Using fiber optics to fight water wastage

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-fiber-optics-wastage.html

"distributed fiber optic sensing based on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering monitoring water pipelines over long distances measuring deformations such as water leaks to hundredth mm... High Density Polyethylene piping, wrapping and fixing fiber optic sensor cable on pipe's outer surface... assessed sensitivity sensor layout on HDPE pipe stressed with static pressure... detecting pressure anomaly produced by piping circuit leak"