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Smart water meters detect leaks and reduce consumption for Dubbo
The Dubbo region has suffered some of the worst Mother Nature has had to offer: global pandemic, a mouse plague of biblical proportions and before the floods at the beginning of 2022, it had been in four years of severe drought. The region gets most of its water from...
Townsville City Council monitor water levels for early flood alerts
With flooding disrupting the East Coast of Australia, Townsville City Council (TCC) has collaborated with Taggle to collect data from eleven level sensors to alert to rising water levels of rivers and catchment areas. Remote and frequent visualisation of water level...
Smart water and savings from meter upgrades at Cassowary
Smart water meters have possibly saved Cassowary Coast Regional Council millions of litres of water and ratepayers hundreds of dollars since first being fitted to homes, businesses and services in the area six years ago. The Council is just over halfway through its...
Smart water technology to rollout soon in Southern Downs
The Southern Downs Regional Council long-term water security will soon be bolstered with the rollout of smart water meter technology to Stanthorpe properties on the town water supply following Council’s decision to engage contractor Taggle Systems to supply and...
Welcome to the Taggle family Hay Shire Council
Hay Shire Council to kick off their smart water journey by installing Taggle smart water metering technology on their council buildings and gardens. As part of the project Hay Shire Council will also install water pressure sensors connected via the Taggle Radio...
Douglas Shire Council turns on savings with smart water meter program expansion
Douglas Shire Council installed new smart water meters earlier this year and has already reduced water leaks by approximately 200 kL per day – a saving of about five backyard swimming pools. Councillors today endorsed pumping $1.1 million into expanding the smart...
Leeton monitors pressure, lift station levels, river height and rainfall with the new Cockatoo
Leeton Shire Council have installed the first large flock of Taggle Cockatoo's to monitor water pressure, lift station levels river height and rainfall. The Cockatoo is Taggle's recently released versatile telemetry device with the flexibility to accommodate a range...
Congratulations to TSIRC – Winner Infrastructure Project Innovation Award (Regional)
Congratulations to Torres Strait Island Regional Council (TSIRC) for taking out the Infrastructure Project Innovation Award (Regional) at the Ozwater'22 Gala Dinner. Following the successful implementation of an integrated leak reduction and network management...
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...