Leakage management has seen little notable change in recent years. However, recent technological advances such as the emergence of SMART networks are rapidly changing the way we think about leakage. Technological advances are starting to assist in the delivery of leakage targets. For example, technology is giving us greater visibility of what is happening on a network, almost in real time, as it happens. Currently we monitor through district metering, though this remains a highr level assessment is this about to change? Within a reasonably short period reacting to a leakage event may no longer have to be spread across an entire District Metered Area (DMA), but could now be instantly localised to a street or an individual property. Within the water sector we are starting to observe the emergence of SMART networks - often as a result of universal Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) programmes. These networks give us the potential to manage water systems more effectively and efficiently.
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