Panaji PWD chose Cranberry Analytics to install ultrasonic smart water meters replacing mechanical ones
SenRa, a PAN-India Low Power Wide Area Network Provider, recently announced its partnership with India-based water management company Cranberry Analytics. The two companies will work together in the upcoming smart water metering project in Goa, where Cranberry will use SenRa’s public LoRaWAN® network.
CTO at Cranberry Analytics, Shishir Thakur said, “Having worked on multiple such projects in the past 10 years, both with mechanical water meters and smart devices, we understand the nuances of this technology spectrum and how critical it is to have a stable and reliable network partner for the success of such projects. Since SenRa is one of the very few network providers in India which has worked on LoRaWAN-related products extensively and has a good presence in the region, we have chosen to partner with them for this project.”
It is noteworthy that Cranberry Analytics recently secured a smart water metering contract from Panaji PWD with an initial phase of replacing 3,094 consumer-grade mechanical water meters with LoRaWAN® enabled ultrasonic smart water meters.
Kush Mishra, CTO and COO at SenRa commented: “Assuring a regular and long-term supply of potable water to Indian households requires constant monitoring of service level indicators.” Adding further, he said, “We are excited to partner with Cranberry Analytics and utilize our expertise in LoRaWAN-based metering systems to solve this problem with reliable LoRaWAN network services.”
The smart water metering solution provides a more sustainable approach to managing water supply and distribution while mitigating water wastage. By analysing water consumption data to detect anomalies and correlating that data with other data streams, they improve water distribution planning and consumer billing.
A member of the LoRa Alliance®, SenRa is a Low Power Wide Area Network Provider (LPWAN), for the IoT and M2M solutions and applications. Touted as a low-cost solution to secure long-distance communication, SenRa is currently deploying LPWANs for projects throughout India. It also has an IoT analytics platform called Ginjer.
Cranberry Analytics provides technology and data-driven solutions for Water Management. They work with government, semi-government, and water infrastructure companies to boost their established, often archaic processes with technological expertise, R&D, and policy frameworks.
