{"id":79294,"date":"2025-12-19T14:53:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/?p=79294"},"modified":"2025-12-19T15:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:00:04","slug":"ai-powered-water-management-rd-to-strengthen-water-security-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/2025\/12\/19\/ai-powered-water-management-rd-to-strengthen-water-security-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-powered water management R&D to strengthen water security in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Adroit Technologies\u2019 current research is focused on developing a scalable, national-level AI framework that leverages forecasting, anomaly detection and Digital Twin modelling to enhance decision-making and support more efficient water use.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A leader in industrial automation and Digital Transformation solutions for over 30 years, Adroit Technologies is advancing its research and development into an AI-powered water management platform designed to address one of South Africa\u2019s most urgent infrastructure challenges: non-revenue water losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research presents an opportunity to develop a first-of-its-kind, AI-driven \u2018pseudo-metering\u2019 capability, a potential breakthrough feature that can infer consumption and pressure data in areas where physical meters are not installed. \u201cWe have proven the initial concept and have now secured the support of the government and other industry leaders to develop this AI-driven platform,\u201d confirms Frits Kok, Co-CEO at Adroit Technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With nearly 40% of the country\u2019s treated water lost to leaks, theft and ageing infrastructure, Adroit Technologies is exploring new approaches to intelligent, data-driven water management. Using advanced Machine Learning and neural network algorithms, the research platform can analyse existing telemetry and SCADA data to detect leaks, forecast demand and infer flow rates in areas without sensors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSouth Africa\u2019s water infrastructure challenges demand smarter, data-driven solutions,\u201d stresses Kok. \u201cOur current R&D is focused on developing next-generation AI capabilities that will, in time, complement our existing water management technologies, which are already helping utilities reduce water losses and make informed operational decisions today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urban growth, vandalism and limited monitoring capacity have placed increasing strain on municipal water systems. In many cases, leaks and pump failures are identified only after outages occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adroit Technologies\u2019 research aims to integrate new AI tools with existing SCADA and telemetry systems to deliver predictive analytics, real-time alerts and actionable insights. The AI-driven pseudo-metering capability has the potential to help under-resourced municipalities monitor network conditions that were previously data blind.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cThis research is about enabling resilience,\u201d adds Hugo Pienaar, Director of Digital Services at Adroit Technologies. \u201cBy combining AI with decades of SCADA expertise, we are helping municipalities envision how to predict issues before they happen and manage scarce water resources more efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the R&D programme continues, Adroit Technologies already provides a suite of water management and SCADA solutions that support leak detection, asset optimisation and operational efficiency. As development progresses, the new AI capabilities will be introduced into the company\u2019s product range to strengthen South Africa\u2019s long-term water security and sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adroit Technologies\u2019 current research is focused on developing a scalable, national-level AI framework that leverages forecasting, anomaly detection and Digital Twin modelling to enhance decision-making and support more efficient water use. A leader in industrial automation and Digital Transformation solutions for over 30 years, Adroit Technologies is advancing its research and development into an AI-powered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":79295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16131,900,54,183,9059,13],"tags":[19350,386,389,19452,19453,489,453,19351,18470],"class_list":["post-79294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-energy","category-research","category-software","category-south-africa","category-top-stories","tag-adroit-technologies","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-digital-transformation","tag-frits-kok","tag-hugo-pienaar","tag-scada","tag-south-africa","tag-water-management","tag-water-security"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79294"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79298,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79294\/revisions\/79298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}