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Smart water technology for leakage detection: feedback of large-scale experimentation

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Recent advances in intelligent water meter technology have improved the quantitative monitoring in water supply and distribution systems. Smart meters using automated meter reading (AMR) technology allow water utilities to: (a) provide clear consumption patterns which can help customers to track and control their water usage and (b) improve active leakage targeting and leak detection capability. This paper presents a feedback about the use of AMR system to detect leakage in a large-scale experimentation, which is conducted at the Scientific Campus of the University of Lille, which stands for a small town of 25,000 users. This paper presents the demonstration site as well as its monitoring using AMR technology and how this technology allowed a rapid detection of water leakage.

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  1. Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement (LGCgE), Université de Lille, 59650, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

    Elias Farah & Isam Shahrour

  2. School of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

    Isam Shahrour

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Farah, E., Shahrour, I. Smart water technology for leakage detection: feedback of large-scale experimentation. Analog Integr Circ Sig Process 96, 235–242 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-018-1137-1

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