Narrative
Population and economic growth are placing increased demands on water distribution networks (WDN) in developed and developing countries. To maintain performance, more proactive – “smart” data-driven – management of this critical infrastructure is required. The University of Manchester research has played a critical role in moving the industry toward this goal. This research enabled hardware specifically designed for extensive monitoring of water quality (e.g. turbidity, disinfection) to be developed and, subsequently, new methods to turn the produced data into knowledge. This resulted in commercialisation and licensing of the unique hardware - HydraClam®;ChloroClam® - bringing direct revenue of more than GBP3,650,000;
additional sales of at least GBP9,200,000 through establishing a new global market for the network wide instrumentation;
providing a means for water distribution companies to transition to smart-water management; and
enabling reliable water monitoring in ‘fragile’ WDNs, such as refugee camps.
Impact date | 1 Aug 2013 → 31 Jul 2020 |
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Category of impact | Economic, Health and wellbeing |
Impact level | Adoption |
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Manchester Environmental Research Institute
Documents & Links
- REF2021 impact case study-(Making drinking water safe by enabling ‘smart’ water distribution networks)
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Research output
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Need for and use of high-resolution turbidity monitoring in managing discoloration in distribution
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Oxidation state and size of Fe controlled by organic matter in natural waters
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Continuous safe water monitoring using 3G telemetry in IDP camp water supply systems: Iraq trial
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Automated Data-Driven Approaches to Evaluating and Interpreting Water Quality Time Series Data from Water Distribution Systems
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development & demonstration of the utility of wireless environmental sensors incorporating a multi-hop protocol
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Suspended graphene arrays for gas sensing applications
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impacts
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The University of Manchester’s environmental and asset monitoring “spinout” Salamander
Impact: Environmental, Economic