StopWatch Prototype Development & Trial

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Invenio Systems was founded in April 15 to provide innovative solutions to the water industryand its customers. The company was established to draw on founder expertise, to develop aninnovative ‘Stop.Watch’ system, a disruptive technology that allows a step change inidentification of the leakage-consumption boundary, finding previously undetectable leaks. Itwill both displace existing technology and open a currently unserved market.This technology uses non-traditional means to measure water flow within individualunmetered properties. Using a device mounted to the stop cock at the property boundary,Stop.Watch can accurately measure both water consumption and pipe leakage, and separateone from the other. This unique capability allows water providers to gain greaterunderstanding of where leakage is occurring across water networks and patterns ofconsumption by customers, with significant economic & efficiency benefits.Invenio have developed a proof of concept for Stop.Watch trialling this on individualproperties and small Consumption Monitor Areas (CMAs) of two UK water companies withremarkable results. A development of prototype grant will allow Invenio to scale to a fullprototype system and trial the technology on larger areas of a water network featuring close to1000 unmetered properties. Further R&D investment also allows Invenio to develop the dataanalytics coding that underpins the technology using real world data, validating it as apractical operational tool and evidencing commercial value.Invenio founders both have over 25 yrs experience working in water distribution networksand leakage management. As board members of the IWA Water Loss Specialist Group,contributors to the European Union report on water loss, and through research undertaken forUKWIR, they have unique insights into the commercial and technical challenges of waterloss. The company is well placed to develop Stop.Watch technology.