Israeli water utility Mei Carmel has selected loggers from UK-headquartered smart water network solutions company i2O to monitor and measure the performance of its water network.

Mei Carmel supplies more than 24 million cubic meters of water a year to 260,000 residents and thousands of businesses in the city of Haifa, Israel.

The utility will use i2O’s dNet loggers and iNet visualisation and alarms service to underpin efforts to improve the performance of its distribution network and reduce non-revenue water levels to less than five percent of supply.

Forty i2O loggers will be deployed across the utility’s network to record and communicate detailed data relating to water demand, flow and pressure. The data gathered will inform Mei Carmel’s network optimisation strategy, enabling the water utility to adjust supply pressure to match demand, eliminating the excess pressure that accelerates leakage and bursts.

DR.nrw, an Israeli consulting firm specialising in water network optimisation, performed the network analysis that led to the contract win for i2O. They will conduct the installation of the i2O loggers and, through collaboration with i2O and using their smart network solutions, will carry out ongoing analysis to ensure that Mei Carmel gain the maximum benefits from their investment.

Abraham Stav, Chief Operational Officer at Mei Carmel, commented:

“Haifa is a mountainous area, which creates challenges in delivering the right level of pressure in the network to maintain a good supply without wasting water. Mei Carmel has committed to delivering exceptional customer service and reducing non-revenue water levels to less than five percent. i2O will help us to achieve that.”

More than 100 utilities in over 25 countries around the world have installed i2O solutions since the company was founded in 2005. Headquartered in Southampton, UK, i2O also has offices in Malaysia, Spain and Colombia.

Davidi Rom, CEO at DR.nrw, added:

"i2O’s loggers are incredibly robust, can withstand extreme environmental conditions and can be upgraded remotely to meet future requirements. They will provide the data Mei Carmel needs to make its network smarter, improve supply to customers, cut leakage and reduce bursts for decades to come.”