Twin City Water & Sewer District, Ohio, Servicing 3,400 Sewer Customers, Purchases Electro Scan to Find Defects Missed by CCTV and to Certify Rehabilitation Projects

Sacramento, California, USA, February 24, 2014— Electro Scan Inc., announced today that the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSD) and Twin City Water & Sewer District, Ohio have selected the company’s award-winning ES-620 for Sewer MainsTM for advanced sewer condition assessment.

Electro Scan’s technology utilizes a patent-pending process to automatically find & measure defects not commonly detected by closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, acoustical listening devices, infrared sensors, laser profilers, or ground-penetrating radar to assess sewer, stormwater, and water pipes.

Using its low voltage/high frequency technology, Electro Scan measures the variation of electrical current inside non-conductive pipes to automatically locate and measure potential leaks and sources of infiltration with data immediately accessible from its Critical Sewers® cloud application.

“We wanted to combine Electro Scan with our ongoing CCTV program to make sure we are not missing significant sources of infiltration,” states Michael Pittinger, P.E., Wastewater Collection Superintendent for MSD. “Since TV cameras typically operate during dry weather conditions, when pipes show little, if any, active leaks, Electro Scan’s simulated wet weather diagnostics give us a more complete assessment of our sewers to help prioritize our rehabilitation plans. While I have been watching this technology for some time, improvements in delivering its data and open architecture made it a good time to add it to our portfolio of assessment tools.”

“We really struggle identifying sources for infiltration during wet weather conditions,” says Donnie Fawcett, Superintendent of Twin City Water and Sewer District. “When pipes are surcharged, we can’t use TV cameras, and during dry weather conditions, we can’t easily identify any visible leaks.” Providing water and sewer services for the cities of Dennison and Uhrichsville, Ohio, Twin City Water and Sewer District was recently presented with a Certificate of Recognition by the Ohio EPA for recently completing a Source Water Protection Plan.

“I am delighted to support both MSD and Twin City in their missions,” states Chuck Hansen, Chairman and CEO, Electro Scan. “With sewer and water rates rising at a record pace to finance repairs and rehabilitation, leading utilities need to use the latest technologies to make sure they are fixing the right pipes, the first time.”
Last year, Electro Scan was selected for numerous awards, including the CleanTech Company of the Year by The New Economy Magazine, Best Technology Innovation by the Water Environment Federation, and Best New Product by the North American Society of Trenchless Technologies.

The company’s selection by MSD and Twin City Water and Sewer District is in keeping with each organization’s ongoing commitment to pursue cleaner, greener, and smarter strategies to help manage their respective businesses.
Added to existing TV Trucks or available as a standalone service vehicle, Electro Scan is able to assess pipes at the rate of +50 feet (15 meters) per minute, locating sources of infiltration defects to the closest 0.4 inches (1 centimeter) and estimating defect flow in gallons per minute (liters per second), in accordance with ASTM F2550-13.

MSD of Greater Cincinnati is a publicly-operated wastewater utility serving 43 out of 49 Hamilton County, Ohio political subdivisions, including parts of Butler, Clermont, and Warren. It has a ratepayer base of approximately 230,000 residential and commercial users and operates seven major wastewater treatment plants and more than 120 pump stations. MSD provides sewerage collection and treatment services to an area covering approximately more than 290 square miles, containing over 200,000 separate sewer connections and 3,000 miles of sanitary and combined sewers.

Twin City Water and Sewer District, Ohio manages over 100 miles of sewer main and 3,400 customers.
“CCTV will continue to be a good dry weather assessment tool to ‘see’ alignment problems, intrusions, and debris,” states Hansen, an industry expert in the field of sewer condition assessment.

Prior to founding Electro Scan, Hansen was CEO & Founder of Hansen Information Technologies, a leading global provider of asset management applications for water, sewer, and highway authorities, sold to Infor Global in 2007.
Both MSD and Twin City Water and Sewer District arranged their purchases through Cleveland, OH-based MTech Company, Electro Scan’s 2013 Dealer of the Year.

About Electro Scan
Electro Scan Inc. is a global leader in delivering pipeline defect detection instrumentation, mobile and cloud computing applications that meet the technological needs of water and wastewater utilities, commercial businesses, residential customers, and engineering organizations, worldwide. Privately-held with headquarters in Sacramento, California, USA, Electro Scan’s suite of next generation condition assessment technologies allows customers to manage, protect, operate and certify their sewer, storm, and water pipes.  For more information visit www.electroscan.com and “Like” us on Facebook.

Contact, Janine Mullinix, info@electroscan.com, +1 916 779 0660

The New Economy Selects Electro Scan Inc. as Recipient of Global 2013 Clean Tech Award

Electro Scan Also Selected as Finalist for 2014 GreenTec Award

London, ENGLAND, January 6, 2014 – Electro Scan Inc. has been awarded the 2013 Clean Tech Award for Best Water and Wastewater Solutions presented by The New Economy magazine in ceremonies held at the London Stock Exchange.

The New Economy

The New Economy is a quarterly magazine that captures the spirit of global thought leadership promoting innovation, transparency and sustainability, that reshapes the future.

