Aug 24, 2021 | Data analytics, Featured, Leak detection, Non revenue water, Water utilities
Utilities that choose not to install proactive leak detection know exactly how much they are ‘saving’ by avoiding that investment. Unfortunately, they often have no idea of how much they are actually ’paying’ to forego it, since 65 to 75 percent of water leaks never...
Jul 27, 2021 | Data analytics, Featured, Non revenue water, Water utilities
For 20 years, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has been viewed primarily as a cost-efficient meter-reading resource — a key driver behind water utility ROI. More recently, however, utility operations increasingly rely upon AMI capabilities to cope with broader...
Feb 10, 2021 | Featured, Leak detection, Non revenue water, Sewer overflow, Water utilities
In the evolution of water distribution, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has become an asset in reducing labor requirements, improving customer service, and billing, and providing a baseline of information for better data management. The question is how much...
Nov 18, 2020 | Data analytics, Non revenue water, Water utilities
It’s difficult to accurately assess how much of the water that is pumped into a utility’s distribution system is lost before it is metered, but the Environmental Protection Agency puts the number at 16%, and some experts’ estimates are even higher. In any case,...
Nov 2, 2020 | AclaraONE, Data analytics, Featured, Non revenue water, Water utilities
More than ever, water utilities are investing in advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) as they seek to improve their current operations and lay the foundation for a system that will accommodate future growth and technology advances. One of the immediate benefits of...
Aug 24, 2018 | Leak detection, Non revenue water, Water utilities
At AWWA ACE18, Dave Rubin, director of product management, and Josh Chaise, vice president of product management for water and gas, sat down with Alanna Maya from WaterWorld Magazine to talk about issues related to non-revenue water as well as ways, including using...