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B L I C KE R – I NTE L L I G ENT METER
RE A D OUT ASSI STA NT
Blicker is an intelligent meter readout assistant that digitises gas and electricity meter readings and
meter serial numbers from a photo. It uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to produce the serial numbers
from a single photo within seconds. This product effectively eliminates human error, and it is
currently being used on the Thames Water Metering Contract.
The Thames Water Customer Programmes team have become the first UK company to adopt the use
of Blicker, a Dutch AI company, to read meters from photos.
Mark Cooper, Head of Smart Metering, Thames Water commented “As the first company in the UK
to introduce Blicker, we are already reaping the benefits. The technology is allowing us to read our
customers water meters without the need to re-send engineers back out to the properties to correct
errors. This not only saves us time but our customers too. It is a much more efficient way of working
for us and our Smart Metering teams”.
DIG ITAL TRANSFORMATION
Starting with the creation of our real time hydraulic
model ‘VariSim Delta’ in 2020. Created by our
exclusive technical partner, Hydraulic Analysis
Group. There 50 years of hydraulic expertise paired
with our 10,000 hydraulic projects has seen their
knowledge and experience incoporated into VariSim
Delta.
Digital Twins are data agnostic and can absorb
exisiting customer data from smart meters or billing
information, leakage detection equipment such as
acoustic and pressure loggers, and monitor Distrit
Meter Flows.
Processing millions of calculations a minute, real
time system can predict residual asset life, spot
restrictions, leaks, pressure transietns or predict
future bursts. We can monitor water quality,
temperature, pH, and shear stress when combined
with our high-quality sensor array, alloing us to
not only monitor th pipe network but the age,
distribution, and quality of water. as a metering
head end system we are also able to show a full
water balance.
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