United KingdomEnergy and utilities2025 – ongoingScottish Water
Nautilus AI-assisted pipeline leak inspection
Scottish Water's pipeline inspection found 10 leaks, Hydrosave reported
Problem
A remote raw-water pipeline near Edinburgh had limited access and few consistent monitoring points. These conditions made conventional leak detection difficult.
Approach
Scottish Water contracted Hydrosave, which used Aganova's Nautilus sphere in March 2025. The sphere collected acoustic and pressure data while travelling with the water flow. AI-assisted analysis produced incident maps, and Scottish Water said the findings led to an air valve installation.
Results
Takeaway
The inspection findings supported a specific maintenance intervention. The suppliers did not quantify water savings or the capacity gained after the valve installation.
Categories
- Industry
- Energy and utilities
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Predictive analytics and ML
- Adoption
- Vendor solution
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Sources
Source summaries
Hydrosave described completed inspections of a 29.2km Scottish Water pipeline using Nautilus and AI-assisted analysis. It reported 10 leaks and included Scottish Water's account of an air valve installed following the findings.
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