Southern Water Deploys AI Tool to Detect Early Equipment Faults
Southern Water has begun rolling out an AI-based monitoring system — in partnership with Samotics — to detect early signs of mechanical issues, electrical faults, and blockages in its submerged wastewater pumps.
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The goal is to reduce unplanned outages, protect customers and the environment, and lower operational costs by allowing maintenance before failures occur.
The system, SAM4 by Samotics, records high-resolution data (≈20,000 data points per second) to establish “normal” operating behaviour and then flags anomalies.
After a successful pilot in 2024, the full deployment aims to equip up to 3,500 devices across Southern Water’s network in 2025.
Read more at: https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/08/01/southern-water-deploys-ai-tool-to-spot-early-signs-of-mechanical-issues/