Smart Water transition: how Global Omnium transformed its operations
Global Omnium, one of Spain's largest water utilities, faced major challenges with its conventional meter reading operations - high costs, difficult access, rampant tampering and fraud, and customer complaints. To overcome these issues, the utility embarked on an ambitious digital transformation journey to deploy one of Europe's largest smart meter networks using advanced water utility management software.
After carefully evaluating technology vendors, Global Omnium implemented a phased rollout strategy to install over 550,000 smart meters with long battery life, open data protocols, end-to-end encryption, and tamper resistance across multiple vendors. A data-centric architecture integrated meter data into a single homogenous dataset, enabling valuable analytics like usage forecasting, leak detection, and improved customer services through vendor-agnostic water utility management software. This pioneering smart meter deployment has comprehensively transformed Global Omnium's operations.
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