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Smart City board pitches rebates, satellite leak scans and rain-harvest pilots to Copel council
Summary
The Copel Smart City Board recommended a three-part water strategy — a $150 smart-irrigation rebate, satellite-based leak detection and residential rainwater-harvesting pilots — and answered council questions about costs, pilot size and vendor options.
The Copel Smart City Board on April 28 recommended three programs to reduce residential and system water waste: a rebate of up to $150 for smart irrigation controllers and sensors; a satellite-based leak-detection service to find large buried main leaks; and pilots encouraging rainwater capture at household and HOA scale.
The board's chair, Deepak, told the council, “This is all about something we can't live without, water,” and framed the three recommendations as complementary fixes that target household irrigation, distribution-system loss and rooftop capture.
The proposal would pair a $150 per-household rebate for smart controllers with…
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