Hydrometrix Technologies

What Hydrometrix Technologies does

Hydrometrix Technologies (Pty) Ltd. is a privately held South African utility management services company founded in 1998 and headquartered in Stellenbosch, Western Cape. The company delivers specialist field services and technology solutions to municipalities, water utilities, and industrial clients across Southern and sub-Saharan Africa, with project work extending to nine countries including Botswana, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Mongolia. Its core service lines cover underground services location and mapping (using Ground Penetrating Radar, sonic surveys, and electromagnetic location), underground leak detection, water network optimization, field asset auditing, revenue enhancement and protection, and remote monitoring and reporting.

The company's technology stack combines proprietary platforms with partner technologies. inflowsys™ is a cloud-hosted water network optimization and analytics platform, and inflowsense™ Edge devices capture high-frequency pressure measurements, both distributed under an exclusive sub-Saharan Africa license from UK-based Inflowmatix acquired in 2021. CPIS™ (Cumulative Pressure Induced Stress) is a patented analytical metric, developed with Imperial College London, that correlates pressure variability with burst rates. PortAir™ is Hydrometrix's proprietary SaaS mobile and web platform for time-stamped field asset auditing and data collection. The company also distributes complementary monitoring products from Nivus, Senapsis, Superior Signal, and Ashridge.

Hydrometrix operates a sales-led, enterprise field-sales motion targeting B2B and government clients, delivered through fully-staffed end-to-end engagements with professional engineer management. Revenue derives from a mix of professional services (project-based leak detection and mapping), recurring SaaS subscriptions (PortAir™), and licensing/royalty arrangements (Inflowmatix products). Track record metrics include 70,000 km of municipal water reticulation surveyed, 80,000 leaks located, 166 million litres of water saved per day, and a reported 5–8x financial return on leak detection services. The company holds GDPR and CCPA-aligned privacy compliance and was recognized with the Institute of Water Award in 2020.

Name

Hydrometrix Technologies

Legal name

Hydrometrix Technologies (Pty) Ltd.

Website

https://hydrometrixtechnologies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hydrometrix Technologies is a South African utility management services company that delivers underground utility detection, leak detection, water network optimization, and field asset auditing to municipalities, water utilities, and industrial clients across sub-Saharan Africa.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Utility Management Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Totalizing Fluid Meter and Counting Device Manufacturing (334514), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360)

SIC

Totalizing Fluid Meters & Counting Devices (3824), Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEUADAPAK

Water & Wastewater Utility IoT (SCADA, Leak/Quality Monitoring)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Electric Transmission & Distribution (T&D)/Energy IoT & Smart Grid/Utilities Edge

SECONDARYAFAAACAK

Monitoring, Metering & Flow Measurement (Meters, Pressure/Flow Gauges, Telemetry)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Equipment & Technology/Irrigation & Water Management Systems (Pumps, Drip, Sprinkler)

Keywords

• Water network optimization
• Leak detection services
• Underground utility mapping
• Field asset auditing
• Utility management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Cape Town

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Utility Management Services: Professional services for underground services location and mapping, underground leak detection, water network optimisation, field asset auditing, revenue enhancement and protection, and remote monitoring and reporting. Services delivered as fully-staffed end-to-end solutions or SaaS.
2. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS): PortAir™ mobile app and cloud data hosting offered as Software-as-a-Service solution for in-house data collection. Recurring subscription model for enterprise-wide data availability.
3. Water Network Optimisation Technology: Partnered with Inflowmatix to offer inflowsys™ platform and inflowsense™ Edge devices for water network optimisation across sub-Saharan Africa. Patented technologies licensed for network monitoring and analytics.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hydrometrix Technologies provides utility management services for water networks, combining proprietary technology platforms (inflowsys™ analytics, inflowsense™ Edge pressure sensors, PortAir™ data management) with specialized field services including underground leak detection, utility location and mapping, revenue enhancement and protection, field asset auditing, and remote monitoring. The company delivers fully-staffed, end-to-end solutions targeting municipalities, water utilities, and industrial clients primarily across Southern and sub-Saharan Africa.

Product overview

Hydrometrix Technologies offers a unified portfolio of utility management services for water networks, combining proprietary technology platforms with specialized field services. The core technology stack comprises inflowsys™ (water network optimisation analytics platform) and inflowsense™ Edge (high-frequency pressure measurement devices), powered by proprietary CPISTM analytics developed in partnership with Inflowmatix and Imperial College London. Supporting this platform is PortAir™ (field asset auditing and data collection mobile app), alongside a comprehensive suite of field services including Underground Services Location & Mapping, Underground Leak Detection, Revenue Enhancement & Revenue Protection, Remote Monitoring & Reporting, and Field Asset Auditing. The company also distributes complementary products from Inflowmatix, Nivus, Senapsis, Superior Signal, and Ashridge. Services utilize advanced detection methods including Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), sonic surveys, electromagnetic location, and transient pressure logging at 1000 readings per second.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• inflowsys™: Award-winning water network optimisation and management platform providing analytics for network dynamics insights.
• inflowsense™ Edge
• CPISTM
• PortAir™

