Riser and Critical-Point Leak Detection

Immediate alerts the moment water appears where it shouldn’t

A leak in a main water riser of a multi-storey building can cause tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage before anyone notices. Metering data tells you water is flowing; it cannot tell you water is pooling on the floor of a riser cupboard on level 9.

Smart Metering now offers dedicated physical leak detection for critical points in a building: main risers, plant rooms, service cupboards, and anywhere a leak would be expensive or hard to spot.

How It Works

Spot sensors detect water at a single critical location

Cable sensors detect water anywhere along their length, ideal for running alongside risers and pipe corridors

Sensors communicate wirelessly over the building’s existing LoRaWAN network, with no cabling back to a central panel

The moment water is detected, automated alerts go out by email or text

All sensor data feeds into the same cloud platform as your meters, giving one view of the building’s entire water health

Where it fits

High-rise and multi-storey apartment buildings, where councils increasingly require leak detection on risers as a condition of consent

Plant rooms and pump rooms

Any concealed space where a leak could run undetected

Part of a multi-layer approach

This service is the third layer of Smart Metering’s leak detection platform, alongside daily reconciliation of the main supply meter against all unit meters, and 24/7 leak and burst alarms on every individual meter. No other approach gives a building owner visibility from the boundary meter down to a single wet floor in a riser cupboard.

Contact us to discuss leak detection for your building.