Using AI to detect water bursts and cut leak response times
FIDO CTO Neil Edwards on how using AI to detect water bursts improves decision-making, increases resource efficiency and dramatically cuts leak response times.
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A curated selection of the latest and best leak detection and innovation news, views and insights from FIDO and the wider water industry.
AI can tell how big a water leak is from the noise it makes, but the possibilities don't stop there
AI can now tell how big a water leak is from the noise it makes, but the possibilities don’t stop there, as our recent op-ed in Utility Week, explained.
Can open data save the world?
FIDO CEO Victoria Edwards argues that open data and collaboration are vital if technologists and innovators are to find solutions to the world’s most pressing issues.
FIDO leak-sizing breakthrough in the news
WWTOnline reports on FIDO Tech’s leak-sizing breakthrough. The technology empowers water companies to prioritise larger leaks for investigation and repair.
Breakthrough in leak detection as FIDO starts identifying water leaks by size
FIDO’s powerful leak detecting AI has advanced to the stage where it calculates a leak’s size – providing a powerful new tool to transform leakage performance.
FIDO recruits Dermot O’Kelly as Chief Revenue Officer
FIDO Tech appoints Dermot O’Kelly as Chief Revenue Officer to develop and deliver the sales strategy for FIDO’s pioneering leak detection AI.
Whole-process innovation supplies an alternative to invasive leak detection
Whether it is pressure testing or probes, current methods of leak detection can often depend on laborious service-interruption with inconclusive results. FIDO offers water companies a new way.
How new tech twists on legacy processes are helping turn the tide on water leaks
Victoria Edwards, CEO of FIDO Tech Ltd, talks about leakage and how the water sector’s drive for innovation is delivering cost-effective, adoptable results.
FIDO features in global Water Action Platform
FIDO CEO Victoria Edwards was the latest sector expert to take part in Isle Utilities fascinating Water Action Platform webinar series, now in its 21st edition.
Laura’s talent rewarded for bringing bright ideas to life
Huge congratulations to Laura Conroy, the worthy winner of 2020’s Future Water Association’s Emerging Talent Award for young people in the first five years in the water sector who have brought something new and different to their organisation.
Innovation and research are the key to achieving zero leakage by 2050
The University of Sheffield is rapidly earning itself a name at the forefront of water leak research, this time teaming up with UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) to research how leakage occurs and worsens in cast iron pipes.
Differential analysis and machine-learning in the detection of water leaks
FIDO is an implementation of Neil Edward’s white paper Applying Differential Analysis and Machine Learning Techniques to Temporal Data Series in Order to Determine Fluid Leakage from Pipelines. The following is an abstract explaining how FIDO became the practical embodiment of Neil’s work.
FIDO partnership with Detection Services in Australia
We’re excited to be working with Australia’s largest specialised water management business Detection Services Ltd. Read Smart Water Magazine’s report.
FIDO and Detection Services forge forward-thinking collaboration in Australasia
A forward-thinking collaboration with Detection Services Ltd introduces FIDO Tech’s AI technology in Australia and New Zealand.
BBC looks at latest leakage tech
The ability to home in on the actual source of a leak is the holy grail of pipe maintenance and FIDO successfully focusses engineers on high probability leaks. BBC Technology report.
FIDO CEO Victoria Edwards talks to WWTOnline about effective innovation
Victoria Edwards, chief executive of FIDO Tech, tells WWTOnline about leakage and how the water sector’s drive for innovation is delivering cost-effective, adoptable results.