Smart Water Meters to Be Rolled Out Across Grand Narbonne

The Grand Narbonne region has entered a ten-year partnership with Veolia and its subsidiary Birdz, along with the energy and digital syndicate Syaden and its mixed-economy company Siti11, to deploy a network of smart water meters. Beginning in 2026, 62,000 connected meters will be installed, eventually serving over 70,000 households across the territory.

The aim is to strengthen operational control of water distribution, enable remote meter reading, and allow quicker response to system faults. The contract is expected to generate annual revenue of around €1 million over its duration.

Birdz will install LoRaWAN “gateways” on public infrastructure to collect data from individual meter modules. The deployment will require permissions for provisional occupation of public domain sites to host these gateways.

This project is part of a broader 12-year, €260 million water and sanitation contract awarded to Veolia by Grand Narbonne, which covers over 68,000 users. Under that agreement, Veolia will aim for a network efficiency (leakage and non-revenue water) above 86 % and introduce advanced management tools such as reuse of treated wastewater, digital modelling of resources, and precise water quality monitoring.