Start Up that reduced 60% cost that was incurred by SCADA based Systems

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hello friends how are all of you welcome to another podcast of hydrogeek

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newsletters so today we will discuss about about a startup i will say not i will i

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will not say it's a old organization it is a startup which works on

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water based products actually it provides water based solutions to various water

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distribution and treatment industries be it government or be it private they with

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the help of their sensors smart software

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IoT-based equipments,

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they try to monitor the water quality of the incoming water and the outgoing water

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at different stages.

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And by analyzing the data,

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they can identify whether any abnormality is there in the entire system of water treatment.

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Not only water treatment plant,

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It also provides solutions like water billing,

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water auditing,

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water meter,

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where it measures the water use of the residents of a big high society complex or

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any other industry.

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It continuously monitors the water consumption of each of the users there.

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and then based on that use they produce a report and with the help of that report

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one can either charge them or include that report in their auditing such that where

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and how the water is used in that organization,

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whether any unnecessary use is there or where

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any sector or any consumer is not getting enough water all these type of

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uncertainties can be identified or located so basically this company is involved in

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designing the systems which can also replace the SCADA-based system

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And they are one of the goal of them is to replace cadaver system where we use CCS

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central computational system,

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which is connected to different other computer system.

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And through those different computers or rather subcomputers,

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they try to monitor the water quality of a water treatment plant or water distribution.

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system and all these sub computers has is connected to a sensor placed nearby and

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by this that ccs actually monitors the entire water system and its quality so if

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there is any up and down if there is any breaking of the threshold it wants the

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the subcomputers warn the central computer and central computer to the human user

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that there is a problem in here.

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But this entire system is extremely costly as we all know and this organization is

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trying to reduce that cost by employing or installing sensors in the entire path of

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the water from input to the output.

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And then what it do is the sensors stand alone.

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It measures the quality of water and also the quantity.

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And this measurement is fed to the internet enabled computers,

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be it mobile,

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be it smartphone,

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be it desktop,

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be it pad,

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anything.

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You can monitor from any device of your choice and it will monitor it because all

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these monitoring and analytic applications are stored in the app,

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are embedded in the app.

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If you download an app in your system, whether it is pad or smartphone or desktop also,

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Then through that app you can connect to the sensor and constantly real time you

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can monitor the valuation of water quality throughout the flow path.

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Because that is one of the main problem of water treatment plants because suddenly

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the water quality changes.

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And if you do not adjust your chemical dosing as per those changes,

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then either overdose may occur or underdose may occur.

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So both way it will create some deterioration in the standard quality of water.

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So with this automated system, with the sensors, you are able to monitor the water quality in real time.

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And not only water quality, but also water flow.

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So this is one vertical of this organization.

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Another vertical is smart metering that I had said,

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water accounting or water editing,

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auditing,

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rather it is,

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water auditing will be the suitable word for this.

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So,

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As for example,

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if you take some example of this company,

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they have recently,

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in Tamil Nadu,

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there is a panchayat known as Tiruchendur,

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where they have installed some water management system,

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which they refer as AMRIT,

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A-A-M-R,

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AMR, I think it is AMR UIT.

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So this AMRIT system is installed in this,

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those panchayats for smart monitoring of the water quality and also the quantity,

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both way they monitor,

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right?

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So this is one example of the real time implementation of their product.

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So another is,

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there is a chemical industry in Tamil Nadu known as Gigi K.

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So there they have also installed a water management system which reduce the

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infrastructure cost for real-time monitoring over the SCADA.

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They were utilizing SCADA, but when CAR-IoT installed their own system,

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cost of real-time monitoring was reduced by 60%.

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What this real-time monitoring system do?

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They provide real-time data via cloud server, right?

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And it is accessible through web and also mobile device.

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You have to download an app, okay?

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And they enable you to observe or watch the ship based reports also.

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And the main advantage of implementing their system is that this system also alert

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you whenever there is some uncertainty like leak or quality deterioration in the

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treated water.

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So, they have a system of automated alerting.

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They can alert you whenever there is some vulnerability.

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And Car IOT has also installed a water billing and management system in Ganesh Tower,

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a shopping complex,

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right?

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And this is located in Tirupur.

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And the earlier system, that chemical industry is located in Tutikorin.

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Okay.

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So Ganesh Tower utilizes that where at first they will collect data for different

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types of water consumption.

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Then they install the pulse meter which can monitor the water use.

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And then they calculate the water consumption for each floor,

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each consumer and each commercial building if there are more than one.

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And after then due to their smart monitoring system,

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which they enabled by asking you to install an app into your tab or mobile or this

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desktop and through that they can analyze the data and you can understand where the

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weak point are and how much water cost is there to your organization.

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Okay.

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so this is another thing they have done so another company is their wastewater

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treatment plant it hex okay so in heck industry which is located in sri perumbadur

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here also they replace the skada system and the system which is installed in that

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the same system was installed in HECS also.

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HECS means H-E-C-S, HECS industry.

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So the same thing is done there.

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This is an organization which treats wastewater and supply to different consumers.

