Innovation Zone: Water networks – WWT
Water companies around the globe must contend with the problems caused by inefficient network operation, including mains bursts, supply interruptions, leakage and wasted energy. A number of technological solutions are available to gather and act on data to deliver superior efficiency while offering additional benefits such as predicting problems and extending asset life.
PIPEMINDER-S is a smart pressure monitoring tool for clean water that offers high-resolution data with intelligent and immediate notifications of network events. Measuring pressure continuously at 128 samples per second, it can highlight patterns of events such as transients or ‘water hammer’, and is also capable of recognising oscillations that cause pipeline fatigue.