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Reading of the bulk flow meter already installed at the inlet of each district, reservoir levels and pump hours at wells and lift stations, on the same dashboard, with each district’s minimum night flow in view. Over cellular, or over the DG satellite network, in minutes, at isolated wells and reservoirs. For municipal utilities, private water operators and industries with their own water supply.
Every utility loses some of what it produces. You cannot reduce what you do not measure, and the measurement that matters is at the inlet of each district.
kinds of loss in the standard water balance: real losses (leaks, bursts, overflows) and apparent losses (meter under-registration, unauthorized use, data errors). Separating them starts with knowing how much went into each zone.
In the small hours, legitimate consumption is at its lowest, so most of the flow into a district is leakage. A rise in the minimum night flow is the earliest sign of a new leak, days before it surfaces.
Splitting the network into district metered areas, each with a meter at its inlet, turns one system-wide loss figure into a list of districts ranked by where the water is going.
Pulse reading, level, pump hours, the network and the platform already exist. Modbus reading and the automatic balance per district are in development.
Reading of the meter already in place through its pulse output: flow and volume at each district inlet, with the time of every reading.
Reading of the electromagnetic meter through its RS-485 port: flow, totalizer and the meter’s own alarms.
Level of each reservoir, with a warning before it runs dry or overflows.
Pump hours and starts at each well and lift station, for maintenance by usage and for the records your abstraction permit may require.
Each district’s inflow against metered consumption and the minimum night flow, to locate where the loss is.
Where there is no tower, the DG satellite network, in minutes.
Illustrative example. Modbus reading and the automatic balance per district are in development.
Existing bulk meters and their outputs, reservoirs, wells and lift stations, and where there is power and signal.
One distribution district with its inlet metered, its reservoir and pumps on the dashboard, and the minimum night flow tracked.
The remaining districts, with limits set by the operations and water loss teams.
Support from the people who installed it, management reports and limits reviewed over time.
We are honest about what exists today. Pulse reading, reservoir level, pump hours, the network and the platform already exist. The DG satellite network delivers in minutes, not instantly, and each message has a cost, so isolated sites send scheduled readings and alerts rather than a continuous stream. Bulk meter reading by Modbus and the automatic balance per district are in development and shown as coming soon. Public utilities buy through tenders: we bid with a technical proposal, and the pilot can be a single district.
No. We read what is already installed, through the pulse output today and, soon, through the Modbus port on electromagnetic meters.
Yes, and the pilot can be a single district: one bulk meter, one reservoir and the pumps that feed it.
Through whatever route the utility uses: a tender, a framework agreement or another procurement instrument. We respond with a technical and commercial proposal.
Through an API, yes. The scope is defined during the survey, with the utility’s IT team.
An engineer replies, not a bot. Tell us which bulk meters exist and how they are read today.
Sources: International Water Association (IWA) standard water balance.