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	Driving Cost Savings with Remote Water Management

Driving Cost Savings with Remote Water Management

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems Sensors - Flow Meters Sensors - Utility Meters
Applicable Industries	Utilities
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Water Utility Management
Challenge	With recent population growth and aging infrastructure are pressing municipalities to raise water rates between five to 11 percent a year, driving commercial and agricultural customers to consider more efficient water use and promote sustainable practices. Hence, the need for better remote water management is at an all-time high. Read More
About Customer	SMART Watering Systems (SWS) uses the power of IoT to automate the water management process, create water-saving solutions, and help businesses and municipalities reduce their environmental impact. Read More
Customer Name	SMART Watering Systems Read More
Solution	SWS offers a full array of automation technologies, including custom software solutions, and Control Center helps streamline many aspects of device management. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Device Diagnostic Status, Operating Cost, Water Flow Rate, Water Usage Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Sensors - Flow Meters

Sensors - Utility Meters

Applicable Industries

Utilities

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Water Utility Management

Challenge

With recent population growth and aging infrastructure are pressing municipalities to raise water rates between five to 11 percent a year, driving commercial and agricultural customers to consider more efficient water use and promote sustainable practices. Hence, the need for better remote water management is at an all-time high.

About Customer

SMART Watering Systems (SWS) uses the power of IoT to automate the water management process, create water-saving solutions, and help businesses and municipalities reduce their environmental impact.

Customer Name

SMART Watering Systems

Solution

SWS offers a full array of automation technologies, including custom software solutions, and Control Center helps streamline many aspects of device management.

Data Collected

Device Diagnostic Status, Operating Cost, Water Flow Rate, Water Usage

Impact #1	[Efficiency Improvement - Maintenance] Prior to Control Center, SWS had to spend a great deal of time on the phone with the company’s communication provider, turning devices on and off, ordering new lines and diagnosing issues. Now all of this can be achieved in a matter of minutes. Automation has allowed them to eliminate certain steps in the communication process.
Impact #2	[Cost Reduction - Overall] Control Center has helped SMART Watering Systems manage communication plans in our seasonal environment. It allows them to take advantage of automation to quickly turn communication plans on and off, reducing their overall costs.

Impact #1

[Efficiency Improvement - Maintenance]
Prior to Control Center, SWS had to spend a great deal of time on the phone with the company’s communication provider, turning devices on and off, ordering new lines and diagnosing issues. Now all of this can be achieved in a matter of minutes. Automation has allowed them to eliminate certain steps in the communication process.

Impact #2

[Cost Reduction - Overall]
Control Center has helped SMART Watering Systems manage communication plans in our seasonal environment. It allows them to take advantage of automation to quickly turn communication plans on and off, reducing their overall costs.

Benefit #1	Control Center's seamless automation helped SWS increase efficiencies and reduce staffing needs by 75%.

Benefit #1

Control Center's seamless automation helped SWS increase efficiencies and reduce staffing needs by 75%.

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Driving Cost Savings with Remote Water Management

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