Ovarro Expands EnigmaREACH UK Roll-Out
EnigmaReach Rack System (Image source: Ovarro Ltd.)
Southern Water and Affinity Water were among the first companies to introduce EnigmaREACH, doing so in the opening year of the 2025-2030 investment period (AMP8). A total of five UK utilities are now using the system, which has been rolled out across multiple district metered areas (DMAs), consistently achieving conversion rates above 90 percent.
The EnigmaREACH package combined 32 or 64 acoustic loggers, a management app and cloud-based analytics to deliver automated leakage detection as a single service.
By integrating every stage of the process - from logger planning, deployment and retrieval, to data upload, analytics, point-of-interest (PoI) assignment and follow-up – the service streamlines mobile leak detection.
A typical deployment is delivering measurable results for leakage teams:
- Around four to five leaks detected per technician, per day - equivalent to 25 per week and up to 1,200 annually
- Up to 90% pinpoint accuracy, normally within one metre
- Approximately 10km coverage per day with 300m logger spacing
- Operational savings of up to 56% compared with traditional active leakage control methods
Tony Gwynne, global leakage solution director, Ovarro, said: “Winning first contracts with new technologies always difficult. Winning repeat contracts is proof of the huge efficiencies EnigmaREACH is delivering for leakage detection.
“It has been fantastic to see Southern Water and Affinity Water among those deploying EnigmaREACH to accelerate AMP8 targets in year one. By moving from a manual to an automated, managed process, they are seeing consistent time savings, particularly in data analysis and PoI follow-ups.
“Tasks that once took hours are now completed in a fraction of the time, enabling more ground to be covered each day. By being among the first to adopt EnigmaREACH, the early UK adopters – which now includes five companies - are showing real commitment to innovation, proving that new approaches deliver tangible success.”
Launched in 2024, EnigmaREACH is gaining momentum – in addition to the five UK utilities, there has been further adoption across Europe, from Norway to Italy, and in North America and Saudi Arabia.
Source: Ovarro Ltd.
