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Water overflowing from a sewer during a flood.

Your Water In Crisis

FAILING
INFRASTRUCTURE

In many cities and towns, the hidden networks of pipes that bring safely treated water to your tap at home are leaking, breaking, and failing daily. What does this mean for freshwater resources?

    THE TRUE COST OF BROKEN PIPES

    Failing water infrastructure in cities and towns goes beyond mounting costs for ratepayers. It poses significant risks to public health, safety, and freshwater resources. Common leaks and breaks, like the 1,400 annual watermain breaks in Toronto, if undetected or unaddressed, can lead to severe issues such as flooding and contamination of source waters.

Urban Floodwaters

 

infrastructure iconTHE FACTS

The problems are more common than you know. In Toronto, there is an average 1,100 watermain breaks each year.

 

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Installation of new water pipelines in an urban construction site.

 

infrastructure iconTHE FACTS

What’s under your feet? There are around one million miles of water pipeline and aqueducts in the United States and Canada – that’s enough to circle the globe 40 times.

 

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A sudden water main break causing a high-pressure water geyser on a road.

 

contaminants iconTHE FACTS

Our pipes need immediate attention. Around 30% of Canada’s municipal water infrastructure (such as watermains and sewers) is in fair, poor, or very poor condition.

 

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Laptop screen displaying Cannforecast interactive map for real-time water quality monitoring.

TACKLING LEAKS AND BREAKS

For many municipalities, monitoring the health of drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure – much of which is underground – is a massive challenge. AquaHacking Challenge team CANN Forecast decided to help cities identify pipes that are vulnerable to leaks and breaks. Using AI technology, the team is offering InteliPipes, a system that is 10 times more accurate than traditional approaches to monitoring.

If a leaky pipe goes unnoticed and worsens, it could cause a dangerous sinkhole, contaminate the surrounding environment, or potentially flood homes or businesses. Our team wants to use AI to help municipal managers locate pipes that are vulnerable to leaks and breaks, and make informed, efficient decisions about when and how to repair, rehabilitate, or replace them.

NAYSAN SARAN

Co-Founder and CEO | CANN Forecast

Naysan Saran - CANN Forecast

WE CAN STILL SAVE FRESHWATER

Join the ripple effect and do your part to protect freshwater from dangerous pollution. There’s still time!