SP Group’s industrial IoT network to connect 300K smart water meters
PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, is using an Itron industrial IoT network canopy for smart water metering from SP Group, a utilities group in the Asia Pacific, to connect some 300,000 residential and C&I smart water meters and drive water conservation goals.
The deployment is an important part of PUB’s Smart Water Meter Program, which aims to transform the organisation into a smart utility.
The first phase of the Smart Water Meter Program will be rolled out in various parts of Singapore, including Bukit Batok, Hougang, Jurong West, Tampines and Tuas, as well as in the new housing estates of Tampines North and Tengah.
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“We are excited to see SP Group’s existing Itron network canopy be used for the Smart Water Meter Program in Singapore,” said John Marcolini, senior vice president of Networked Solutions at Itron. “This deployment truly demonstrates the power and potential of a high-performance, multi-application industrial IoT network.”
PUB’s Smart Water Meter Program
With smart water meters, meter readings can be done remotely on a daily basis, eliminating the labour-intensive manual meter reading process, which is currently done every two months.
The metering programme will see SP Group’s customers’ old meter replaced with an upgraded smart water meter, at no cost. According to the utilities group, there will be no impact on billing and consumers will continue to receive their utility bills from SP Group.
Singapore‘s network operator cites the following benefits of the smart water meters that they are rolling out:
- A higher level of accuracy and reliability
- Automatic consumption readings
- Up-to-date and more detailed information on daily water usage
- Timely leak detections
- Secure data transmission to PUB; no personal information is stored in the smart water meter.
The smart water meter rollout aims to boost water conservation efforts.
