Case Study: Anglian Water cuts wastewater pipe inspection effort with VAPAR AI

Anglian Water digitises 2,200+ pipe features in 4 hours with VAPAR

Anglian Water, a major UK water company servicing 6 million people, faced the challenge of manually reviewing vast amounts of wastewater pipe CCTV footage, a process that was costly, resource-intensive, and time-consuming. They sought new technology to gain efficiencies in their network management and partnered with VAPAR through the WaterStart program to pilot an AI-powered solution for automated condition assessment.

VAPAR processed 10,000 meters of pipe inspections, automatically identifying over 2,200 features in just four hours. The results showed an 80% agreement with manual assessments, a potential to decrease auditing effort by 30%, and an opportunity to optimise pipe renewal spending by up to 20%. Following the successful pilot, Anglian Water is actively investigating new opportunities to implement VAPAR's automated process into its wider workflow.

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