(openPR) - “The smart water meter market is poised for steady growth in the coming 5 years, driven by increasing demand for water itself, aging system infrastructure, and a need among utilities to operate their systems much more efficiently”*

Maintaining supply and tighter asset management is now essential for water companies. Population growth and environmental pressures are squeezing supply and driving change towards a more sustainable model. Like the energy sector, water technologists today are directing consumer behaviour through complex tariffing. Currently, homes utilising smart water meters use 10% less water and are helping their suppliers to reduce leakage levels by 20%. The future will see this capability developed further, ensuring greater water availability, lower energy bills, and the environmental impact reduced.

SMi Group’s Smart Water Systems conference provides a focused international perspective on these developments.

Why attend the Smart Water Systems conference?
• Appraise regulatory implications of the Water White Paper for UK utility companies
• Implement lessons for real-time data integration across the entire supply-demand water chain
• Network with senior representatives from leading international water regulatory organisations and global water companies
• Assess the impact of combined complex tariffing and smart meters on customers’ water consumption
• Utilise insights from the electricity sector's experience of smart meter roll-outs to maximise your operational capability
• Integrate supervisory control and data acquisition into your existing infrastructure

SMi's Smart Water Systems conference provides distilled international perspectives on this exciting field and our line-up of international experts features a hands-on, case study-driven approach from those responsible for supporting their customers’ needs. From rethinking water provision, to harnessing M2M networks and directing consumer behaviour, gain the insights you need to remain competitive. SMi’s Smart Water Systems conference provides a focused, international perspective on these issues and much more from companies including Thames Water, m2ocity, Southern Water, Severn Trent Water, Vitens, Toronto Water, OFWAT, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Eureau.

To view the conference programme and full speaker line-up, visit www. smi-online.co.uk/smartwatersystems22.asp

Alternatively, contact Vinh Trinh on +44 (0) 20 7827 6140 or email vtrinh@smi-online.co.uk

*[Source: Smart Water Meters - Global Outlook for Utility AMI and AMR Deployments: Market Analysis, Case Studies, and Forecasts (2011)] www.pikeresearch.com/research/smart-water-meters)

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