Real-time water quality monitoring service launched

WQAaaS

The new Water Quality Analytics as a Service (WQAaaS) simplifies and derisks the process of bringing insight directly into water company operations, accelerating the pace of digital transformation and empowering companies to push the standard against the demanding performance commitments that will be set for AMP8, the eighth asset management period regulated by Ofwat, the body responsible for economic regulation of the privatized water and sewerage industry in England and Wales.

The solution provides network operators with the installation and management of sensors, data connectivity, data visualization, integration into existing data sources, and analytical insights from the treatment works to the customer’s tap.

Secure cloud platform and further features

The transformative analytics modules are deployed in a secure cloud platform and enable water utility companies to review the estimated travel time throughout the network, helping operators manage the risk of bacterial growth in water that’s been in the system for extended periods, optimizing water safety processes.

The solution can also:

Reduce the risk of discoloration complaints and the cost of flushing programs by quantifying the movement of material through the network.

Reshape how water providers approach maintenance. Cloud-based analytics modules will inform the scheduling of service reservoir cleaning to be driven by performance and accumulation of material, reducing both operational costs and risk.

Improve resilience and response to incidents by combining real-time data with District Metered Area (DMA) level simulation of water age and chlorine levels.

Long term Siemens partners Northumbrian Water (NWG) and The University of Sheffield joined the company at its Transform 2024 show at Manchester Central last July for the launch of the WQAaaS.

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