Aimed at unearthing the new global clean tech elite – the champions of tomorrow – awards were announced in The New Economy’s Winter 2014 edition – one of the few periodicals authorized for distribution at the World Economic Forum held January 22-25, 2014 in Davos, Switzerland.

“We are delighted to announce Electro Scan as recipient of the 2013 Clean Tech Award for Best Water and Wastewater Solutions,” states Jan Spiegel, Editor of The New Economy magazine. “Disruptive technologies, like Electro Scan, that alter decisions often represent the biggest breakthroughs in our economy.”

See The New Economy’s Video Interview of Electro Scan’s Chuck Hansen on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_PH8oCMccA.

“We are pleased to be recognized for our game-changing products,” states Chuck Hansen, Chairman & CEO, Electro Scan Inc. “Besides growing revenues over ten times in the last twelve months, this is a great way to start the year.”

Electro Scan’s technology overhauls the condition assessment of sewers, storm drains, and water pipes by finding & measuring defects not detected by the most advanced closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras.

Easily added to existing TV trucks and able to assess pipes at the rate of +50 feet (15 meters) per minute, Electro Scan automatically locates defects to the closest 0.4 inches (1 centimeter). More importantly, it provides an estimated defect flow in gallons per minute (liters per second).

Electro Scan is able to deliver an immediate return on investment by finding defects in recently relined pipes and new construction projects – previously not found by CCTV – protecting investments in CAPEX and delivery of ‘leak-free’ rehabilitation projects in accordance with ASTM F2550-13.

“CCTV will continue to be a good dry weather assessment tool to ‘see’ alignment problems, intrusions, and debris,” states Hansen, an industry expert in the field of sewer condition assessment.  Prior to founding Electro Scan, Hansen was CEO & Founder of Hansen Information Technologies, a leading global provider of asset management applications for water, sewer, and highway authorities, sold to Infor Global in 2007.

“Unfortunately, CCTV’s inability to be used during wet weather conditions, poor track record in finding leaks or sources of infiltration, inconsistent defect-scoring by operators, and inability to certify rehabilitation projects as ‘leak-free’, may have inadvertently caused utilities to incorrectly prioritize their worst pipes and unknowingly accept rehabilitation or new construction projects having serious defects,” states Hansen.

Acknowledged globally for establishing an unrivalled multimedia platform, The New Economy’s Clean Tech Awards focus on technology, energy, business and strategy that are positioned to solve important environmental challenges and help achieve sustainability.

Electro Scan Chosen as Finalist for 2014 GreenTec Award
Separately, Electro Scan was selected as a ‘Finalist’ in the ‘Water & Sewage’ category for Europe’s largest Environmental and Business Prize – the GreenTec Awards.  Representing the only North American finalist in in the Water and Sewage category, including eight (8) German companies and one (1) Danish company, the general public is invited to Vote Online for their favorite company through February 13, 2014. GreenTec award winners will be announced at the 2014 IFAT Conference, May 5-9, 2014, München, Germany.

About Electro Scan
Electro Scan Inc. is a global leader in delivering pipeline defect detection instrumentation, smartphone, and cloud computing applications that meet the technological needs of water and wastewater utilities, commercial businesses, residential customers, and engineering organizations, worldwide. Privately-held with headquarters in Sacramento, California, USA, Electro Scan’s suite of next generation condition assessment technologies allows customers to manage, protect, operate and certify their sewer, storm, and water pipes.

Contact: Janine Mullinix, email: info@electroscan.com, telephone: +1 916 779 0660

Water Environment Federation Names Electro Scan ‘Best Innovative Technology’

WEF Honors Breakthrough Technology That Converts Sewer TV Trucks to Identify Leaks & Defects, Not Seen or Recorded by High-Resolution CCTV Cameras

Sacramento, California, USA, July 22, 2013 — Electro Scan Inc., a global innovator of leak detection instrumentation and cloud computing applications, announced today its selection by the Water Environment Federation (WEF) as recipient of the 2013 Innovative Technology Award. The prestigious award was given to Electro Scan’s ES-620 leak detection product, an add-on to existing television inspection trucks that accurately locates and measures leaks in sewers, not visible by high-resolution CCTV cameras.

“We are delighted to be recognized by our colleagues,” stated Chuck Hansen, CEO of Electro Scan and wastewater pioneer. “Not since the introduction of TV cameras to televise sewers has a technology so quickly and radically changed the way we locate defects and certify repairs as leak-free. Electro Scan changes everything: from deciding which pipes to fix, to determining final acceptance of point repairs and lining projects.”

“Electro Scan adds a new dimension to sewer condition assessments,” stated Charles Wilmut, P.E., former Senior Vice President, Burgess & Niple, and early adopter of Electro Scan. “While CCTV provides an operator with a good overall visual account of a pipe, it is unable to locate and measure defects that cannot be seen. It’s not just the fact that Electro Scan finds more defects than CCTV, but it also measures the estimated magnitude of each defect, something never before available.”

Jim Eger, Executive Director, Water Environment Federation.

