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From Crisis to Confidence: EMR to Sponsor ‘Sensing in Water’ 2025

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We are excited to announce that EMR Integrated Solutions will be the Silver Sponsor at the prestigious Sensing in Water 2025 conference, taking place on 24th and 25th September 2025 at the Holywell Park Conference Centre, Loughborough University.

Organised by SWIG (Sensing in Water Interest Group), the leading community for advanced sensor technologies in the water sector, this event unites experts and decision-makers to address real challenges and deliver practical solutions.

As a leading provider of integrated operational telecommunications, SCADA, telemetry and cybersecurity solutions, EMR is proud to support this premier gathering of water industry professionals. The conference comes at a critical time as the sector navigates increasing regulatory demands, particularly around Section 82 of the Environment Act, which mandates continuous water quality monitoring.

Why ‘Sensing in Water’ Matters

With only 14% of England’s rivers currently meeting “good ecological status” standards, the water industry faces unprecedented challenges in environmental compliance and public trust. The Sensing in Water 2025 conference will address these critical issues through dedicated sessions on:

  • Smart Instrumentation: Bridging IT and OT for smarter water operations
  • Environmental Impact and Compliance: Monitoring for a sustainable future
  • Data-Driven Decision Making: Comprehensive situational awareness through unified platforms
  • Crisis Management: How smart sensing tackles burst mains and prevents pollution

EMR’s AquaVision Intelligence Platform

At the event, we’ll be showcasing our AquaVision Intelligence platform – a comprehensive water quality monitoring solution designed to exceed Section 82 compliance requirements. Built on the industry-leading Ignition SCADA platform and hosted on secure Azure cloud infrastructure, AquaVision Intelligence provides:

  • Real-time monitoring of key water quality parameters (dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, turbidity, and ammonia)
  • Predictive analytics and machine learning capabilities for proactive water management
  • Unified operations centre integration across sewer networks, treatment plants, and weather data
  • End-to-end service including site selection, installation, maintenance, and 24/7 monitoring

Join Us at ‘Sensing in Water’ Event

SWIG’s conference will feature an extensive exhibition, expert-led presentations, and invaluable networking opportunities designed to foster collaboration across the water sector. Day one includes interactive workshops on water industry control room challenges and crisis management, whilst day two features a regulators roundtable discussing the future role of sensors in regulation.

EMR’s participation as Silver Sponsor reflects our commitment to advancing water quality monitoring technology and supporting the industry’s digital transformation journey. Our team will be available throughout the event to discuss how our solutions can help water utilities achieve regulatory compliance whilst building public trust through transparent, real-time water quality reporting.

Early bird registration is now open. Be sure to visit the EMR stand to learn how we’re helping water utilities move from crisis to confidence through innovative monitoring solutions.

Further information on the event is available here.
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For more information about EMR’s water quality monitoring solutions or to arrange a meeting at Sensing in Water 2025, contact Daryl Ridgley or Jay Somerfield at sales@emrsolutions.com

EMR secures strategic five-year partnership with Anglian Water to support 4.2 million customers

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Leading critical national infrastructure services provider and cyber security specialist, EMR Integrated Solutions today announced the award of a five-year framework agreement by the UK’s Anglian Water for the provision of Operational Telecommunications (OT) services.

Under the terms of the contract, EMR will deliver comprehensive OT support services to Anglian Water’s extensive regional network. The partnership will enhance the utility’s operational reliability and directly support its network modernisation efforts through specialised technical expertise including:

• RTU, router, switch, and sensor replacements
• Installation of telemetry hardware & antennae
• Edge device integration
• Cable installation & in-panel modifications
• Planned maintenance of UHF, PSTN, Ethernet, Cellular & ADSL networks
• Surveying, testing, and RTU configuration
• Decommissioning and WEEE-compliant disposal of retired assets

Anglian Water, geographically the largest of 10 water and wastewater companies in England and Wales, supplies more than one billion litres of water daily. This water is treated across 140 water treatment works and distributed through over 37,000 kilometres of pipes throughout the East of England.

