Smart Water Supply Networks

Smart water networks are starting to prove effective. It is estimated that they have already saved around 10,000 million euros a year worldwide. In the next 10 years, nearly 5,000 million people, two thirds of the world’s population, will be affected by problems relating to the supply of water. The root causes are demand exceeding availability and the poor condition of supply networks. More important than economic losses is the need to conserve this vital and scarce resource for future generations, and to ensure that actions in this sector are based on precise knowledge of what is occurring with the networks. The quality of investment in networks is largely responsible for the problem of water loss, with rapidly ageing infrastructures found in countries worldwide. The quality of investment in networks is largely responsible for the problem of economic losses, with rapidly ageing infrastructures found in countries worldwide.