“Congratulations on being selected for this significant honor,” stated Jeff Eger, WEF’s Executive Director. The award recognized the Company’s contribution to improving water quality and will be presented at the 86th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC), October 5-9, 2013.

Electro Scan uses its patent-pending technology to generate an intense, focused array, of low-voltage/high-frequency electrical current to examine the walls of pipes for defects. If a pipe is in good condition, no current will be able to “leak” or escape out of the pipe and into the ground, unless there is a crack. All bad joints, defective service connections, and breaks in a pipe, are found by Electro Scan, not typically seen or recorded by visual inspection, laser profiling, sonar, or ground penetrating radar.

Designed to integrate with existing CCTV trucks, data from the Electro Scan probe is fed back via the truck’s existing cable to Electro Scan’s proprietary control unit, and then uploaded to the Electro Scan Cloud.

A benchmark comparison of water pressure testing and Electro Scan was conducted in 2012 at the Milwaukee Metro Sewer District (MMSD). In a project jointly sponsored by the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) and the USEPA, the study specifically compared Electro Scan to a number of condition assessment techniques to evaluate sewer laterals. While pressure testing identified a sewer lateral as PASSING, indicating a leakage rate of about 1 gallon per minute, Electro Scan found a significant number of leaks on the same pipe, including accurately locating specific defect locations, size, and estimated peak Gallons per Minute (GPM). Encrustations at defective joints had temporarily re-sealed defects in the lateral causing pressure testing to record a False-Positive result. As part of the same study, Electro Scan found 555 defects compared to 160 defects found with CCTV, evaluating the same pipes in a single residential survey area.

Earlier this year, Electro Scan won the Joseph L. Abbott, Jr. Product Innovation Award presented by the North American Society of Trenchless Technologies and the Sierra Nevada Innovation Challenge for Best CleanTech.

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) estimate capital needs for the U.S. wastewater infrastructure market of almost $300 billion over the next twenty years with aging pipes discharging 900 billion gallons of untreated sewage, each year. Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent to add extra treatment plant capacity to process water entering through leaks in sewers, frequently causing residential and commercial sewer back-ups, manhole overflows, and sinkholes, each year.

The worldwide market for televising sewers represents nearly 15,000 CCTV trucks, excluding push cameras for evaluating smaller diameter pipes. Representing a budgeted upgrade cost of approximately US$150,000, authorized worldwide Electro Scan Dealers can install Electro Scan in new and existing television trucks, allowing field operators to switch from CCTV to Electro Scan, and back again, within minutes.

Advantages of the Electro Scan technology include its ability to scan pipes that are either full or partially full of water and provide automated leak detection information, including location to the nearest 0.4 inches (1 cm) and estimated peak GPM. While CCTV cameras are rarely, if ever, used during wet weather, Electro Scan, combined with CCTV, provides a year-round solution.

Electro Scan products are designed in accordance with ASTM Standard 2550-06 to assess non-conductive pipe materials (e.g. asbestos cement, brick, clay, plastic, resin lining, reinforced concrete, etc.).

Founded in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit association with more than 36,000 members worldwide providing technical education and training for water quality professionals who clean water and return it safely to the environment.

About Electro Scan
Electro Scan Inc. is a leading global provider of leak detection instrumentation and cloud computing applications that meet the technological needs of water utilities, commercial businesses, residential customers, and engineering organizations worldwide. Electro Scan offers the next generation in condition assessment evaluation technologies that allow customers to manage, protect, operate and certify their infrastructure. For more information visit www.electroscan.com and “Like” us on Facebook.

Contact, Janine Mullinix, info@electroscan.com, +1 916 779 0660

Electro Scan Inc. Wins 2013 Award for ‘Best New CleanTech Product Innovation’

Sacramento-based Leak Detection, Smartphone, and Cloud Application Developer, Selected in Statewide Competition

Chico, California USA, June 27, 2013 – Today, Electro Scan Inc. won the 2013 Award for ‘Best New Product Innovation’ in Cleantech at the 2nd Annual Sierra Nevada Innovation Challenge competition.

Presented by Innovate North State, the Sierra Nevada Innovation Challenge competition was held at the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company’s “Big Room” auditorium in Chico, California.

A GLOBIE Award was presented in each of five industry categories, including Food and Ag, Web and Information Technology, Cleantech, won by Electro Scan Inc., Manufacturing, and Healthcare.

The Sierra Nevada Innovation Challenge is the only statewide Most Innovative Product Competition focused principally on California businesses located outside of San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles and San Diego. Each finalist was given 6-minutes to explain how their new product changes the world, an industry, people’s lives or the environment in a positive, meaningful way.

In March 2013, Electro Scan Inc. was awarded the prestigious Joseph L. Abbott, Jr. Award for Product Innovation by the National Association of Trenchless Technologies (NASTT) at the organization’s No-Dig event.

Over 70 industry experts from throughout California will be on-site serving as judges including CEOs, media representatives, angel investors, venture capitalists, university and government officials and corporate executives.

“We were impressed with Electro Scan’s game-changing innovation and are honored to have Electro Scan win our Cleantech category,” stated Jon Gregory, Managing Director, Innovate North State.

