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Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 9 claims and 5 source dossiers.
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has installed over 1.2 million smart water meters connected over Vodafone's NB-IoT network, with about a further million homes and businesses planned by 2030 under a £50 million framework signed in November 2024
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put 3,450 Ovarro acoustic sensors across 110 district-metered areas
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a collaboration begun the same year applies FIDO's AI, on Microsoft's Azure OpenAI service, to acoustic data for part of London
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The next 450,000 meters go into London through Arqiva; beyond that the effort moves out to the Thames Valley and Home Counties, where summer use runs higher
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Twenty weeks into the LeakNavigator contract, 788 leaks had been raised and categorised and 5.78 megalitres a day were being saved in the areas that service covers
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The target they serve is a 20.5% cut in leakage over London and the Thames Valley, set to meet the regulator's requirements
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Average use in the region runs around 140 litres per person a day against a national goal of 110 litres by 2050
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comes from an article written by the sensor vendor's own leakage director, covers only the district-metered areas the service is deployed in, and was measured 20 weeks into a three-year contract
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the AI half of the story is told by Microsoft about a project Microsoft funds
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src-94bd6cef5c22b7c3Operator announcement of a £50 million smart-meter framework with Honeywell and Sensus: over 1.2 million devices already installed with Arqiva and Morrisons Water Services, around a further million homes and businesses by 2030, some 450,000 more meters in London through Arqiva, connection over Vodafone's NB-IoT network, and a stated shift of effort to the Thames Valley and Home Counties. Regional use is given as around 140 litres per person a day against a national target of 110 by 2050.
src-8c19fba4c05b5572Trade press item on the smart-meter rollout reaching half a million meters.
src-26b10fd4112610a4Trade magazine article carrying the LeakNavigator numbers, written by Tony Gwynne, global leakage solutions director at Ovarro — the supplier of the sensors. From January 2023, 3,450 Ovarro sensors across 110 district-metered areas; 20 weeks in, 788 leaks raised and categorised and 5.78 megalitres a day saved in the areas served; the programme serves a 20.5% leakage reduction target across London and the Thames Valley.
src-8480f2f9d1c51089Microsoft's own publication on a collaboration it funds: FIDO's acoustic leak-detection AI, running on Azure OpenAI Service, under a 2023 contract to detect leaks in part of London for Thames Water.
src-5f0e9d3f6ea2befdThe regulator's annual assessment of water company performance for 2024-25, which is where leakage performance against target is recorded.