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Aqualia has continued making        transmission systems in             The pilot project commissioned
         progress throughout 2017            several regions.                    for Formentera in 2017
         in the installation of remote                                           entailing the installation of
         meters. These meters render         The reduced number of smart         250 smart remote meters is
         more reliable and accurate          meters installed this year was      scheduled to cover the entire
         readings on the actual              also because of the same            island in 2018. The remote
         consumption.                        reason. These meters provide        reading project initiated for
                                             accurate and personalised           large hotels and key consumers
         The company presently               information regarding               in Adeje covers approximately
         has 50,342 remote meters            consumption habits, rates,          50% of the municipality’s
         installed with a total of           and service on the consumer         consumption.
         115,204 channels available          network.
         to expand reading. These
         figures are slightly lower          Several projects have now
         than the data reported              begun to improve the remote
         last year because of the            reading system to enable
         withdrawal of some obsolete         readings from Aqualia
         meters equipped with radio          centres.








         Smart network
         management
         platform


         Implementation of the TaKaDu        • Optimised efficiency of           reports, it is also capable of
         platform, the advanced smart        network operation and               generating virtual sectors,
         supply network management           management processes.               which renders LakeFinder
         system, began in 2016 through                                           particularly ideal for heavily
         a LIFE project. TaKaDu is an        • Improved service to               meshed networks. The tool
         integrated event management         customers by implementing           is currently still in the testing
         system for improving water          smart city services.                stage in the Alcalá de
         management through a water                                              Henares contract.
         network data analysis system        We continued implementing
         with the following essential        this platform for the Níjar         TaKadu detects water
         objectives:                         (Almería) and Sant Josep            distribution network
                                             (Ibiza) contracts in 2017.          event incidents through
         • Reduced water losses.                                                 predictive models.
                                             Aqualia also rolled out a similar
         • Increased network visibility      tool, LakeFinder, in 2017. Similar
         and control.                        to TaKaDu insofar as event








                    INDUSTRY, INNOVATION   Aqualia achieves continuous improvement by implementing
                    AND INFRAESTRUCTURE
                                innovation projects that enable the company to enhance its
                                service and become more sustainable by reducing management
                                incidents such as water loss.















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