The American Society of Civil Engineers estimate capital needs for the U.S. wastewater infrastructure of $298 billion over the next twenty years with aging pipes discharging 900 billion gallons of untreated sewage, each year.

Judges found that Electro Scan represents a breakthrough in the multi-billion dollar sewer inspection market, overhauling how sewer utilities identify and prioritize pipe defects. More reliable than visual inspection techniques using legacy closed-circuit television cameras, Electro Scan was viewed as a disruptive technology gaining global acceptance.

According to Innovate North State Managing Director Jon Gregory, who serves as the Executive Producer of the event, “the Sierra Nevada Innovation Challenge represents a once-a-year hotbed of the best innovation occurring in emerging markets of California.” He continued, “We were impressed with Electro Scan’s game-changing innovation and are honored to have the company compete as one of the finalists.”

“We were delighted to be recognized by the judges,” stated Chuck Hansen, Electro Scan’s CEO and Presenter. “Electro Scan is being consistently recognized as a groundbreaking technology that truly advancing owner’s ability to correctly assess their wastewater collection infrastructure. Electro Scan’s ability to evaluate existing, newly repaired, and relined sewer for defects, leap-frogs legacy visual inspection techniques that has been around for almost sixty years.”

About Electro Scan
Electro Scan Inc. is a leading global provider of leak detection instrumentation and cloud computing applications that meet the technological needs of water utilities, commercial businesses, residential customers, and engineering organizations worldwide. Electro Scan offers the next generation in condition assessment evaluation technologies that allow customers to manage, protect, operate and certify their infrastructure. “Like” us on Facebook.

About Innovate North State
Innovate North State – a public/private partnership driven by CEOs of leading California North State businesses – was established in early 2012. Innovate North State’s goal is to assist the region’s most innovative companies who have the largest growth potential garner a larger share of their national and global markets resulting in a more vibrant regional economy. It focuses on 5 key industry sectors: Sustainable Agriculture and Food; Manufacturing and Consumer Products; Cleantech and Environmental; Web, Mobile, and IT; and Healthcare and Medical Technology. With the mantra of “connecting to compete” Innovate North State’s strategy involves helping innovative companies connect with each other and also to vital resources located outside the region, making the North State the most economically competitive non-metropolitan region in the U.S. by 2017.

Contacts:
Innovate North State: Jon Gregory, Managing Director, jon@innovate-northstate.com, 530-892-1707
Electro Scan Inc.: Janine Mullinix, info@electroscan.com, 916-779-0660

Leading Sewer Leak Detection Company and World’s Leading Pipeline Inspection Developer, Supplier of WinCan, to Offer Integrated Solution

Sacramento, California, USA, June 17, 2013— Electro Scan Inc., a global innovator of leak detection instrumentation and Swiss-based CD Lab AG, the world’s leading provider of sewer pipeline assessment software, with its leading flagship product, WinCan, today announced a global partnership to offer an integrated solution.

The cooperative agreement, executed by Chuck Hansen, Chairman & CEO of Electro Scan Inc. and Martin Hien, General Manager of CD Lab AG, includes development of a custom Electro Scan module, to be added to the suite of WinCan products, able to import, store, and display Electro Scan’s patent-pending data downloaded from its Critical Sewers^TM Cloud app.  Product features and capabilities are expected to be similar to other popular WinCan modules, such as its WinCan Laser module.  The new Electro Scan Module is expected for release in the first quarter of 2014.

Chuck Hansen, Electro Scan Inc. & Martin Hien, CD Lab AG, Murten, Switzerland.

“We are excited to work with such a universally-accepted product, like WinCan,” states Electro Scan’s Chuck Hansen. “I’ve been watching WinCan, with amazement, for many years and am delighted to see their product evolve into such a feature-rich solution to manage wastewater assets.”

“We are delighted to be expanding our product library to include Electro Scan,” states CD Lab’s Martin Hien. “Chuck and his team have done a great job adding a new level of data to our industry. Combined with CCTV and Laser Profiling data, our customers will have an unprecedented decision tool at their fingertips to manage their aging infrastructure.”

“The addition of Electro Scan further solidifies WinCan’s leadership as a key decision support system to help  manage wastewater assets,” comments Mike Russin, Business Manager of Pipeline Analytics, Inc. As CD Lab’s exclusive distributor for WinCan products in North and South America, Pipeline Analytics will be supporting the new partnership with implementation services and training.

CD Lab AG, headquartered in Murten, Switzerland, designs, develops, and markets the world’s leading pipeline inspection software, WinCan. Founded in 1990, the company specializes in the inspection and administration of wastewater infrastructure having more than 6,400 licensed installations, translated into 46 different languages, supporting 50 different CCTV inspection standards, and sold through over 80 resellers worldwide.

Electro Scan products are designed and developed in accordance with ASTM Standard 2550-06 to accurately identify, locate, and measure the estimated peak rate of infiltration from defects in sewer and stormwater pipes.  In addition to assessing non-conductive pipe materials (e.g. asbestos cement, brick, clay, plastic, resin lining, reinforced concrete, etc.), Electro Scan is able to certify point repairs and lining projects as “leak-free.”

