ATi’s pioneering MetriNet has been awarded the IUG Innovation Award 2018, voted for by UK water companies.
In a tough category featuring a variety of industry-leading products, the Instrument User Group (IUG), which is run by the WRc, chose the MetriNet as the Break-Through Product of the Year. During the 2018 WWEM Gala Dinner presentation, hosted by stage and screen star Brian Blessed, ATi were presented with the coveted award by Leo Carswell following the MetriNet’s outstanding success in helping water companies turn their distribution networks into Smart Networks.
MetriNet – the Sustainable Solution
Industry experts hailed ATi’s MetriNet as the sustainable solution for the complex challenges in the water sector, providing a flexible method for delivering information, even from remote locations. MetriNet systems are already delivering actionable insights and are identifying potential risks within DMAs and its water-saver feature also allows continuous measurement or batch-sampling regime.
Smart Technology Solutions
The introduction of multi-perameter monitors means that an INTELLIGENT, not just smart, water distribution network is now in reach, predicting events, discoloration, taste and odour, loss of disinfection, burst or leak and automatically acts to prevent or mitigate.
Not only is this within reach, some companies are already well along the journey towards smart water networks. MetriNet systems are already delivering actionable insights and are identifying potential risks within DMAs and its water-saver feature also allows continuous measurement or batch-sampling regime.
Innovation and Collaboration
Innovation and collaboration play a vital part in providing solutions and advances in robust, high-precision, reliable and smart network monitors are revolutionising water quality management in water distribution systems.
The water industry is now entering a new era that will see networks measure, think, predict and take actions in the best interests of its customers.
Delivering innovative and integrated solutions to water quality challenges
The latest MetriNet case study has helped to prove that embracing new technologies also presents opportunities. Cloud computing can be used, quickly expanding the evidence base from which options can be developed and decisions made. By collaborating to connect people, data and resources, there are opportunities to achieve more cost-effective solutions with greater benefits to the water industry, the environment and society.
There is a need to develop a long-term multi-sector water resources strategy to provide a sustainable supply for the next 100 years, resilient to the effects of climate change, population growth and drought. By collaborating with partners from different sectors, water companies can optimise their expertise and expenditure, ensuring a robust outcome for themselves, wider society and the environment.
IUG Innovation Award
Mike Strahand, ATi Managing Director, expressed the company’s enthusiasm with the award win saying, “It is a great honour to win this award that recognises ATi’s continued commitment and dedication to providing innovative, customer-focused solutions along with industry-leading customer service.
“Innovation and collaboration play a vital part in providing solutions to the challenges faced by the Water Industry and advances in robust, high-precision, reliable and smart network monitors, like the MetriNet, are revolutionising water quality management in distribution systems.
“Understanding network behaviour by using smart monitors allows operators to truly understand the networks, predict their behaviour and plan solutions, all whilst being able to condition the mains or have long-term maintenance strategies in place to reduce customer complaints and safeguard against water quality failures.”
