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Meteomatics' Weather Data Enhances Anglian Water's Infrastructure Management

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Technology Category	Sensors - Environmental Sensors Sensors - Utility Meters
Applicable Industries	Cement Construction & Infrastructure
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Intelligent Urban Water Supply Management Leakage & Flood Monitoring
Services	System Integration Testing & Certification
Challenge	Anglian Water, the largest water and water recycling company in England and Wales, faced significant challenges in managing weather data. The company's operations required a large number of weather data sets to inform decision-making, but the multiple weather data providers they relied on were complicated and inconsistent. This led to data discrepancies that affected decision-making processes and brought financial and administrative challenges. Additionally, the different providers required data to be collected in various ways, which was technically demanding and time-consuming. These issues prompted the company to streamline its operations by replacing most of its previous providers. Read More
About Customer	Anglian Water is the largest water and water recycling company in England and Wales by geographic area, covering an area of 27,500km² in the East of England. The company's mission is to provide safe drinking water to the seven million people served in the region and to contribute to the protection and enhancement of the environment by providing effective wastewater management. The company cleans a billion liters of used water each day before returning it to nature. Anglian Water's consistent efforts have been recognized with various awards, including the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Sustainable Development category. In 2022, they joined forces with Severn Trent to create the Get River Positive plan, consisting of five commitments necessary to keep rivers clean and ensure they can thrive. Read More
Solution	In 2018, Anglian Water chose Meteomatics as its primary weather data supplier. Meteomatics' Weather API was quickly integrated into the company's business units, providing data in formats compatible with their existing products and services, and meeting the needs of the Data Science team. The wide range of data sources, historical weather data, and open-source connectors offered by Meteomatics allowed users to immediately gain insights to add to their existing workflows and data infrastructure. Anglian Water uses this weather data to track and predict how future weather events may impact its key infrastructure. This equips them with a better understanding of which assets are at most risk under certain weather conditions, enabling proactive action to prevent events such as pollution, leakage, and water quality incidents. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Sensors - Environmental Sensors

Sensors - Utility Meters

Applicable Industries

Cement

Construction & Infrastructure

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Intelligent Urban Water Supply Management

Leakage & Flood Monitoring

Services

System Integration

Testing & Certification

Challenge

Anglian Water, the largest water and water recycling company in England and Wales, faced significant challenges in managing weather data. The company's operations required a large number of weather data sets to inform decision-making, but the multiple weather data providers they relied on were complicated and inconsistent. This led to data discrepancies that affected decision-making processes and brought financial and administrative challenges. Additionally, the different providers required data to be collected in various ways, which was technically demanding and time-consuming. These issues prompted the company to streamline its operations by replacing most of its previous providers.

About Customer

Anglian Water is the largest water and water recycling company in England and Wales by geographic area, covering an area of 27,500km² in the East of England. The company's mission is to provide safe drinking water to the seven million people served in the region and to contribute to the protection and enhancement of the environment by providing effective wastewater management. The company cleans a billion liters of used water each day before returning it to nature. Anglian Water's consistent efforts have been recognized with various awards, including the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Sustainable Development category. In 2022, they joined forces with Severn Trent to create the Get River Positive plan, consisting of five commitments necessary to keep rivers clean and ensure they can thrive.

Solution

In 2018, Anglian Water chose Meteomatics as its primary weather data supplier. Meteomatics' Weather API was quickly integrated into the company's business units, providing data in formats compatible with their existing products and services, and meeting the needs of the Data Science team. The wide range of data sources, historical weather data, and open-source connectors offered by Meteomatics allowed users to immediately gain insights to add to their existing workflows and data infrastructure. Anglian Water uses this weather data to track and predict how future weather events may impact its key infrastructure. This equips them with a better understanding of which assets are at most risk under certain weather conditions, enabling proactive action to prevent events such as pollution, leakage, and water quality incidents.

Impact #1	The integration of Meteomatics' Weather API has greatly improved Anglian Water's ability to manage and predict the impact of weather events on its infrastructure. The company can now better understand which assets are at most risk under certain weather conditions, enabling proactive action to prevent events such as pollution, leakage, and water quality incidents. The weather data also allows teams to better analyze storm-water regulators data to ensure that storm-water regulators and sewage treatment works do not harm rivers. This is a key commitment of the Get River Positive plan. Furthermore, the partnership with Meteomatics has led to the development of a center of competence in the organization on how to use the API and apply the results, increasing time and cost efficiency.

Impact #1

The integration of Meteomatics' Weather API has greatly improved Anglian Water's ability to manage and predict the impact of weather events on its infrastructure. The company can now better understand which assets are at most risk under certain weather conditions, enabling proactive action to prevent events such as pollution, leakage, and water quality incidents. The weather data also allows teams to better analyze storm-water regulators data to ensure that storm-water regulators and sewage treatment works do not harm rivers. This is a key commitment of the Get River Positive plan. Furthermore, the partnership with Meteomatics has led to the development of a center of competence in the organization on how to use the API and apply the results, increasing time and cost efficiency.

Benefit #1	Since the beginning of the partnership with Meteomatics, Anglian Water has made significant savings.
Benefit #2	Around 200 employees now have the flexibility to access weather data on-demand to support tactical decision-making.
Benefit #3	Anglian Water and Meteomatics have recently renewed their partnership for another three years.

Benefit #1

Since the beginning of the partnership with Meteomatics, Anglian Water has made significant savings.

Benefit #2

Around 200 employees now have the flexibility to access weather data on-demand to support tactical decision-making.

Benefit #3

Anglian Water and Meteomatics have recently renewed their partnership for another three years.

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Meteomatics' Weather Data Enhances Anglian Water's Infrastructure Management

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