About Electro Scan
Electro Scan Inc. is a leading global provider of leak detection instrumentation and cloud computing applications that meet the technological needs of water utilities, commercial businesses, residential customers, and engineering organizations worldwide.  Electro Scan offers the next generation in condition assessment evaluation technologies that allow customers to manage, protect, operate and certify their infrastructure.  For more information visit www.electroscan.com and “Like” us on Facebook.

Contact, Janine Mullinix, info@electroscan.com, +1 916 779 0660

New Technology Finds Sources of Infiltration That Cause Sewer Overflows & Backups; Certifies Point Repairs and Lining Projects as “Leak Free”

Sacramento, California, USA, June 3, 2013 — Electro Scan Inc., a global leader of pipeline defect detection instrumentation, smartphone, and cloud computing applications, today announced an agreement with Prism Contractors & Engineers, Inc. (Yorktown, Virginia) to conduct a 20,000 ft. Electro Scan project in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

A key objective for the project will be to Electro Scan all sewer mains in a designated area of a local sewer authority and provide specific locations for each defect and pipe segment, including an estimated peak infiltration rate in Gallons per Minute (GPM).

Sewer authorities in Hampton Roads are currently operating under a USEPA Unilateral Administrative Order (UAO) and a State of Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Special Consent By Order to reduce the frequency and severity of sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) taking specific actions to develop a Regional Wet Weather Management Plan (RWWMP).

“Everyone knows that CCTV is a great tool to record alignment problems, grease, and other obstructions in sewer pipes during low-flow and dry weather conditions,” states Chuck Hansen, Electro Scan’s CEO. ”But, rarely, if ever, can CCTV operators measure or even ‘see’ leaks, especially at joints, service connections, and in laterals. Since CCTV is typically never done during rainy conditions – when an operator would most likely ‘see’ a leak – and cannot be used when a pipe is full, it hasn’t been an effective tool in finding infiltration. But, CCTV has been the only thing available… that is, until Electro Scan.”

“Electro Scan represents a breakthrough in sewer condition assessment,” states Chuck Hansen, former CEO of Hansen Information Technologies and an industry pioneer in CCTV and condition assessment technologies. “Electro Scan’s ability to work in dry & wet weather conditions and when a pipe is partially or full of water, represents a new era in condition assessment. Available as an add-on to any existing CCTV truck, data is uploaded to our cloud-based Critical Sewers^TM application. Able to easily switchover in the field, Electro Scan & CCTV represent a total solution for sewer authorities, regulators, and engineers to help prevent sewer overflows, backups, and basement flooding.”

“We are delighted to partner with Electro Scan for this important project,” states David A. Reaves, P.E., Founder & President of Prism.  “Working at a rate of 40-50 ft a minute, electro scan promises to be a great tool to quickly and easily locate ‘hot spots’ and to help pre- and post-rehab decision making.”

Founded in 1997, Prism Contractors & Engineers, Inc. is a full service civil engineering, design, construction, and inspection firm with clients in the eastern United States. Equipped with three (3) IBAK CCTV trucks, Prism has completed over 1.5 million ft of NASSCO PACP-based CCTV projects since 2009.

Electro Scan products are designed in accordance with ASTM Standard F2550-06 and able to identify, locate, and measure defects. Premium users are provided an estimated peak rate of infiltration, by defect. In addition to assessing non-conductive pipe materials (e.g. asbestos cement, brick, clay, plastic, resin lining, reinforced concrete, etc.), Electro Scan assesses pipe diameters ranging from 3 to 60 inches (76 to 1500mm) and can determine if previously completed point repairs & lining projects are ‘leak-free.’

About Electro Scan
Electro Scan Inc. is global leader in delivering pipeline defect detection instrumentation, smartphone, and cloud computing applications that meet the technological needs of wastewater utilities, commercial businesses, residential customers, and engineering organizations worldwide. Electro Scan’s suite of next generation condition assessment technologies allows customers to manage, protect, operate and certify their infrastructure. In 2013, Electro Scan’s ES-620 for Sewer Mains^TM won the Joseph L. Abbott, Jr. ‘Product Innovation of the Year’ Award from the North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT). Visit us and “Like” us on Facebook.

Leading Sewer Agency in Ohio Selects Electro Scan; Retrofits CCTV Truck

Tri-Cities North Regional Wastewater Authority, Dayton, Ohio, Purchases ES-620 for Sewer Main^TM From  MTech Company

SACRAMENTO, Calif., USA, May 8, 2013 – Electro Scan Inc., a global innovator of sewer leak detection instrumentation and cloud computing applications, today announced that the Tri-Cities North Regional Wastewater Authority (TCA), Dayton, Ohio, has contracted to purchase Electro Scan’s ES-620 for Sewer Mains^TM to evaluate 6 inch to 20 inch diameter pipes. Electro Scan’s cutting-edge solution gives TCA expanded power to more effectively and efficiently assess its sanitary sewer system, improve its ability to target needed repairs, and certify ongoing lining projects as “leak free.”

Download the Electro Scan Field Demonstration conducted for TCA on March 22, 2013.

