SWAN Interviews Elly Perets, CEO - Utilis Utilis was founded in 2013 and has been providing its satellite-based leak detection product to utilities since 2016. With no equipment or CAPEX spending necessary, the Utilis solution and pricing is attractive to small or large utilities alike. Based on the success with leak detection, Utilis has launched new data products using their patented ability to detect any soil moisture below ground, bringing to market true satellite-based infrastructure intelligence. Q: In light of the global pandemic, what forms of collaborations are needed to continue advancing smart water solutions? It comes down to providing solutions that can be delivered without contact and then deployed with limited remote instruction. This is what we inherently do at Utilis, even before the pandemic. We are data providers, whether the data is used by a utility to locate and repair a leak from a pipe, or as a dataset imported into a full asset management system (such InfoAsset Planner, provided by our partners Innovyze). Utilis delivers data derived directly from a hardware sensor which is remotely located (on a satellite). Unlike other solution providers that may only predict future pipe failure, Utilis is sensing the water already underground because of a failure. Q: Utilis is known for its satellite technology widely used for leak detection. Recently, Utilis released a new moisture assessment product, Hydro-Scan™. How does this technology demonstrate the different possibilities available with satellite technology? For the past five years, Utilis has successfully proven that soil moisture, related to potable drinking water, can be detected underground using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to locate areas of probable pipe leaks.  We currently have three patents related to detecting underground soil moisture using L-band SAR from satellites or planes. This technology is based on the ability to differentiate between water from different sources and allows us to filter out potable drinking water, which allows us to also focus-in on other types of water. 

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