Pervasive sensing
One of the ways to limit our water use is to better understand how the water is being used.
Knowing flow rates will help us deliver efficiencies in water savings, so it’s ever more critical to understand how water is moving through our operations. We use fibre optics in a solution we call “pervasive sensing,” which uses a singular circuit (as opposed to traditional sensors that could only measure at certain points) to measure water flows across multiple points in a region.
This technology is used in one of our Australian mines as well as our Mogalakwena platinum mine in South Africa. And you don’t need to take our word for its potential: The technology was honoured with an Outstanding Achievement Award for the Best Use of Smart Technology for Sustainability at the 2017 Mines and Technology conference.
