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How One City Cut Water Leaks by 70 Percent With Data
In this episode of The Productivity Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how São Paulo, Brazil, turned a chronic water crisis into a data-driven efficiency success story. Facing 40 percent water loss from leaky pipes in 2016, the city's utility company, Sabesp, deployed smart sensors, AI analytics, and real-time pressure management. The result: a 70 percent reduction in non-revenue water over five years, saving billions of liters annually. Lucas breaks down the technology stack—from acoustic sensors to machine learning algorithms—and Luna questions whether the model can scale to other aging…
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