Kerlink and WeGoT, an Indian provider of IoT water-management systems, are working together to save more than ten billion litres of water in residential and commercial buildings by 2024.

French firm Kerlink and WeGoT are partnering to expand and accelerate adoption of WeGoT’s technology to help address serious water shortages in India.

With a population of more than 1.3 billion, almost one-fifth of the world’s population, India faces ongoing problems providing adequate water for residential and industrial consumption. NITI Aayog, a public-policy think tank of the Indian government, forecasts the country’s water supply will meet only half of demand by 2030.

Designed for facilities ranging from hotels, hospitals and factories to high-rise residential buildings, WeGoT’s Aqua IoT monitors water-supply systems by tracking detailed consumption data via its accurate ultrasonic sensors that measure water flow, pressure and quality, and transmit the data to property managers’ dashboards and smartphones in real time.

The system consistently has enabled users, such as large residential communities, to reduce their water consumption by 40 to 50 per cent, bringing a 40 per cent reduction in water-related costs. Property owners typically achieve an RoI within 12 months of installing the system.

In addition to monitoring consumption, WeGoT Aqua also sends water-leak alerts to users’ mobile apps, which can be used to stop the supply of water to the source of the leak.

Kerlink and WeGoT will combine the Indian start-up’s ultrasonic water meters and cloud application in LoRaWans with Kerlink’s carrier-grade outdoor Wirnet iStations and industrial-grade Wirnet iFemtocell indoor gateways, which receive sensor-generated data and transfer them to building and facility managers.

It also gives businesses, such as water-delivery companies and water- and sewage-treatment plants, a real-time picture of operations, and informs preventative-maintenance decisions.

“Kerlink is a strong and responsive partner in our plan to expand and accelerate deployments of WeGoT’s Aqua, because their equipment is being used in diverse Indian LoRaWans and has proven to be robust and reliable under any conditions,” said Vijay Krishna, WeGoT vice president. “Because of that experience, the company understands how to do business in India, which helps make our system rollouts for customers simple and quick.”

WeGoT, which was launched in 2015, calculates that its systems in more than 30,000 homes and 3.7 million square metres of commercial space have saved more than three billion litres of water. With a goal of saving another ten billion-plus litres in the next three years, WeGoT and Kerlink plan to deploy the system in a million more homes and more than 5000 commercial and industrial facilities by 2024.

“WeGoT’s Aqua is an innovative, necessary tool for reducing water consumption – and waste – supported by a customer-friendly business model that provides users with details of their use, and encourages them to take their own steps to manage consumption and support sustainable living practices,” said Girish Dadheech, vice president of Kerlink in India. “The market for this timely solution delivered in LoRaWan customised private networks is large.”

Kerlink provides end-to-end connectivity for designing, deploying and operating public and private LPWA IoT networks. More than 140,000 Kerlink installations have been rolled out with over 350 clients in 70 countries. Based in France, with subsidiaries in the USA, Singapore, India and Japan, Kerlink is a co-founder and board member of the LoRa Alliance and the uCIFI Alliance.

Founded in 2015 to provide India’s residents, businesses and industries with the means to monitor and control their water consumption, and help India address water shortages, WeGoT introduced the Aqua system, which features accurate ultrasonic sensors in a LoRaWan that provides building and facility owners and managers real-time data on water flow, pressure and quality.