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PUB Smart Water Grid & Leak-Detection Sensor Network

Revision 2026-10-04-reverification · effective 2026-10-04

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Re-verification: PUB reported 1,500 permanent leak-detection sensors in February 2025, answering the open 2021 target question.

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Claims, one by one

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Claim 1 clm-7c6ef7a118476803 descriptive
PUB, Singapore's national water agency, runs a Smart Water Grid that layers sensors and analytics across the island's distribution network
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What the mapping says
The agency's site presents the Smart Water Grid programme, and the November 2020 article describes sensors feeding a centralised server where advanced analytics monitor the readings.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency (authority)
  2. Smart Water Magazine (trade) — PUB adopts smart tools to detect and pre-empt pipe leaks (content published by PUB)
Claim 2 clm-9f165182c708b858 quantitative
Acoustic leak sensors listen to noise characteristics inside the pipe, send readings to a central server and alert PUB automatically, pinpointing a leak to within about 3 metres
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What the mapping says
The November 2020 article states the sensors work by monitoring and analysing noise characteristics in pipes, that the data is collated in a centralised server where analytics alert PUB automatically, and that they pinpoint the leak within 3 metres along the pipe.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Smart Water Magazine (trade) — PUB adopts smart tools to detect and pre-empt pipe leaks (content published by PUB)
Claim 3 clm-7c4b185d52555bde quantitative
They were first trialled in 2017 with 120 sensors along roughly 70 km of large water mains; PUB said it would scale progressively to 1,200 sensors islandwide for leak monitoring by 2021
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What the mapping says
The article states leak monitoring sensors were first trialled in 2017 with 120 sensors installed along approximately 70 km of large water mains, and that PUB plans to scale up progressively and deploy 1,200 sensors islandwide for leak monitoring by 2021.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Smart Water Magazine (trade) — PUB adopts smart tools to detect and pre-empt pipe leaks (content published by PUB)
Claim 4 clm-8a2d51a9861d53ea quantitative
The trial detected 13 leaks over three years across 120 sensors on about 70 km of large mains
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What the mapping says
The article states the trial was successful, with the sensors detecting 13 leaks over a three-year period.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Smart Water Magazine (trade) — PUB adopts smart tools to detect and pre-empt pipe leaks (content published by PUB)
Claim 5 clm-9e99470bab049fba quantitative
In one case in 2018 the sensors flagged a potential leak on a 700 mm main beside a major expressway, and excavation found a 13 mm corrosion hole
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What the mapping says
The article describes the 2018 incident: sensors alerted PUB to a potential leak on a 700 mm diameter water pipe alongside a major expressway, and excavation revealed a 13 mm corrosion hole.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Smart Water Magazine (trade) — PUB adopts smart tools to detect and pre-empt pipe leaks (content published by PUB)
Claim 6 clm-2cfeb651fed44d11 descriptive
nothing in the record here measures what the grid added to it
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What the mapping says
None of the three sources compares water loss before and after the sensor deployment or isolates the grid's contribution.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Smart Water Magazine (trade) — PUB adopts smart tools to detect and pre-empt pipe leaks (content published by PUB)
  2. PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency (authority)
  3. Smart Water (Springer, peer-reviewed) — Singapore water management
Claim 7 clm-5a1a1069a34e03e6 descriptive
the trade article that carries every earlier figure in this entry is published by PUB itself
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What the mapping says
The article's own byline names PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency as the publishing partner organisation.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Smart Water Magazine (trade) — PUB adopts smart tools to detect and pre-empt pipe leaks (content published by PUB)
Claim 8 clm-e0e3996881ec1283 quantitative
the only later count, 1,500 permanent leak-detection sensors by February 2025, is again PUB's own
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What the mapping says
PUB's own February 2025 release gives the 1,500-sensor count; no independent count exists.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. PUB — Keeping Singapore potable water pipe network in good order (5 Feb 2025)
Claim 9 clm-0eaa8fb5112f0ef5 quantitative
In February 2025 PUB reported 1,500 permanent leak-detection sensors installed across its pipe network
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What the mapping says
PUB's February 2025 release states that 1,500 permanent leak detection sensors have been installed across its pipe network.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. PUB — Keeping Singapore potable water pipe network in good order (5 Feb 2025)

Source dossiers and revision state

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency
Actor types
utility
Funding model
utility
Funding description
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4 source dossiers

Smart Water (Springer, peer-reviewed) — Singapore water management link.springer.com · 1 linked claim

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Publisher
Name not classified · link.springer.com
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web-page · language not classified
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Record last verified
2026-10-04
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2026-10-04
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A journal article on Singapore water management; the full text is not openly readable. The page states no publication date.

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Smart Water Magazine (trade) — PUB adopts smart tools to detect and pre-empt pipe leaks (content published by PUB) smartwatermagazine.com · 7 linked claims

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Stable source ID
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Publisher
Name not classified · smartwatermagazine.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2020-11-12
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Record last verified
2026-10-04
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2026-10-04
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Open the recorded source note

Leak sensors: 120 units on ~70km of mains from 2017, scaling to 1,200 islandwide, ~3m location accuracy.

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Claims linked
PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency (authority) pub.gov.sg · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
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Publisher
Name not classified · pub.gov.sg
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
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2026-03-16
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2026-10-04
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2026-10-04
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Open the recorded source note

The agency's own site, used as the reference for the Smart Water Grid programme. The page carries no publication date, only a last update of 16 March 2026.

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Claims linked
PUB — Keeping Singapore potable water pipe network in good order (5 Feb 2025) pub.gov.sg · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
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Publisher
Name not classified · pub.gov.sg
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-02-05
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Record last verified
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Open the recorded source note

Operator figure: 1,500 permanent leak detection sensors; 267 pipe leaks repaired in 2024; about 4.5 leaks per 100 km per year versus 5.7 in 2014.

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