Early leak detection project in Yorkshire Water

A number of different companies including Idrica, Xylem and Stantec took part in the project, which involved the deployment of 6,000 smart sensors in Sheffield and the surrounding area to help monitor flow, pressure, transients, water quality, acoustics, hydrophones and advanced metering infrastructure. The project aimed to reduce costs, optimize asset life and improve Yorkshire Water’s efficiency, planning processes and early leak detection. 

The integrated software and analytics platform Xylem Vue powered by GoAigua has created reliable alarms based on the data collected, as a result of analyzing events and combining them with its advanced algorithm. 

The project provided Yorkshire Water with a single platform to integrate and manage the wide variety of data alarms from multiple vendor devices and the company’s internal systems. The City of Sheffield prevented excessive network pressurization and chemical losses from leaks. In addition, it was able to reduce the cost of field operations and maintenance and improve leak detection and quality monitoring.