Master Meter Water Loss Investigation in East Port Orchard, WA

Master Meter Water Loss Investigation in East Port Orchard, step by step

For the Veterans Home campus area in East Port Orchard the deliverable is located leak position where applicable, and getting there means we building attribution with the system pressurized, fixture survey or locate where subdivision backfill over hardpan allows, and overnight read with the site secured near Bethel Avenue. Residents and tenants are told what's happening and when.

The order matters: building attribution, then fixture survey or locate, then overnight read. On mobile home parks in South Kitsap near Bethel Avenue the second step is the long one, because subdivision backfill over hardpan and the length of the private system set the pace. The result is located leak position where applicable and attribution to main, branch, irrigation or.

What's under East Port Orchard's larger sites

East Port Orchard's multi-family and campus sites date from the 1970s and 80s on West Sound Utility District master meters, with hardpan that surfaces leaks downhill and clay near the inlet that hides them. For master meter water loss investigation that means starting at the master meter, tracing before digging, and expecting till sloping toward Sinclair Inlet under the Veterans Home campus area.

Near Retsil and Annapolis the clay seams delay the signs.

On retail along Bethel Avenue near Retsil the trigger for master meter water loss investigation is usually a board that wants to know whether the; on mobile home parks in South Kitsap it's an irrigation system suspected of running the meter. Either way the ground is till sloping toward Sinclair Inlet, the system is older than the staff, and we fixture survey or locate before any surface near Jackson Avenue is cut.

One crew, start to finish

On school and park facilities near Annapolis we've done master meter water loss investigation after hours with the site taped and lit, pumps running, and residents told what to expect. About twenty minutes across the inlet, and the report with photos goes to the board or owner the next morning, along with a candid note about the rest of the system under clay seams near Retsil.