Problem: Saltillo Water in Mexico has 24-inch plastic waterlines, which were buried with no tracer wire. The utility was not able to locate any maps or records detailing where these plastic water pipes were buried. Saltillo Water did know that the majority of their lines would be buried under asphalt in the streets.
Solution: The local Vivax-Metrotech distributor, Commercial Gepsa S.A. DE C.V., took a trip to visit the customer, bringing a vLoc3-Cam sonde locator and vCamMX-2 mini inspection camera. The customer dug 5 feet down to the buried water pipe to install a 3-inch saddle, which would allow the camera
