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Does your water data flow like your H2O?
From Smart Watches to Smart Phones, we’ve all grown very accustomed to smart devices and the amazing ways that the data from these devices can be used to improve our lives. Many councils and water utilities are embracing “Smart Water” to monitor the end-to-end water...
Identifying critical differences between Smart Water and Smart Water Metering
The water utility of old is rapidly evolving to a Smart Utility, but it’s important to distinguish Smart Water Metering from Smart Water to ensure you achieve the best business and financial outcomes, as there are fundamental differences. Smart Water (SW) which...
Douglas Shire Council makes the switch to smart water metering
Douglas Shire Council is set to install Taggle Systems’ smart water metering solution to improve water security, billing accuracy, improve customer services and reduce resource costs for the future. The smart water meters provide the ability to collect hourly water...
Manage water assets during a crisis by leveraging smart devices
More frequent and extreme weather events are putting additional pressure on water utilities to manage water assets and deliver critical water supply during a crisis. Floods, bush fires, and extremely dry conditions can damage infrastructure, which is remote, not...
Orange City Council rolls out smart water metres to tackle wastage
The rollout of smart water meters across the city has the potential to save millions of litres of wasted water each year, according to Orange City Council. Council began investigating the use of smart water meters during the drought in 2019 with the aim of...
Laying the foundations of a smart water project with a strong business case
Quantifying key cost-benefits is critical when developing a strong business case for smart water metering; in particular it is important to focus on the outcomes you want to achieve, rather than the meters themselves as this will help drive the initiative. Once your...
Myriota Taggle partnership launches digital meter reading into space
Taggle names Cockatoo as its first direct-to-satellite device on the Myriota Platform enabling low cost remote digital water metering and water asset management. Myriota, the world leader in secure, low-cost and long battery life satellite connectivity for the...
Technical Paper by GWMWater – Digital metering hands control to customers
Real-time data is allowing GWMWater customers to take control of their usage B Nitschke, A Rohde.First published in Water e-Journal Vol 6 No 1 2021. Abstract GWMWater’s urban water customers can now better track their water usage on their phone, computer or any other...
Digital water meters are being installed in the top end
Torres Strait Island Regional Council in partnership with Torres Strait Regional Authority and the Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning, are currently installing digital water meters in every community across the region. The...
Remote unauthorised access not a threat when utilising a one-way network to monitor water assets
Concern regarding the potential vulnerability of Utility and critical infrastructure to cyber-attack and remote unauthorised access plays a significant role in smart technology adoption. When a field device can be contacted remotely, this opens the possibility that...
GWMWater completes Victoria’s largest digital water metering rollout
Victoria's GWMWater has used IoT technologies to create what it claims is the first application of large-scale digital water metering across the state. The utility, which covers around 62,000 square kilometres, or around 25 per cent of Victoria, has replaced 29,000...
Lithgow City Council installs flow meters as part of their water loss management planning
Lithgow City Council is going into phase two of their Water Loss Management Planning by installing flow meters at each water reservoir in the local government area. Council has already implemented smart water metering and active leak detection to homes around the...
Leeton smart water meters already detecting water leaks
Leeton Shire Council's water meter replacement program which has seen smart water meters installed at properties in Leeton, Whitton, Murrami and parts of Yanco over the past few weeks is already detecting water leaks at some properties. A smart water meter is a device...
Murray River Council smart meter program recognised in local government awards
MURRAY River Council’s smart water meter project which includes Taggle System's smart metering solutions, has been announced as a finalist in Local Government NSW's excellence in the environment awards. The water management category recognises excellence in practical...
Installation of smart water meters has reached the halfway point at Hinchinbrook Shire Council
The installation of smart water meters has reached the halfway point at Hinchinbrook Shire Council, with 2691 of residences now fitted with new meters! Pictured here is Travis Joblin from Dataright, one of Taggle's preferred installation contractors, who always does a...
Positive signs for water meter replacement program for Murray River Council
Smart water meters are continuing to be installed throughout the Murray River Council area as part of a water meter replacement program, with results already indicating that they may save customers water and money. “Smart” meters record water usage every hour for...
Moree Plains rollout smart water meters
ROLL OUT OF SMART WATER METERS STARTING JUNE 2020 Moree Plains residents will soon have greater control over their water consumption with the installation of new smart water meter readers, scheduled to be rolled out to residences across the Plains over coming months....
Dubbo Regional Council smart water meter rollout starts June 1st
The Dubbo region has been divided into five zones for the $5 million and year-long rollout of smart water meters starting on June 1. But the timetable has not been released for the rollout. "At this stage there are a lot of variables that prevent us from assigning...