Let’s start with this:
Notice how even Al Jazeera can’t ignore it!
And here’s one for the UK BDS-holes (hat tip: Dan).
As water gushes through the labyrinthine infrastructure of the London water supply system, an ageing pipe creaks, whines noisily, and finally bursts.
Within seconds, an alert starts flashing on a remote computer in the tiny office of Takadu – an Israeli start-up in Tel Aviv.
Once picked up, the information is transmitted to Thames Water – the utility company responsible for bringing water to Londoners.
“Almost instantly, we’re able to detect, alert, locate, and basically inform the utility that there’s something wrong,” says Amir Peleg, Takadu’s co-founder and chief executive, pointing to a computer screen.
The firm’s specialisation is smart water systems.
Thanks to Takadu, as well as to other measures, Thames Water managed to achieve five annual leakage reduction targets in a row.
But look at the bright side, BDS-holes: You can now attribute your lack of showering and bathing to ideology.
