Leak Surveys in San Antonio

Name: American Leak Detection of San Antonio
Address: 136 Industrial Dr,, Boerne, TX, 78006
Telephone: (830) 549-2461

Why San Antonio Operators Choose American Leak Detection of San Antonio

A distribution-system survey examines interconnected infrastructure rather than one suspected leak at a single property. American Leak Detection of San Antonio conducts structured surveys for commercial property owners and municipal operators throughout San Antonio and Bexar County. If you oversee one of these systems, you receive the benefit of a team that has served municipal clients since 1974 and brings more than 50 years of structured survey experience to the work. We provide leak detection services.

We evaluate the full distribution network while it remains in service, including infrastructure on both sides of the meter. Our technicians locate identified leaks and diagnose their cause, giving you specific information for the next step.

Contact American Leak Detection of San Antonio at (830) 549-2461 to discuss unexplained losses across your commercial or municipal network.

What a Water Distribution Leak Survey Covers

Commercial and municipal distribution systems in Bexar County contain multiple buried components that must work together. Age, ground movement, wear, and external damage can create leaks throughout the network. A full survey examines the broader system instead of assuming that increased consumption comes from one meter or connection.

Our survey scope includes:

Water mains: We evaluate primary distribution lines for hidden leakage.
Service lines: We include the connections carrying water from the main through the distribution network.
Valves: We check these control points as part of the system-wide evaluation.
Meters: We test infrastructure on both sides of the meter rather than stopping at the service connection.

If you see unexplained changes in consumption or pressure, or persistent moisture near buried infrastructure, a network-level survey can trace the problem beyond one connection. These conditions call for a network-level evaluation when the available signs don’t identify one obvious source.

Water-Loss Planning in Texas

San Antonio Water System defines non-revenue water as water that’s produced but isn’t delivered to or billed to customers. The category includes leaks, main breaks, infrastructure failures, inaccurate customer metering, theft, and authorized unbilled uses. For a water purveyor, that gap reduces the amount of treated water available to generate revenue and signals where the distribution network needs closer evaluation.

In its January through December 2025 state audit, San Antonio Water System estimated that 15,849,683,432 gallons were lost through main breaks, leaks, inaccurate customer metering, theft, and other causes. It also reported a 26% reduction in non-revenue water to date and set a goal of reducing that amount by 50% per connection per day by 2035. Those figures show why operators need a systematic way to investigate hidden leakage rather than waiting for every leak to become visible.

Texas Water Code Section 16.0121 requires retail public water utilities to complete an annual water-loss audit, though utilities with 3,300 or fewer connections that don’t receive Texas Water Development Board financial assistance may file every five years instead. The board’s guidance recommends proactive leakage-control and leak-detection programs, noting that utilities without regular surveys will probably need multiple initial surveys to establish a useful baseline.

Each survey is designed to deliver operational value:

Reduces non-revenue water: This includes raw water treatment costs and pumping rates. Water you’ve treated and distributed but not billed is a direct financial loss.
Helps avoid system contamination: Leaks in water mains can become a pathway for contaminated groundwater to enter the distribution system, particularly during pressure drops or transient pressure events.

Survey findings give you location and cause information that can support audits, repair prioritization, regulatory compliance reporting, and capital improvement planning. The findings don’t replace an audit, but they provide field-level information for investigating where physical leakage is occurring within the network.

Trained Survey Teams & Insurance Documentation

Our licensed and insured technicians complete extensive industry training before they begin field projects. They apply that preparation to complex commercial and municipal networks without taking the system out of service.

We’re pre-approved with insurers to assist clients who need documentation and claims-processing support after a survey. Information about an identified leak’s location and cause can help you communicate with internal stakeholders and coverage providers. We tie that support to the conditions found during the survey rather than making assumptions about coverage decisions.

We don’t oversell. Our technicians explain the cause, recommended repair approach, and proposed cost before repair work is authorized. That’s our Know Before You Go commitment, and it applies to every commercial and municipal client we serve in San Antonio. It allows you to review the next step before approving additional work.

Schedule Your Leak Survey in San Antonio

If you own or manage commercial property, operate a water utility, or oversee a municipal system, you can contact us to describe your concerns and the infrastructure that needs evaluation. Our technicians arrive on time, follow the agreed survey time frame, perform the evaluation while the system remains operational, and leave the site clean.

Call American Leak Detection of San Antonio at (830) 549-2461 to schedule leak surveys in San Antonio or discuss a full-system evaluation for your water distribution network.

What to Know Before Scheduling Leak Surveys in San Antonio

Mains, service lines, valves, hydrants, and meters form an interconnected network across commercial and municipal systems. Any of these components can develop leaks from age, shifting soil, or external damage. Because buried leakage isn’t always visible at the surface, a structured survey evaluates the network when the available signs don’t point to a single connection.

Consider requesting a professional leak survey if you see:

Unexplained increases in water usage or utility costs
Pressure drops with no clear cause
Surface moisture or ground saturation near buried lines
Discrepancies between water production volumes and billed consumption

If one or more of these conditions appear, a leak survey provides the systematic evaluation you need to identify what’s happening and where.

How We Survey Without Disrupting Operations

Our surveys follow the Leak Detection Without Destruction™ principle throughout. Technicians use non-invasive methods to investigate buried infrastructure without excavating simply to search for the source. Your distribution system remains in service during the survey, allowing normal operations to continue while we evaluate the network.

Coverage isn’t limited to confirming that water is escaping somewhere within the system. We survey mains, service lines, valves, and meters on both sides of the meter, then diagnose the cause of each leak we identify. This gives you more useful information for prioritizing repairs and explaining proposed expenditures to stakeholders.

What Operators Receive After the Survey

After locating a leak and determining its cause, our technicians explain the appropriate repair approach. If we propose additional repair work, we present its cost before you authorize it. You can review the recommended response and decide how to proceed without committing to repair work at the survey stage.

For larger systems, the findings identify leak locations and provide cause information for repair and budget planning. You can also use the findings to support regulatory compliance reporting, insurance documentation, and capital improvement planning. The appropriate use depends on your system, the leaks identified, and your organization’s reporting requirements.