Thessaloniki modernises water infrastructure

Greece-based utility Thessaloniki Water Supply & Sewerage (Eyath) is upgrading its water infrastructure as part of a digital water transformation in Thessaloniki.

In association with its channel partner Idator, the utility will deploy Itron’s smart water solutions throughout the second largest city in Greece over the next five years. The utility serves more than 1.2 million citizens in Thessaloniki.

Water footprint

Eyath has set a goal to reduce its water footprint by one-fifth by 2030, primarily by reducing water loss in treated water. To support this, the utility will deploy Itron’s smart water solutions, which include Intelis wSource smart water meters, Itron’s smart water head-end system and meter data management (MDM) platform.

This enables efficient and comprehensive water loss management and turns water consumption data into actionable insights, providing both Eyath and its customers with increased accuracy and visibility into their water consumption.

Itron claims its solution will enable Eyath to respond and resolve leaks more quickly, reducing non-revenue water loss. The utility will leverage Itron’s residential meters, which are durable, intelligent and engineered to maintain the highest level of accuracy throughout their lifetime.

“Eyath’s strategic and operational plan aims to improve the quality of water supply services while maintaining a commitment to environmental sustainability”

The smart meters offer superior leak detection and real-time alarms. Data from the smart water meters is seamlessly collected with Temetra, Itron’s cloud-based, multi-vendor, multi-commodity meter data collection solution. The Temetra solution provides actionable insights to improve customer satisfaction and reduce water loss.

Additionally, Itron’s MDM system, a fully hosted, software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, will enable Eyath. to manage water endpoints not only from Itron meters but also from other meter vendors. By consolidating data from all meters into a single system, Itron reckons the MDM solution allows the utility to modernise its infrastructure at its own pace, seamlessly integrating new technologies while continuing to manage data from existing assets.