Case Study: Asset Systems (Wannon Water) achieves $3M+ savings and data-driven renewal planning with Brightly Software (Brightly Predictor)

Wannon Water unlocks asset data and justifies investment with Brightly Predictor

Wannon Water is the regional water utility serving South‑West Victoria with an AUD$770M asset portfolio, 2,900 km of network and large daily treatment volumes. Facing reduced renewal budgets from the regulator, rising costs and community pressure, the organisation struggled with fragmented systems and no consistent, objective life‑cycle modelling based on risk, cost or service levels.

Wannon Water implemented Brightly Predictor (deployed across its Sewer Network and Water Treatment Plants in three months) to create granular, data‑driven 10‑year renewal programs that include risk, condition and criticality as modelling parameters. The change moved planning from age‑based to condition/criticality‑based, improved stakeholder engagement, produced quick ROI (identifying roughly $3M — ~23% — saving in the ten‑year sewer renewal program) and set the stage for wider rollout and Power BI integration.

Asset Systems

Aaron Smith

Branch Manager