TCA was formed in June 1996 by a joint venture agreement between the city councils of Huber Heights, Vandalia, and Tipp City, Ohio. The agreement was made possible by an Ohio statute that allows municipalities to enter into joint venture agreements to provide utility services.

Managing a combined network of 265 miles of sewers and serving a population of 61,000, TCA employs a general manager to oversee the day-to-day operations and maintenance of its wastewater treatment plant, currently under contract to Veolia Environmental Services.

“The thing that sold us was the fact we can use Electro Scan any day of the year, under any condition,” said David Heckler, TCA General Manager. “We typically have to wait until the ground is dry to conduct smoke testing and/or the sewer lines are under normal flow to conduct closed-circuit television (CCTV) inspection; but with Electro Scan we can inspect year round and utilize Electro Scan’s GPM infiltration calculation function to quickly identify and address our hot spots.”

Such advanced capabilities greatly enhance the ability of wastewater organizations, like TCA, to accurately assess their sewer and stormwater networks; locate sources of infiltration to specific internal pipe locations; certify pipe lining and new construction projects; help limit sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs); and overcome limitations of legacy inspection techniques.

The purchase is being arranged though MTech Company (Cleveland, OH), Electro Scan’s authorized dealer for Ohio and Michigan.  “We strongly believe that Electro Scan fills an immediate need for wastewater utilities to accurately assess their defects and certify that repairs and lining projects have been done correctly,” stated Dan Soukup, Vice President, MTech. “Combining Electro Scan and CCTV offers a 365-day a year solution for dry-weather and wet-weather evaluation of any sewer or drainage network.”

Electro Scan fundamentally changes how a wastewater network is evaluated and prioritized for repair and rehabilitation.  By using its U.S. and International patent-pending technology, Electro Scan’s probe is connected to either a standalone push rod or added to an existing CCTV truck.  By surrounding its probe with water to serve as a conductor, Electro Scan automatically analyzes pipe integrity by measuring the variation of electricity passing through cracks in the wall of a pipe, bad joints, or defective service connections – oftentimes undetected by visual observation.

Developed in accordance with ASTM Standard 2550-06, Electro Scan accurately identifies, locates, and measures an estimated peak rate of infiltration from defects in sewer and stormwater pipes.  In addition to assessing existing non-conductive pipe materials (e.g. asbestos cement, brick, clay, plastic, resin, reinforced concrete, etc.), Electro Scan is able to certify point repairs and lining projects as “leak-free.”

Scanning data is electronically captured using its in-pipe probe which is manually pulled through the pipe. Once scanned, data is either automatically sent via Bluetooth to the Electro Scan Smartphone app or stored directly by the Electro Scan In-Vehicle desktop application, where it may be transmitted to the Company’s trademarked cloud application, www.CriticalSewers.com.

“An increasing number of utilities worldwide are relying on Electro Scan to delivery smart technology to better survey and assess drainage systems and safeguard our waterways,” said Chuck Hansen, Electro Scan’s Chairman and CEO. “By upgrading or retrofitting your CCTV trucks to include Electro Scan, sewer agencies, like TCA, can optimize their planning and operational activities to fix their worst pipes, first, and make sure utilities are getting what they are paying when rehabilitating their sewers.”

About Electro Scan Inc.
Electro Scan is a leading global provider of sewer leak detection instrumentation and cloud computing applications that meet the technological needs of wastewater utilities, commercial businesses, residential customers, and engineering organizations worldwide.  Its clients include customers and authorized dealers in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and Asia Pacific.  With unparalleled expertise, Electro Scan represents the next generation in sewer survey evaluation technologies that allows customers to manage, protect, operate and certify their wastewater infrastructure.  For more information, call Electro Scan at +1 916 779 0770, or visit www.electroscan.com.

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Electro Scan Inc. Wins Prestigious Joseph L. Abbott, Jr. Award for Product Innovation

Leading Award Presented at 2013 NASTT No-Dig Conference, Recognizing State-of-the-Art Product Innovation and Contribution to the Sewer Rehabilitation Industry

SACRAMENTO, Calif., USA, March 6, 2013 – Yesterday, the North American Society for Trenchless Technologies (NASTT) recognized Electro Scan Inc. as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Joseph L. Abbott, Jr. Award for Product Innovation.   Presented at its Gala Awards Dinner at NASTT’s Annual No-Dig Show in Sacramento, California, Electro Scan was recognized for its state-of-the-art product innovation and contribution to the sewer rehabilitation industry.

“We are delighted to have our peers recognize our breakthrough technology,” stated Chuck Hansen, CEO of Electro Scan. “Never has a single product changed how sewers are evaluated and prioritized for repair — not to mention providing the first automated tool to certify repairs after rehabilitation.”

As sewer infrastructure has continued to decay, utilities have been forced to build larger wastewater treatment facilities to transport & treat a growing amount of relatively clean water entering our sewer systems through cracks and illegal connections.  Major sources of Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs) and Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) have also been attributed to poor repairs, cracks, broken joints, and defective service connections in our sewers.

