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Orbis and
VODA.ai partnership boosts leakage offering
Water technology company Orbis Intelligent Systems and artificial intelligence (AI) specialist
VODA.ai have entered into a strategic partnership offering a combined skillset to support US utilities andmunicipalities with their leakage strategies.
Orbis develops smart, data-driven technologies that provide real-time insights into pipeline infrastructure. Products include the SmartCap, an intelligent fire hydrant and pipe monitoring device that enables remote leak detection.
VODA.ai is a software-as-a-service company which helps water utilities prioritize their infrastructure investment through AI analyses. Its patent-pending systemusesmachine learning to virtually assess the condition and risk of each pipe segment in a water system, enabling science-based decisionmaking.
The companies’ joint offering will allow utilities to closer align non-revenue water strategies with capital pipe
replacement projects by understanding where to deploy Orbis technology based on VODA’s analytics-based predictions.
Lou Rossetti, Orbis senior vice president of sales, North America, said: “We are delighted to be joining forces with VODA. ai to offer US water utilities our combined expertise and complementary technologies.
“VODA’s pipe failure predictive analytics, combined with our leak-identifying hardware and software, will enhance the service we offer utilities, strengthening our respective businesses and,most importantly, helping the global efforts to cut leakage and preserve freshwater supplies.”
Cory Sides,
VODA.ai senior vice president of sales, said: “
VODA.ai and Orbis are very much aligned inourmissionto improve our nation's drinking water infrastructure systems through innovative smart technologies. This new, formal partnership, will see us workingmore closely together to help bring reliable
Lou Rossetti
Cory Sides
supplies of water to communities across the country.”
BritishWater seeks views on Water Company Performance
Water sector supply chain companies are being invited to share their experiences of working with UK utilities over the past 12months. This is against a backdrop of an expected increase in spend to improve environmental performance.
Membership organisation BritishWater has launched its annual UKWater Company Performance Survey for 2023, which asks contractors, consultants and suppliers to rate their clients’ performance in 12 areas, including procurement, professionalism,
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contractual approach, innovation and communication.
The water industry is facing a challenging backdrop of energy price increases, skills shortages, deteriorating assets, and the need to address sector- wide carbon and environmental and performance targets. The survey is a way of identifying the strengths and weaknesses of utilities fromthe perspective of supply chain companies.
“This survey is particularly important as we approach the AssetManagement Plan period 8 (AMP8).” said Lila
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Thompson, BritishWater chief executive. “With the recent announcement from Water UK setting out English companies plans to commit an extra £10 billion for environmental improvements and Dwr CymruWelshWater’sManifesto for Rivers setting out plans to spend £840min the five years to 2025 and a further £1.4bn between 2025 and 2030 to protect the environment, a significant step up in the level of engagement with the supply chain will be necessary to ensure the successful delivery of future projects in England andWales as well as Scotland
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