The relevance of our client is essential as Seville and its metropolitan area are very sensitive to climate change. Since its 2030 Strategic Plan, the public company has been committed to increasing efficiency in water management and improving the quality of the service using digital technology. The Telemetering project is part of Emasesa's Digital Transformation Plan, and it has entrusted Telefónica Tech to enable remote, automatic and accurate metering of consumption through its NB-IoT communication networks. The deployment of smart meters represents an investment of 28 million euros for Emasesa, 3 of which are financed through the PERTE of the Integral Water Cycle, of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan for the digitalisation of the Water Cycle. This plan is promoted by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) of the Spanish Government, financed by the European Union through the NextGenerationEU funds.

Highlights of the success story

Increased efficiency and data-driven decision making

Better service to the user: The use of this technology allows remote reading with hourly measurements, which makes it possible to detect possible leaks and anomalies, and therefore optimize management and offer a better service and better understanding of the user's needs.

Smart database

The implementation of NB-IoT technology not only benefits the management company, but also empowers the users. A smart database is created with more than 7.5 million daily readings to improve the efficiency of the service.

User participation

Users can monitor their consumption, identify irregular patterns and actively participate in sustainability goals, easily and free of charge, through the "My EMASESA" App.

A tool to combat drought

Remote monitoring of water consumption helps to combat drought. Each household, company or business can know daily and hourly consumption with total precision and thus control and reduce it.

What others say about us

    “This project is one of the pillars of an ambitious five-year Digital Transformation Program. Remote control of water consumption is a fundamental tool to combat drought. The remote reading of digital meters will help us to reduce consumption to 90 liters/person/day, thereby achieving annual savings of 20%, which in 10 years (drought cycle forecast) would be equivalent to having a new reservoir”.

    Manuel Romero, Chief Executive Officer at EMASESA