Smart Water Grid: Correlator Leak Localization

A smart water distribution network isn't just pipes — it's pipes plus a mesh of pressure and acoustic sensors that can find an invisible underground leak without digging a single test hole. This simulator models the real technique behind that: a leak launches a pressure transient that travels along the pipe in both directions at a finite wave speed, two AMI sensors bounding the segment timestamp its arrival, and the classic correlator equation x = (L − vΔt)/2 turns that arrival-time difference into a location estimate. Pick a pipe segment in the 3D distribution network, place a leak anywhere along it, trigger the transient, and watch the wavefronts race outward to the sensors while the readout panel solves for the leak position in real time — then compare the estimate to where you actually put the leak.