Sewer utilities have traditionally used a variety of techniques to locate potential sources of infiltration, including Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV), Smoke Testing, Dye Flood Testing, Sonar, Laser Profiling, and Ground Penetrating Radar; however, given the drawbacks of visual observation and interpretation, legacy inspection methods often have provided incomplete, inconsistent or inaccurate data.

Dinner Gala at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, March 5, 2013.

In contrast, Electro Scan represents a quantum leap for sewer utilities, consulting engineers and contractors to locate potential sources of infiltration.  Using its patent-pending technology that measures the variation of electrical current inside pipes to identify defects in accordance with ASTM Standard 2550-06, Electro Scan automatically locates and measures potential leaks.

Electro Scan has also emerged as the first tool capable of certifying newly relined and rehabilitated sewer mains and laterals.  A brief comparison of CCTV and Electro Scan in finding sources of infiltration is available here.

Since 1971 it is estimated that about 40,000 miles (210 million feet) of cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) liners have been installed, worldwide. By far the leading method for rehabilitating gravity sewers, CIPP has been installed without the ability to adequately assess its installation or assure its leak free acceptance by sewer utilities.  That is, until the introduction of Electro Scan.

Electro Scan’s ES-620 for Sewer Mains^TM (i.e. ES-300 in international markets) is sold as an upgrade to new or existing CCTV trucks.  Utilizing existing CCTV electronics and a proprietary Electro Scan upgrade kit, customers are able to easily swap from CCTV to Electro Scan, and back to CCTV, in less than ten (10) minutes.

Together, CCTV and Electro Scan provide a comprehensive sewer assessment to determine both structural integrity and potential sources of infiltration in sewers.

In October 2010, NASTT re-named its prestigious award in honor of the late Joseph L. Abbott, Jr., who was an active member of the society since its inception in 1990.  A link to Electro Scan’s award winning submittal is available here.

About NASTT
NASTT is an engineering society of individuals, public organizations and private companies with strong beliefs in the practical, social and environmental benefits of trenchless technology. Founded in 1990, NASTT represents 1,400 members throughout the United States and Canada who promote better and more responsible ways to manage our underground infrastructure. For more information, please visit http://www.nastt.org.

About Electro Scan Inc.
Founded in 2011, Electro Scan Inc. designs and manufactures its patent-pending sewer leak detection equipment and hosted cloud solutions for wastewater utilities and commercial plumbers.  Sold exclusively through its worldwide network of authorized dealers, interested sewer utilities and contractors may contact either the Company or its Dealers to arrange a live demonstration.  Electro Scan Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Sacramento, California.  For more information, please visit https://www.electroscan.com.

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Janine Mullinix
1745 Markston Road
Sacramento, California USA 95825-4026
Telephone: +1 916 779 0660
Fax: +1 916 779 0661

Email: info@electroscan.com

Water Environment Research Foundation Announces Electro Scan Project with Milwaukee Metro Sewerage District

Technology to Undergo Side-By-Side Testing Against CCTV & Dye Flood Testing Inspections to Locate & Quantify Sources of Unwanted Rainfall-Dependent Infiltration

SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 12, 2012 – Electro Scan Inc. today announced that the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) has approved an innovative project to test its patent-pending technology to locate and quantify sources of unwanted Rainfall-Dependent infiltration (RDI).

As proposed by the national engineering consulting firm of Brown & Caldwell, in association with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and City of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, the project will evaluate electro scanning with previously inspected sewer laterals.

“Electro Scan has already been successfully tested against CCTV in sanitary sewer mains by the U.S. EPA,” stated Chuck Hansen, Chairman and CEO of Electro Scan, “Now it’s time to have an independent source verify electro scan in sewer laterals against legacy Dye Flood and CCTV inspections — a classic bake-off.”

Electro Scan finds leaks in non-conductive pipes (e.g. brick, cement, clay, plastic, reinforced concrete, pipe liners, etc.) by measuring the variation of electricity passing through defects in the wall of pipes.  The technology locates and quantifies all defects, including cracks, joints, service connections, and manholes. Data is automatically sent to the Company’s smartphone application, and transmitted to a hosted cloud computing application, known as CriticalSewers.com.

Representing a breakthrough over the use of legacy visual observation techniques that often provide misleading, incomplete, or inconsistent results, all Electro Scan data is independently generated, without operator intervention.

The Company’s electro scan technology is designed and manufactured in accordance with the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard F2550-06.

Recently, the Company delivered its first electro scan unit to Christchurch, New Zealand, where it has already found leaks in sewer drains that had previously gone undetected using industry-standard camera equipment.

The Water Environment Research Foundation is a non-profit organization formed in 1989 and is the leading independent scientific research organization in the United States dedicated to wastewater and stormwater issues.  Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewer District is a regional government agency that provides water reclamation and flood management services for about 1.1 million customers in 28 communities in the Greater Milwaukee Area, covering 411 square miles.  The City of Wauwatosa manages approximately 151 miles of sewer mains and 16,000 laterals.

About Electro Scan Inc.
Founded in October 2011, Electro Scan Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets advanced sewer leak detection equipment, smartphone applications, and hosted cloud computing applications for the wastewater utility and commercial plumbing market.  Electro Scan Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Sacramento, California.  For more information, please visit https://www.electroscan.com.

