Jiangxi Water Group Co., Ltd, needs real-time, high-precision data to better understand customer usage profiles to dynamically manage its water distribution infrastructure and services to around 10 million households. As the first water company to install city-wide ultrasonic water meters in Greater China, the company will use new water meter designs based on ams ultrasonic flow measurement solutions connected to the utility via an NB-IoT wireless network.

Yimin Cai, President of Jiangxi Water Group, says: “As a company we want to be ‘as good as water, and to aim for absolute perfection’. That is why we intend to be the first utility in Greater China to implement ultrasonic water meters, providing real-time, high-precision data. By accessing this kind of big data about our business, which was not possible with traditional mechanical meters, we not only improve service delivery, we also make more sustainable use of this precious resource, and maximize our return on investment.”

Jiangxi Water Group established the Jiangxi Water Utility’s Technical Lab in collaboration with Qingdao iESLab and ams to provide utility companies in Greater China a demonstration of real-time data generated by a network of wireless ultrasonic water meters.