Watershed management commissioner says city is taking steps to prevent another water crisis WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

ATLANTA — The Department of Watershed Management Commissioner Al Wiggins said the city is taking two steps to try to prevent another water crisis in Atlanta.

Right now, workers are installing more than 20 leak detection devices on valves in Midtown and a few in Vine City.

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Wiggins said the devices detect leaks and use artificial intelligence to document the size of the leak. Next week, Wiggins said the program will begin collecting data that, overtime, can be used to predict and prevent water line breaks.

“We will have more water main breaks. I believe we are much more prepared than we were in the past because of the devices that we’re installing,” said Wiggins.

Wiggins said if this test program works, the city will install the detectors in other parts of the city.

“They’re so new, but I would say they would certainly be helpful in mitigating loss like …