Did you know that dogs can help find water pipes that are leaking? Dogs searching out broken water pipes are revolutionizing the leak detection industry. Dogs can find broken water pipes for water utilities, business and homeowners. K9 leak detection teams are an important part of fighting and managing aging infrastructure, water loss and water stress. The dog is not listening to the water running through the pipe, it is sniffing out the chemicals that are added to the water. Chlorine has a distinct odor that dogs can be trained to sniff out. Once the dog catches the chlorine that is released from a break, the dogs works the odor plume to the highest concentration. The dog can pinpoint a leak with 90% accuracy within a 5-foot radius of a broken water pipe. A highly skilled K9 team is faster and more effective than the most seasoned distribution crews and equipment. What takes crews and equipment days to weeks to find the K9 leak detection team can do in hours. They are called in to assist with sniffing out broken water pipes, participating in water loss studies and audits, they are the topic of operator continuing education presentations and putting a face on your water utility. The use of these highly trained dogs is becoming a widely accepted practice and could be an integral part of your utility.