Cities need a catchment approach to urban stormwater management ; working on a project-by-project basis is not enough .” Connexin has been nominated alongside Yorkshire Water in the 2021 Water Industry Awards , which celebrates leading UK water companies and their supply chains across 21 categories . The final was held virtually on May 27 . Nominated for ‘ Most Innovative Use of an Existing Technology ’, both Connexin and Yorkshire Water have been acknowledged for their innovative application of Smart Water Networks to identify leakages using LoRaWAN connectivity .
The pilot , the largest of its kind in the UK , involved 18 partners and aimed to combine data from acoustic , flow , pressure , and water quality monitors to reduce leakage and burst levels in the pilot area in Hadfield , West Sheffield .
Rob Bullock , Chief Sales Officer at Connexin , said the economic challenge of delivering smart metering is considerable , especially for water utilities that are not classed as ‘ water stressed ’. “ The project demonstrates that this approach to AMI deployments could be scaled to both support a smart water network and provide the infrastructure needed for other LoRaWAN IoT sensors deployed for other use cases ,” he said .
The Californian city of Milpitas has begun construction on a comprehensive Smart City energy and water savings program with ENGIE North America . The city will upgrade infrastructure and install energy and water conservation measures that are expected to
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