{"id":49142,"date":"2025-05-21T00:25:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/uks-space-eye-ready-to-revolutionize-water-leakage-detection\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T00:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:25:47","slug":"uks-space-eye-ready-to-revolutionize-water-leakage-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/uks-space-eye-ready-to-revolutionize-water-leakage-detection\/","title":{"rendered":"UK\u2019s Space Eye Ready to Revolutionize Water Leakage Detection"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Space technology could be used going forward to detect water leakage throughout the U.K. thanks to an interesting new project called \u2018Space Eye.\u2019 Researchers at the <strong>University of Wolverhampton<\/strong>, alongside <strong>South Staffordshire Water<\/strong> believe \u2018Space Eye\u2019 could transform how water leakage is detected across the U.K., using next-generation satellite technology to deliver faster, more accurate and cost-effective monitoring. The University of Wolverhampton revealed details of the project on May 20.<\/p>\n<p>By merging advanced AI techniques with high-resolution satellite imagery, the team\u2019s solution aims to revolutionize water leakage detection \u2014 reducing economic losses, improving operational efficiency, and supporting the U.K.\u2019s long-term environmental sustainability goals.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside partners, Professor Mohammad Patwary and Dr Rahul Mourya, based in the University of Wolverhampton\u2019s Digital Innovations and Solution Centre (DISC), have obtained 1.3 million pounds ($1.73 million) in funding from <strong>Ofwat<\/strong>\u2019s Innovation fund to build, launch and operate a fleet of six Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) microsatellites, aimed at detecting water leakage and unaccounted-for water. The proposed solution uses the Quub satellite platform.<\/p>\n<p>The funding, awarded as part of a successful application to Ofwat\u2019s Water Breakthrough Challenge 5, which has allocated up to 40 million pounds ($53.4 million) to highly collaborative water-sector innovations, aims to deliver benefits for customers, society and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Ofwat-initiated opportunity marks a major innovation leap for the U.K.- enhancing the water industry\u2019s efficiency and infrastructure longevity, while creating a platform for critical sectors like energy, transport, and telecom, positioning the U.K. as a leader in LEO satellite-driven innovation and productivity,\u201d Professor Mohammad Patwary, Director of the University\u2019s Digital Innovation and Solution Centre (DISC), and the Academic Lead of the project said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space technology could be used going forward to detect water leakage throughout the U.K. thanks to an interesting new project called \u2018Space Eye.\u2019 Researchers at the University of Wolverhampton, alongside South Staffordshire Water believe \u2018Space Eye\u2019 could transform how water leakage is detected across the U.K., using next-generation satellite technology to deliver faster, more accurate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}