Commenting on the award, Trevor Gordon, chief commercial officer with EMR Integrated Solutions said:

“We are delighted to partner with Anglian Water on this significant framework agreement. Our team brings decades of utility-specific telecommunications expertise that aligns perfectly with Anglian Water’s infrastructure modernisation goals.”

The partnership comes as Anglian Water publishes its ambitious £11 billion investment plan in water and sewerage infrastructure under AMP8, designed to help the utility prepare for the challenges of climate change and population growth while maintaining resilient service for its 4.2 million customers.

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Welcome to WaterCon, 2023

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If you’re interested in technology developments in the water utility sector, this is the event for you. Hear from industry experts and choose the technology streams that are most relevant to your role. Join us in May.

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Welcome to WaterCon, 2022

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If you’re interested in water conservation this is the event for you. Three venues, three dates in Cavan, Charleville and Dunboyne during the months of May and June. Hear from watercon experts near you with a keynote from watercon specialist, Mike Wiltshire of Irish Water.

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Regional wastewater treatment improvements driven by major telecoms infrastructural project

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Wastewater treatment efficiency in Donegal has been significantly improved thanks to the completion of a major SCADA, automation, telemetry and telecoms infrastructure project by EMR Integrated Solutions.

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Integrated SCADA and Telemetry Network for Water Disinfection System

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EMR was awarded a contract for the provision of an integrated SCADA and telemetry system for the monitoring of newly-installed disinfection systems in small treatment plants and storage facilities across the west of Ireland covering Mayo and Leitrim. This was completed on behalf of Irish Water for Mayo County Council.

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Mark Quinn announces a contract with Affinity Water in the UK

EMR eases network modernisation drive for UK’s Affinity Water

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Mark Quinn announces a contract with Affinity Water in the UK

Leading telecommunications and SCADA network supplier, EMR Integrated Solutions today announced the completion of a project with Affinity Water to ease the company’s network modernisation drive and migration to WITS/DNP3*, with a phased transition from analogue to digital radio on its water distribution network.

This infrastructure upgrade is critical in allowing Affinity Water to enhance network security, remotely monitor and manage its water distribution assets in the field and significantly reduce maintenance costs.

Affinity Water is the UK’s largest water-only supplier and delivers an average 900 million litres of water each day to a population of more than 3.6 million people in South East England.

Using technology based on Racom’s RipEX Migration Station, which seamlessly supports analog and digital radio operation on the same channel, Affinity Water can upgrade outstations to WITS with RipEx digital radio on a site-by-site basis, without impacting the legacy outstations on the network. This reduces overall installation cost and drastically reduces downtime and project risk.

Commenting on the project, Andrew Fletcher, telemetry systems manager with Affinity Water said:

“The cost of migrating from analogue to digital shouldn’t be underestimated. With the RipEX migration master station that we now have, we don’t need to revisit sites twice to change frequencies and we don’t need additional base stations or licenses. There’s a big benefit to that and it significantly reduces the cost of resource on the ground,” he said.

The deployment of Racom RipEX radios at 5 scanner and 150 outstation sites allows for remote monitoring of network assets together with telemetry network performance monitoring, resulting in a reconfiguration of Affinity Water’s maintenance program at significantly reduced cost.

“The legacy analogue radio system was incapable of supporting the rollout of newer automation technologies,” explains Mark Quinn, managing director with EMR Integrated Solutions.

“We recommended Racom’s Master Station and RipEX radio based on the ease of implementation, software defined functionality and high data throughput with encryption and authentication as standard.”

EMR worked closely with the Affinity Water telemetry team on the pilot project, providing training and support for the initial scanner transition.  Affinity Water’s telemetry team will carry out the balance of the migration with ongoing support as required from the EMR crew.

“Our radio rollout is happening exceptionally fast,” adds Mr Fletcher.  “That tells me our engineers are comfortable with the technology.   EMR might be based in another country but their team are more than willing to make themselves available at short notice and that geographic distance doesn’t cause an issue.”

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*Editors Notes:  The WITS-DNP3 protocol defines a standard method to achieve water industry telemetry control and monitoring requirements with a single protocol to support multiple vendors.

