Measure to Reduce Waste
We already pay for water. But the cost of municipal infrastructure and its maintenance is spread across all households, regardless of their actual consumption—which does nothing to encourage people to conserve water.
Eric Bourbeau, Co-founder, X-Telia
X-Telia’s telemetry solutions help municipalities monitor water consumption and the condition of the network in real time. “In fact, about a quarter of the water distributed in Quebec is lost due to leaks,” adds Eric Bourbeau. The Quebec Drinking Water Conservation Strategy now requires municipalities to implement increasingly strict measures to reduce these losses and better manage this resource.
From Data to Action
X-Telia smart meters transmit data continuously via a network of antennas. This enables municipalities to detect leaks and anomalies, bill businesses, industries, and institutions for water taxes, and better prepare for certain weather-related events.
For example, in Saint-Eustache, sensors were used to monitor the spring flood on the Rivière du Chêne, which made it possible to alert residents and prepare to close the Pie-XII Bridge at the appropriate time.
Accelerating the Hydrotechnological Transition
X-Telia was already offering telemetry services when it participated in AquaEntrepreneur in 2023, as part of its strategic shift toward drinking water. The program, supported by the RBC Foundation, enabled the company to better understand regulations, build a network of industry experts, and recruit talent.
AquaEntrepreneur served as a crash course for us on water issues in Quebec and allowed us to connect with an entire innovation ecosystem.
Eric Bourbeau, Co-founder, X-Telia
X-TELIA is a Canadian technology company specializing in Internet of Things and LoRaWAN solutions. It supports companies and cities that want to deploy wireless applications based on highly secure, low-cost and low-power long-range connectivity. X-TELIA offers solutions that have been proven elsewhere in the world, as well as leading-edge expertise to facilitate the shift to the Internet of Things. X-TELIA also operates a next-generation wireless network dedicated to the Internet of Things, specifically designed to support new applications that make cities smarter, industry more efficient and citizens safer.