Products and services

• inflowsys™ Platform Award-winning water network optimisation and analytics platform providing secure cloud-hosted modelling and analytics for water utilities, delivering insights into network dynamics and pressure variability behaviour. Patented in the UK, EU, US and China.
• inflowsense™ Edge High-resolution pressure measurement devices for digital monitoring, managing and analysing transient pressure data in water networks, featuring intelligent autonomous edge analytics and CPISTM technology with low-cost, high-accuracy pressure management.
• PortAir™ Proprietary web-based data management platform and mobile application for field asset auditing and data collection, providing time-stamped attribute data systematically gathered and uploaded directly to a cloud data portal. Available as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution.
• Underground Services Location & Mapping Non-intrusive underground utility detection services using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), sonic surveys and electromagnetic location to map metallic and non-metallic pipelines and cables. Deliverables include 2D or 3D AutoCAD drawings and GIS shapefiles for construction, mining, pipeline servitudes, and infrastructure asset management.
• Underground Leak Detection Full-service specialist underground leak detection and repair for municipal, commercial and industrial water reticulation networks. Includes GIS-based web platform for leak location recording and repair progress analysis, with reported financial return of 5 to 8 times the cost of service.
• Water Network Optimisation Integrated water network optimisation service combining the inflowsys™ analytics platform with inflowsense™ Edge pressure sensors and CPISTM analytics to reduce burst frequency, extend asset life, and improve network efficiency for utilities.
• Revenue Enhancement & Revenue Protection Comprehensive utility meter audit services including visual, targeted and remedial meter audits to eliminate losses from theft, leakage and inadequate meter information systems, with hardware and software solutions for data capture and analysis.
• Field Asset Auditing End-to-end field asset auditing and data gathering solutions using rugged mobile, GPS, barcode and camera technologies, with PortAir™ SaaS option available for in-house data collection. Track record includes 55,000 water meter audits and 140,000 electricity meter audits.
• Remote Monitoring & Reporting Turn-key remote monitoring services for water flow, pressure and level data supporting temporary and permanent applications across river abstraction systems, bulk pipelines, water networks, storage facilities and environmental monitoring stations. Includes web-based data portal with multi-user access.

Quantifiable outcome

• 166,000,000 litres of water saved per day
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• InflowmatixcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2021Strategic partnership with exclusive distribution rights for Inflowmatix products across sub-Saharan Africa (acquired 2021). Inflowmatix provides the award-winning inflowsys™ analytics platform and inflowsense™ Edge pressure measurement devices. Inflowmatix and Imperial College have established direct correlation between CPISTM and burst rate.
• Imperial College LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOn-going IP flow from Imperial College R&D for water network optimisation technologies. Academic partnership contributing to patented CPISTM analytics and network stress correlation research.
• SUEZflagshipTechnology or IntegrationWorldwide adoption of inflowsys™ water network optimisation platform by SUEZ, demonstrating international enterprise deployment of the technology.
• PortAircoreTechnology or IntegrationPortAir is Hydrometrix's proprietary data management platform for field asset auditing. The platform is available as SaaS solution with cloud data hosting and enterprise-wide data availability.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mueller Water Products: North American incumbent supplying water infrastructure products and increasingly smart network solutions for utility customers. Competes broadly with Hydrometrix's water utility offering.
• Itron: Large smart-metering and utility analytics vendor with a dedicated water portfolio. Competes with Hydrometrix in advanced metering infrastructure and water utility analytics.
• Xylem: Global water technology major with smart metering, network analytics, and leak detection solutions (including Sensus and Pure Technologies). Competes with Hydrometrix in the broader water network optimisation and smart water market.
• Badger Meter: Established manufacturer of flow measurement and metering products for water utilities. Comparable to Hydrometrix in the metering and AMR component of its portfolio.
• Veolia: Global environmental services group with significant water utility operations, digital water solutions, and NRW reduction offerings. Overlaps with Hydrometrix in target customer segments and service portfolio.
• SUEZ: Global water and waste management operator with technology and consulting arms. SUEZ is a worldwide adopter of Inflowmatix's inflowsys™ and competes with Hydrometrix across broader water network services.

Direct peers

• Gutermann: Specialist in acoustic leak detection and zone monitoring for water networks. Operates in the same leak detection and NRW reduction niche as Hydrometrix's underground leak detection service.
• Inflowmatix: UK-based water network optimisation technology provider that built the patented inflowsys™ platform and inflowsense™ Edge devices. Hydrometrix is Inflowmatix's exclusive sub-Saharan distribution partner and heavily relies on its IP stack.
• Radiodetection: Specialist in cable and pipe locators, including ground penetrating radar and electromagnetic detection. Competes directly with Hydrometrix's Underground Services Location & Mapping service.

Emerging players

• FIDO Tech: Emerging AI-based leak detection technology provider for water utilities. Overlaps with Hydrometrix's leak detection and NRW reduction services, particularly in the smart/AI-enabled segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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