Led by: Northumbrian Water
Partners: Siemens, The University of Sheffield, Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, South East Water Limited, Scottish Water, Anglian Water Services Limited, Intelisys Ltd, Syrinix Ltd, AdvizzoLtd and Bunt Planet SL
Treatment-to-Tap will demonstrate a step-change in the management of the water quality (WQ) for customers. By the end of the project, Northumbrian Water will be operating Europe’s largest integrated network of WQ and leakage management sensors and analytics software. Managing WQ is an increasing challenge due to ageing networks serving a growing population. This new behavioural science research will assess how best to engage and support customers when real-time WQ insight is available – meaning water company operations will be more intimately connected to customers than ever. A consortium of five water companies will all input to define and validate best practice on how new insights can be built into proactive operations. A new business model template will then enable all water companies to see how they can share risk and scope with the supply chain to deliver at scale and pace for the least cost and best service to the customer.
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Progressing with insights, validation and completion of water quality sensor roll out. All water quality sensors are now receiving data and providing the insights required to validate our operating theories and models. We are also making progress with the resolving connection issues with the high frequency pressure sensors, used to detect leaks and bursts. To that extent, we’ve identified as issues with lid materials blocking signals and battery installation. Our plans are well underway to be able to answer the question of how we can scale this as an ongoing business model. We will be exploring this via a Sprint with industry experts at the NWG Innovation Festival at Newcastle Racecourse from 8th to 11th July
