Davey TankSense

Introducing AI to tank water management 

Widget Brain and Davey Water Products have been working together on several projects before, like the Monsoon IQ™  and the Remote Start Firefighter. These products highlight top of the class IoT functionalities, but for TankSense we wanted to go a step further.

Joel Gresham GM Innovation and Design “When we spoke to customers who rely on rainwater for their home it became obvious they were missing one big piece of the puzzle. Most had no idea how much water they had in their tank, how much they were using, or how many days before they ran out. We developed TankSense to help people better manage this precious resource and give them some peace of mind that when they turn on the tap the water will be there.”

Berend Berendsen – Managing director APAC of Widget Brain: “TankSense is a great example of how AI technologies can be applied to real world cases helping to save water and make us all more conscious of our water usage. It’s a concrete example of AI improving everyday life.”

Making AI work specifically for TankSense™ 

What makes the AI application possible is a combination of sensor data from the TankSense sensor, historical usage data, rainfall predictions for the location of the tank and the size of the roof. The sensor monitors the water level in the tank and will provide a historical usage pattern over time. The algorithm will learn from past experiences to increase the accuracy of when the tank will run out of water. External data streams such as weather predictions and the roof size are used to enhance the algorithm even further.