Yorkshire Water drives leakage reduction with advanced metering

The first phase of the deployment, which Connexin has been awarded under the framework, includes the installation of around 30,000 Itron LoRaWan water meters across the Yorkshire region. Following this, larger planned rollout phases will launch in subsequent years, the utility reports.

Yorkshire Water has also contracted multi-network IoT operator Netmore Group to install smart meters on all new housing developments, and both Netmore and Connexin for wider meter exchange and install programmes.

“Being able to rely on Connexin’s proven expertise in this area gives us confidence that we can achieve our ambitions to deliver for our customers in the county”

“We have worked with Connexin extensively over the past year to validate the advantages of using LoRaWan technology to provide stable and reliable connectivity for our smart meters while ensuring a battery life in the meters of around 15 years,” said Adam Smith, manager of smart networks and metering transformation at Yorkshire Water.

“Being able to rely on Connexin’s proven expertise in this area gives us confidence that we can achieve our ambitions to deliver for our customers in the county.”

In 2022, Severn Trent Water chose Connexin to deploy the UK’s first large-scale roll-out of over 150,000 Itron smart water meters, including a LoRaWan network across Coventry and Warwickshire.

Below-ground meters

According to Connexin, Yorkshire Water will now benefit from the knowledge and understanding of successfully connecting below-ground meters with high service level agreements (SLAs) from the Severn Trent Water rollout, including real-world experience of this ongoing deployment.

Founded in Hull in 2006, Connexin is a disruptive technology company specialising in building and operating smart city infrastructure to support the internet of things. In September 2020, it raised an initial £80m in funding from Whitehelm Capital (now Patrizia) to further help strengthen its position.