Business Trend. Smart Grid for Water? 3 Points to be informed

What is a Smart Grid for Water?

• It is a system. a complete infrastructure
• 3 Step technology. smart metering + analytical software platform +customer service and billing process
• Economics. “leverages economies of scale across traditionally disparate municipal operations”

What does that mean?

• technology to track water use and water loss
• technology to find real water leaks and to find data leaks 

What does it mean for utilities?

• “found revenue”
• better data
• more consistent revenue
• better customer service

Fathom White Paper | THE SMART GRID FOR WATER:TURNING NON-REVENUE WATER INTO FOUND REVENUE WATER