California Water Service : Cal Water Installs New Technology Aimed at Early Wildfire Detection
January 26, 2022 at 03:47 pm EST
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January 26, 2022 at 12:01 PM PST
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LOS ALTOS, Calif.-To support local fire departments in their life-saving efforts, California Water Service's (Cal Water) Los Altos District recently partnered with a company called Pano.AI to install a device that provides 360-degree hilltop imagery and generates automatic calls in the event of budding wildfires. The Pano.AI camera was installed on top of a water station in the Los Altos Hills.
To obtain that real-time imagery, the camera rotates 360 degrees every minute, capturing images that cover the entire field of view. The images are then stitched together into a 360-degree panorama, providing multiple users the ability to simultaneously pan, zoom, and play time-lapses in different directions. The device is also equipped with automated smoke detection, which is capable of identifying 95% of smoke plumes within 15 minutes, according to Pano.AI. Once smoke is detected, artificial intelligence is used to launch calls to Cal Water officials and local fire departments.
"As a water utility, we have a longstanding commitment to support first responders," Los Altos District Manager Dawn Smithson. "This early warning system uses artificial intelligence to alert firefighters quickly, before an incident gets out of control."
Cal Water serves approximately 70,100 people through 19,000 service connections in the Los Altos area and about 2 million people through 492,600 service connections in California. The utility has provided water service in the area since 1931. Additional information may be obtained online at www.calwater.com.
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California Water Service Group is a holding company that provides water utility and other related services in California, Washington, New Mexico, Hawaii and Texas through its subsidiaries. Its business is conducted through its operating subsidiaries and provides utility services. Its business consists of the production, purchase, storage, treatment, testing, distribution, and sale of water for domestic, industrial, public, and irrigation uses, and the provision of domestic and municipal fire protection services. It provides wastewater collection and treatment services, including treatment which allows water recycling. It also provides non-regulated water-related services under agreements with municipalities and other private companies. The non-regulated services include full water system operation, meter reading, and billing services. Non-regulated operations also include the lease of communication antenna sites, lab services and promotion of other non-regulated services.
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