SES Water has reduced the cost of rolling out smart metering by 70% by transforming existing meters into a fully connected digital network, in partnership with British technology firm B4T.

Anglian Water has recently hit a huge milestone in its smart metering programme, with over 1.3 million smart meters now connected across the East of England. This marks the largest smart meter rollout of any UK water company.

Severn Trent and Netmore Group, the leading network operator for Massive IoT, have announced that Netmore has been selected to deploy and manage network services for one million smart meters across more than 20 counties.

Severn Trent has awarded a major AMP8 contract for the supply of AMI water meters on behalf of itself and sister company Hafren Dyfrdwy Cyfyngedig - the contract had an estimated value of £200 million when it went out to tender in September last year.

United Utilities has selected Arqiva as their smart partner to deliver more than a million smart meters across the North West before 2030.

Affinity Water has announced the launch of its first-ever Smart metering initiative, starting in February with a trial in parts of the Harlow and Bishops Stortford areas, Hertfordshire.

In the first of a series of Expert Focus articles for WaterBriefing, John Lillistone Director of Water at Arqiva, global digital communications specialists for critical infrastructure, takes a look at how a move to outcomes-based contracting for smart metering can help water companies to reduce costs, streamline operations, enhance efficiency and help to foster innovation.

MOSL has announced plans to issue a Request for Information (RFI) for suppliers interested in developing a data sharing mechanism for smart meter data in the non-household market.

Anglian Water has announced that it has signed new contracts with its network partners Arqiva and alliance partners Kier and Clancy.

Retail water market operator MOSL is warning that funding and Price Control Deliverables (PCDs) for smart metering set out in Ofwat’s draft determinations create a significant risk that companies will not be able to deliver demand reductions during PR24 to stay on track for Defra’s 9% reduction target by 2038.