For additional information on the accesptance and standard use of Electro Scan for Lateral Inspection field work, please click on the following WERF-related links:

WERF-Trenchless Technology Center

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Mark Grabowski Joins Electro Scan Inc.
As Vice President of Municipal Markets

Wastewater Veteran Helps Adapt Patent Pending Technology into New & Existing CCTV Trucks to Deliver Next Generation Sewer Leak Detection

SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 4, 2012 – Electro Scan Inc. today announced that industry veteran Mark Grabowski has joined the Company as its Vice President of Municipal Markets. Formerly with Aries Industries, a leading manufacturer of CCTV equipment and truck assemblies, Mark will direct the development and rollout of the Company’s ES-620 for Sewer Mains^TM designed for 6-20” (76-200mm) pipe diameters and ES-2060 for Sewer Mains^TM designed for 20-60” (150-450mm) pipe diameters. Both products represent an add-on technology to new and existing CCTV trucks.

Mark Grabowski will be on hand at the Water Environment Federation (WEF) Collection Systems Conference that begins today in St. Louis, MO to discuss the company’s new products.

“I’m delighted to be taking sewer leak detection to the next level,” stated Mark Grabowski, Electro Scan’s VP of Municipal Markets. “Despite recent advancements in CCTV cameras, the industry has always understood the limitation of using coding standards for visual observations to catalog leaks. You just can’t effectively find or quantify leaks using visual inspection.”

The company is currently shipping its ES-38 for Sewer Laterals^TM used by commercial plumbers and municipal agencies to find leaks in service lines and laterals from 3-8” (76-200mm) in pipe diameter. The product is already part of major municipal Service Lateral Programs. It’s ES-620 for Sewer Mains^TM used for 6-20” (150-450mm) in pipe diameter will be available for customer shipment this October at the New Orleans WEFTEC.
where the Company is a Platinum Sponsor.

Electro Scan represents a breakthrough in sewer leak detection. Its patent pending technology finds leaks by measuring the variation of electricity passing through defects in non-conductive pipes (e.g. brick, cement, plastic, reinforced concrete, pipe lining resins, etc.), in accordance with the
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard F2550-06.

“I am delighted to have Mark on board,” stated Chuck Hansen, Electro Scan’s Chairman and CEO. “Mark immediately saw the benefit of making Electro Scan an integral part of new and existing CCTV rigs. Combining Mark’s expertise inside CCTV trucks with my background delivering data to comply with CMOM, GIS, and Hydraulic Modeling data standards, is a winning team.“

Prior to joining Electro Scan, Mark Grabowski served as Product Manager and Project Engineer at Aries Industries, where he was in charge of product management for pipeline rehabilitation and inspection products. As part of his responsibilities, Mark managed the complete life cycle of several products, including a camera system certified intrinsically-safe in accordance with Class I, Division I, Group D standards for live inspection of gas mains, a class-leading lateral launching and inspection system, and the only pan & tilt push camera system on the market. Mark also advised large strategic accounts in the U.S. and abroad.

Before joining Aries, Mark worked as Water and Wastewater Project Manager at C.W. Purpero, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI), where he was involved with numerous underground infrastructure projects, including design & construction of flood/runoff control systems, lift stations, and innovative pollutant removal systems. Additional projects included the installation of major water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and force main systems utilizing both open cut and trenchless technology methods.

A member of the National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) and OSHA Certified for Confined Space Entry, Mark received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Construction Management in 2004 from the University of Central Florida.

About Electro Scan Inc.
Electro Scan Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets sewer leak detection products and web services. The Company’s solutions represent an integrated end-to-end product suite that includes proprietary electronic instrumentation, wireless communications, smartphone & laptop apps, and a cloud computing app for data capture, storage, retrieval, and export. The company is currently shipping its ES-38 for Sewer Laterals^TM, ES-38 Air Push Rod^TM, ES-Smartphone App^TM, and ES-Field Printer^TM that allow commercial plumbers and sewer utilities to reliably and accurately identify defects that cause leaks in sewer laterals. Electro Scan Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Sacramento, California. For more information, visit https://www.electroscan.com.

About Critical Sewers^TM
Critical Sewers^TM represents a Software-as-a-Service (SAAS), hosted, cloud application that catalogs worldwide electro scan data and performance statistics for its Customers. Utilizing a password-protected, multi-tenant, HTML 5.0 architecture, Customer data is automatically transmitted from Electro Scan Smartphone and Laptop applications to its companion Critical SewersTM Cloud App that catalogs and stores Electro Scan data. Currently, Critical SewersTM maintains over 300,000 linear feet (90,000 meters) of Electro Scan data from over 70 customers. Critical SewersTM is a web service of Electro Scan Inc. that is exclusively maintained for its Customers and Authorized Dealers. For more information and access, Electro Scan Customers and Dealers may visit http://www.criticalsewers.com.

Contact
Janine Mullinix
1745 Markston Road, Sacramento, California 95825-4026
Toll Free: 800-975-6149, Telephone: 916-779-0660
Fax: 916-779-0661, Email: info@electroscan.com