signals of interest.
Exciting work ahead to leverage DAS for lifeline infrastructure monitoring!
