A trial that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to predict if sewers are becoming blocked has helped cut pollution, South West Water has said.
The AI analysed data from 12,000 sensors on the network, monitoring how water levels were rising and falling, to help determine if a sewer is blocked and could be about to overflow, project leaders said.
“We estimate around 200 pollutions have been prevented” said Helen Dobby, from SWW, adding the system “gives us an extra 12,000 pairs of eyes on our network”.
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