Pictured above is Mark Quinn, managing director of EMR Solutions.

Pictured left to right are: Mark Quinn, managing director, EMR, Paul McMahon, executive engineer, Leitrim County Council and John McElwaine, capital programs regional lead, Irish Water

EMR selected by Irish Water to upgrade telemetry networks in €1m deal

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Dunboyne, Co Meath, Friday 1st September 2017: Leading SCADA network and mobile telecommunications supplier, EMR Integrated Solutions today announced it has been selected by Irish Water to upgrade its telemetry networks in Waterford and Leitrim, in a deal valued in excess of €1m.

The upgrade plays a significant role in the battle against ‘unaccounted for water’, giving Irish Water greater monitoring capability and control over the water distribution network in those counties.  Increased automation and more granular visibility into water flows, pressure and quality provides early warning alerts to network bursts and improves the quality of supply for customers.

Commenting on the deal, Mark Quinn, managing director with EMR Integrated Solutions said:

“This capital investment project supports Irish Water’s ongoing efforts to streamline water distribution networks in the county, and having greater control over assets in the field allows them to quickly identify and react to adverse events as they occur.  Minimising network leakage is a key objective and the ability to remotely measure and monitor flows plays a critical role in helping Irish Water to achieve that.”

The Waterford network upgrade involved consolidating the telemetry network across the city and county, following the merger of both councils in 2014.  Telemetry Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) and data loggers were deployed at over 200 logger sites* to monitor water flow and pressure on the pipe network, providing early warning alerts to network bursts.

The system also enables data acquisition from major water assets such as reservoirs and pumping stations and for automated remote control of these sites from the central SCADA system.

In Leitrim, the EMR team installed telemetry RTUs and GPRS data loggers together with the associated flow and pressure monitoring instrumentation at over 90 sites**, tying them back to the centralised SCADA system in Carrick-on-Shannon. This system augmented the extensive SCADA and telemetry network previously installed by EMR in the major water treatment plants and water distribution assets throughout the county.

“We build our telemetry networks based on principles of resiliency, reliability and flexibility, explains Mr Quinn.

“Where we have onsite telemetry, Irish Water can  monitor and control the water network remotely, increasing operational efficiencies, reducing waste and providing faster response times to adverse events as they occur.

“Utility providers are increasingly adopting the concept of smart networks and EMR is at the forefront of designing and deploying the technology to help them plan for the future,” he said.

EMR has a strong track record in the water utility industry.  The company has already performed two major network upgrades for Northern Ireland Water valued at well over
€1m and last year it announced its entrance to the UK market.

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Notes to Editors
*30 Remote Terminal Units or RTUs plus 175 data loggers which use GPRS networks to transport data were deployed in Waterford.

**30 RTUs with mains flow meter, 30 GPRS loggers with battery powered flow meters and 30 mechanical flow meters only, were deployed in Leitrim.

Pictured left to right are: Mark Quinn, managing director, EMR, Paul McMahon, executive engineer, Leitrim County Council and John McElwaine, capital programs regional lead, Irish Water

EMR Integrated Solutions today announced it has secured a €100,000 contract to provide a SCADA system to monitor the operation or the six largest pumping stations within the South Dublin County Council (SDCC) network.

Web-access SCADA transformative for South Dublin County Council

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Leading SCADA and instrumentation provider, EMR Integrated Solutions recently announced a major contract to provide a SCADA system to monitor the operation of the six largest pumping stations within the South Dublin County Council (SDCC) network.

The project delivers a far greater level of control to the council’s staff in relation to the monitoring and management of the water and wastewater network. Read more

EMR Integrated Solutions today announced a contract with Kildare County Council for its River Barrow Abstraction Pipeline.

Improved operational efficiency for Meath County Council wastewater

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EMR recently secured a €250,000 contract win with Meath County Council to provide real-time monitoring of the county’s wastewater facilities

The primary objective of the project is to improve operational efficiency and reduce response times to plant failures.  The initial system comprises a web-connected SCADA server linked via high power radio to 30 main wastewater collection and treatment assets. Read more