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Water main burst with water gushing from a damaged pipe in muddy ground; Kaiserslautern Municipal Utilities emergency repair

15.04.2025

Minimising water losses in supply networks: RPTU launches a pilot project with SWK Stadtwerke Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern, 15 April 2025 – Losses caused by leaky pipe networks pose a major challenge for the water sector worldwide. According to estimates, 30 to 40 per cent of treated drinking water is lost. A research team at RPTU now aims to develop AI-supported methods for the rapid, automated and reliable detection and localisation of leaks in distribution networks. The “SmartWine” project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) with around 500,000 euros. Stadtwerke Kaiserslautern is involved as a partner from the field and will test the developed approaches in its water supply network.

A group photo of twelve people in front of an office building in Kaiserslautern, all in high spirits and dressed for winter

06.02.2025

SWK Stadtwerke Kaiserslautern establishes a new company for charging infrastructure

Kaiserslautern Municipal Utilities is joining forces with seven other municipal and local authority utilities from the region. Together, they have set up a new company, “Ladestationen Südwest GmbH & Co. KG”. This company will consolidate the e-mobility charging infrastructure and drive its development in the region.