MICA offers a high‑resolution water flow sensor that attaches to a household meter and uses AI to disaggregate usage by activity, providing real‑time leak alerts and personalized conservation tips via a mobile app. For municipalities, the anonymized data are aggregated into dashboards that enable targeted drought‑response campaigns, demand forecasting, and policy decisions, while an elderly‑care module flags abnormal water‑use patterns to support senior safety.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Urban areas face increasing water scarcity due to climate‑driven droughts, while municipalities lack granular, real‑time data on domestic water use to design effective demand‑reduction policies. Households and elderly residents also miss timely feedback on water consumption patterns, leading to waste, undetected leaks, and reduced safety for seniors living alone.
Solution
MICA provides a high‑resolution water flow sensor that can be installed in a single household meter and, through AI‑driven analysis, disaggregates consumption by activity (e.g., shower, toilet, washing machine) with high accuracy. For cities, aggregated, anonymized data are delivered via dashboards that enable targeted drought‑response campaigns, evidence‑based policy making, and improved water‑demand forecasting. For individual households, a purpose‑built mobile app offers real‑time usage visualisation, leak detection alerts, and personalized conservation tips. The same sensor platform monitors routine water activity in homes of elderly residents, generating inactivity or anomaly alerts that inform families and social‑care providers while preserving privacy. The solution thus combines precise data capture, cloud‑based AI analytics, and user‑friendly interfaces to promote sustainable water use and enhance senior safety.
Target Audience
Primary customers are municipal water utilities and city governments seeking data‑driven drought management, as well as residential consumers and senior‑care organisations that need real‑time water‑use monitoring and leak detection.
Features
- Single high‑resolution flow sensor per household, compatible with existing smart meters
- AI models trained on >10,000 water events to classify usage by activity with ~90% accuracy
- Real‑time leak detection and instant push notifications to users’ smartphones
- Personalized conservation recommendations and habit‑forming insights delivered via a mobile app
- Anonymized, city‑wide dashboards for municipal planners to identify high‑impact user groups and design targeted campaigns
- Elderly‑care module that flags deviations from normal water‑use patterns, providing early warnings to families and care teams
- End‑to‑end data pipeline from sensor to cloud analytics, ensuring secure transmission and privacy compliance