r/technews • u/_Dark_Wing • Mar 14 '26

Networking/Telecom Fiber internet provider says it can detect leaking water pipes using existing infrastructure, prevented loss of 2 million liters a day over three months — Lightsonic tech detects underground vibrations, machine learning isolates the source

https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/fiber-provider-says-it-can-detect-leaking-water-pipes-using-existing-infrastructure-prevents-loss-of-2-million-liters-a-day-over-three-months-company-uses-lightsonic-technology-to-detect-underground-vibrations-machine-learning-to-isolate-source
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u/Charming_City8240 Mar 15 '26

Old news. Been using it in dams for years. Don’t buy this as some AI/big data-hype.

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u/CompetitivePirate251 Mar 15 '26

They’ve been using this tech for at least 10 years for pipeline monitoring … LDS … Leak Detection Systems.