ABB flowmeters reduce water loss in Riyadh leveraging digital wireless communications Measurement & Analytics – Measurement made easy ABB WaterMaster and AquaMaster flowmeters have cut leakage in the water distribution network of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, by about 40 percent. Background The sprawling city of Riyadh stretches over 200 square miles, an area more than five times the size of Paris. In the past, about 60 percent of Riyadh’s water supply disappeared through leakage in the 6000 miles of piping that transported water to the city’s 4.5 million population. The government-owned National Water Company set out to reduce the volume of water and revenues lost to leakage to a more sustainable 20 percent. ABB FlowMaster flowmeters The company required a compact, robust

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