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Water companies detect leaks, reduce costs with Telstra & Software AG

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Device Management Platforms
Applicable Industries	Utilities
Applicable Functions	Maintenance Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Energy Management System Leakage & Flood Monitoring Remote Asset Management
Services	Data Science Services System Integration
Challenge	Water leaks, poor metering, and tampering of water supplies are leading to wastage and shortages worldwide. In Australia, one of the world’s driest countries, every drop matters even more. The Goldfields pipeline, a 600-kilometer pipeline that sends water from Perth to 100,000 people around Western Australia, is suffering from endemic leaks and burst pipelines. The World Bank estimates that more than 126 million cubic meters of water is lost each year globally—at a cost of over $40 billion. As a utility, if you cannot rein in leaks and control the flow, quality and reliability of your supplies, you are at risk of penalties, fines and—even worse—reputational damage leading to loss of business. Read More
About Customer	Telstra is Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology company, offering a full range of communications services and competing in all telecommunications markets. Globally, Telstra provides end-to-end solutions including managed network services, global connectivity, cloud, voice, colocation, conferencing and satellite solutions to enterprise customers. It also has licenses in Asia, Europe and the United States and offers access to more than 2,000 points of presence across the globe and operates Asia Pacific’s largest subsea cable network. Telstra is facing new challenges in a competitive and changing telecommunications landscape. There is pressure on water utilities and governments to cut water and energy waste due to global sustainability pressures to better manage water supply and quality. Read More
Solution	Telstra, in partnership with Software AG’s Cumulocity IoT, offers a solution to these challenges. They have developed the Cumulocity IoT Solution Accelerator for Water Management. This solution allows for the monitoring and management of the entire water network from end-to-end. By collecting pressure and flow data from digital meters and other water infrastructure, leaks can be detected instantly. The solution also extends to energy consumption. With the capabilities in the water management platform measuring pressure, it is now possible to create smart rules and algorithms to help correlate demand to energy consumption, dynamically reducing the pressure when demand falls and therefore reducing energy consumption. The next version release of Cumulocity IoT Solution Accelerator for Water Management will also see the inclusion of a customer portal. This will allow utilities to provide real insights to their customers via a mobile app and website. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Device Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Utilities

Applicable Functions

Maintenance

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Energy Management System

Leakage & Flood Monitoring

Remote Asset Management

Services

Data Science Services

System Integration

Challenge

Water leaks, poor metering, and tampering of water supplies are leading to wastage and shortages worldwide. In Australia, one of the world’s driest countries, every drop matters even more. The Goldfields pipeline, a 600-kilometer pipeline that sends water from Perth to 100,000 people around Western Australia, is suffering from endemic leaks and burst pipelines. The World Bank estimates that more than 126 million cubic meters of water is lost each year globally—at a cost of over $40 billion. As a utility, if you cannot rein in leaks and control the flow, quality and reliability of your supplies, you are at risk of penalties, fines and—even worse—reputational damage leading to loss of business.

About Customer

Telstra is Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology company, offering a full range of communications services and competing in all telecommunications markets. Globally, Telstra provides end-to-end solutions including managed network services, global connectivity, cloud, voice, colocation, conferencing and satellite solutions to enterprise customers. It also has licenses in Asia, Europe and the United States and offers access to more than 2,000 points of presence across the globe and operates Asia Pacific’s largest subsea cable network. Telstra is facing new challenges in a competitive and changing telecommunications landscape. There is pressure on water utilities and governments to cut water and energy waste due to global sustainability pressures to better manage water supply and quality.

Solution

Telstra, in partnership with Software AG’s Cumulocity IoT, offers a solution to these challenges. They have developed the Cumulocity IoT Solution Accelerator for Water Management. This solution allows for the monitoring and management of the entire water network from end-to-end. By collecting pressure and flow data from digital meters and other water infrastructure, leaks can be detected instantly. The solution also extends to energy consumption. With the capabilities in the water management platform measuring pressure, it is now possible to create smart rules and algorithms to help correlate demand to energy consumption, dynamically reducing the pressure when demand falls and therefore reducing energy consumption. The next version release of Cumulocity IoT Solution Accelerator for Water Management will also see the inclusion of a customer portal. This will allow utilities to provide real insights to their customers via a mobile app and website.

Impact #1	Supports and expands Telstra’s go-to-market strategy for the water industry and IoT services
Impact #2	Proven real-time leak detection for water utilities
Impact #3	Ability for water utilities to better manage customer expectations

Impact #1

Supports and expands Telstra’s go-to-market strategy for the water industry and IoT services

Impact #2

Proven real-time leak detection for water utilities

Impact #3

Ability for water utilities to better manage customer expectations

Benefit #1	Up to 20% reductions in leakage
Benefit #2	15% reduction in energy in costs
Benefit #3	10% to 35% reductions in per capita consumption resulting from increased transparency

Benefit #1

Up to 20% reductions in leakage

Benefit #2

15% reduction in energy in costs

Benefit #3

10% to 35% reductions in per capita consumption resulting from increased transparency

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Water companies detect leaks, reduce costs with Telstra & Software AG

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