Monitoring the Vital Signs of Your Water Network
Ensure the health and reliability of your water infrastructure. This page details how the Augos platform monitors the core "vital signs" of your network—Water Level, Pressure, and Flow—in real-time to ensure total system integrity and prevent costly failures. Explore our complete Water Efficiency solution.
The Importance of System Integrity Monitoring
Monitoring the integrity of your water network is a foundational element of our complete Water Efficiency & Loss Prevention solution. It involves tracking the fundamental physical parameters of your system in real-time to provide immediate operational awareness, ensure security of supply, and mitigate the risks of equipment failure or catastrophic leaks before they cause major damage or downtime.
The Three Pillars of System Integrity
Our platform gives you a live view into the three "vital signs" that define the health and reliability of your water network.
Water Level Monitoring (Ensuring Security of Supply)
What it is: The height of water measured in a confined area, such as a storage tank, reservoir, or dam, typically reported in meters.
Why it's critical: Monitoring water levels is essential for ensuring you never run out of water unexpectedly. It also prevents property damage or environmental issues that can be caused by overflows, providing a first and last line of defense for your stored resources.
How it works: We use robust hardware like submersible hydrostatic pressure sensors or top-mounted non-contact ultrasonic sensors to transmit real-time depth data back to the Augos platform.
Water Pressure Monitoring (Assessing System Health)
What it is: The force exerted by the water within your pipe network, measured in units like bar or psi.
Why it's critical: Pressure is a key indicator of network health. Consistently low pressure can be the first sign of a major leak downstream, while high-pressure spikes risk pipe bursts and equipment damage. Monitoring pressure is also key to assessing pump efficiency.
How it works: We use industrial-grade in-line pressure transducers that send continuous data to the Augos platform, enabling immediate alerting for any abnormal pressure conditions.
Water Flow Monitoring (Detecting Immediate Events)
What it is: The instantaneous rate at which water is passing through a specific meter point, typically measured in kiloliters (kL) or cubic meters (m³) per hour.
Why it's critical: Real-time flow monitoring is critical for the immediate detection of events. This includes identifying unexpected usage during non-operational hours (a sign of a leak) and detecting catastrophic events like pipe bursts the moment they happen.
How it works: The platform collects real-time data from smart water meters (like electromagnetic or ultrasonic flow meters), converts it into a flow rate, and displays the current usage and historical trendlines on your dashboard.
Frequently Asked Questions
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