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So the reporting, the real-time reporting is now

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through their IoT product where sensors are connected through internet or rather I

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will say cloud to your app and which app when installed in mobile or desktop,

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you can monitor,

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analyze the entire water use of this wastewater treatment plant.

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So basically they are into innovative water

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management solution such that you can save not only money but also water because

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water is scarce as you see there are lots of climatic abnormality going on in our

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world and some place there are excess water and some places there is no water at

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all so they are trying to conserve water which is a very good thing and it is

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incorporated in the sustainable development goal fixed by the european union

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few years back okay and they have a large clientele lots of clients is there few of

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them i have already discussed this gigi cake chemical industry then ganesh tower

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shopping mall wastewater treatment plant by hex panchayat so there are many other

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system where their verticals are being used okay

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So I have not yet told you the name of that organization or startup which is

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working for the water industry for a long time now.

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And so basically their offering is that their main vertical is IoT enabled smart

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water management system that monitors the quality and quantity of water in real

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time

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for residential, commercial and industrial sector.

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Okay.

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So, this is the main objective of the company.

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Okay.

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So,

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yes,

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as I have said,

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they are located in this Tamil Nadu and they are very,

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they are quite old compared to other startups.

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Okay,

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I will not say that they are very old,

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but if I compare to the recent startup,

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which is a trend in the last five years,

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with respect to that,

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this startup is quite old.

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It is in the field for a long time.

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Okay, so the name of the organization is CARIOT.

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K-A-R-I-O-T.

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So this is the name of the organization.

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It is located in the Tamil Nadu.

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I have already said it.

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And the entire name of the organization is,

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which is recognized by the start of India is Car IoT Solutions Private Limited.

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So this is basically the name of the organization recognized by this

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total, I would say.

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Okay,

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so in short,

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I have discussed all the verticals,

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I have discussed about the projects which are already completed by them and also

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some case studies I have discussed with you.

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But now my point is that who are their opponents?

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Who can be the or with whom this company competes?

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That would be a good, meaningful sentence, I think.

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So their main competitor that I understood from the

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various data that is available in the market.

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Their main competitor is WEGOT and then Krishnam technologies

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Digital Eco Innovation,

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Vassal Labs and Ekattam and there are many more but directly they are competitor of

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this five organization.

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Why?

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Because we got also provide the IoT based water management and they are proprietary IoT devices.

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They are not sourcing it from any other organization like this our car IoT is doing.

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and they have been able to reduce the water demand by more than 50%.

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And if I take the example of Cripsnum Technologies,

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this startup offers water management solutions to government and bulk water issues

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using IoT-enabled ground sensors

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they also use the remote sensing and user input data they allow user can also input

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data for sustainable use of fresh water for agriculture and mainly agriculture I

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will say right but also for drinking purposes another one is digital eco innovation

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so this organization offer IoT and software powered management tool

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to transform plants from non-functional to treating 100% of sewage to high quality standards.

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So this person is already saving 20% energy and 50% labor cost.

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So another, the last one, last organization that can compete with Karoati in one vertical only

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It is Ekattwa.

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They also offer a water accounting service, right?

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And there are many more organizations, but they are loosely related with Card IoT.

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They are not direct competitors.

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But these five are more or less directly,

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they may be directly involved with Card IoT because both of them provide the same solution,

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right?

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so however this is the competition they have this card iot and which are the

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prospective client as you can understand from the case studies water treatment at

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distribution organizations big residential complexes gram plantations industries

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which use water as the raw material and

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various distribution companies,

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electricity distribution companies,

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because they need water also,

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but in a very smart way,

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right?

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So otherwise,

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the power generation can be altered,

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or if there is a leak of water within a thermal power plant,

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catastrophe can occur,

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accidents can occur.

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So that is why this DISCOM,

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DISCOM is a short form of distribution companies,

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but not only DISCOM,

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but GENCOM,

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generation companies,

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and TRANSCOM,

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transmission companies,

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they can also use the services of car IoT for their benefit.

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Because it will only prevent the accidents and abnormalities that may take place in

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these old water pipes.

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Because generally, government water treatment plant

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supplies treated water through very old pipes.

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What is the relation between pipe and electric wire?

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The analogy if you make with water pipe and electric wire,

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you will see more or less their shape,

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their properties are same,

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but their shape and size is different.

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also type is also different but the main property basic property of carrying water

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for pipes and carrying electricity for electrical wires are same okay so if uh

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there is any vulnerability is there if there is any abnormality in the water

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distribution then it must be detected very early that is why the services of iot

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could be very very useful right so this is more or less what i want to told you

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today and now i am planning to give a feature on some very popular startup working

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in the water field

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uh like today i have discussed about car iot and next week same day same time i am

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pondering i have not uh already planned but it is still in consideration but yes 90

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there is a chance that i will again discuss about some another innovative solution

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on which an organization is trying to profit

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and also which was installed in the last 10 to installments, started its operation in the last decade.

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Okay.

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So with this, I finish this podcast.

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Please comment.

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Please like if you like it.

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And you comment if you have any observations or objection with what I have told you.

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Thank you for now.

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Rather, thank you and bye for now.

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Sorry.

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So good day and goodbye.