Foreign Water Detection

Cut infiltration. Reduce treatment costs. Protect your network.

Unmeasured infiltration and illegal inflows add unnecessary water to sewer systems, increasing treatment costs and overflow risks.

Wioniq’s Foreign Water Detection leverages smart sensors and AI-powered analysis to identify hidden inflow sources in real time, providing clear heatmaps, diagnostics, and insights to support compliance, reduce costs, and improve network efficiency.

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Challenges

Why detect foreign water?

Infiltration & Hidden Inflows

Groundwater infiltration, illegal drain connections, and stormwater intrusion often go undetected. These hidden inflows increase hydraulic load, reduce pipe capacity, and cause significant increases in treatment volumes.

Rising Treatment & Energy Costs

Unnecessary water treated as wastewater increases operational costs, chemical usage, and energy consumption—often without utilities knowing where the inflow originates.

Overflow & Pollution Risks

Higher inflow volumes elevate the risk of sewer overflows during rain events, leading to environmental impact, regulatory violations, and reputational damage for municipalities and water utilities.

Lack of Actionable Data

Traditional methods rely on periodic on-site measurements, assumptions, or manual inspections. Without real-time, location-based insights, it’s difficult to prioritize interventions or plan maintenance efficiently.

How It Works

The intelligence behind foreign water detection

Step 1

Real-Time Data Collection

Water level

Identifies rising conditions and potential infiltration pathways.

Flow rate

Detects abnormal increases linked to foreign water.

AI layer

We partner up with Pluvion to deliver full heatmap data visualization, predictive diagnostics, and targeted intervention capabilities.

Step 2

Wioniq Platform & Instant Alerts

All collected data flows into Wioniq IQ and Pluvion AI, where it’s processed, analysed, and visualized into digital heatmaps showing infiltration hotspots, trend curves and event timelines. Automated configurable alerts when thresholds are exceeded, process view for quick diagnostics, recommendations for targeted inspections.

Water IQ - Connect, Monitor and Control - All in One Place

The Wioniq IQ Platform Water IQ connects your sensors, devices, and control systems in a single, intuitive interface. It processes real-time data, turns it into actionable insights, and lets you take control instantly, whether in the cloud or on-premises.

Insights Through Historical Data & Trends

All collected data is securely stored and analysed over time, turning real-time monitoring into valuable insights. By identifying trends and recurring patterns, the platform helps predict potential issues before they occur. Historical data supports smarter maintenance planning, reduces operational costs, and drives long-term system reliability.

Predict

By analysing data trends over time, the system reveals emerging risks early, enabling proactive maintenance instead of reactive fixes.

Identify

Historical readings make it easy to see which locations require attention first. The platform highlights deviations, recurring issues, and long-term shifts that are otherwise hard to detect.

Optimize

Historical insights help you schedule interventions at the right time, reduce unnecessary site visits, and extend asset lifetimes.

FULL PROVIDER

Complete support. Every step.

Installation to operation

With Wioniq, you’re never on your own. We support you through every stage - from initial setup to full operation - ensuring your monitoring system performs flawlessly from day one.

Assistance when you need it

Our dedicated customer success helps with installation, configuration, and data interpretation. We make sure your system is optimized, accurate, and delivering the insights you need.

Built for reliability and results

Combining robust hardware, a powerful reliable platform, and committed service, Wioniq delivers a complete, dependable solution for smart infrastructure monitoring.

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