Blogs February 20, 2025
The Critical Importance of Sewage Leak Detection
Sewage systems represent one of the most critical infrastructure components in urban and industrial environments. These systems ensure the efficient...
Blogs February 3, 2025
One Year On: The Story of POI 33197 and the Team Behind Its Success
One year ago, exactly, a single data point from space sparked a remarkable journey of discovery, challenge, and resolution in...
Blogs January 30, 2025
Racing Toward Sustainability: ASTERRA Zooms into 2025
Like the thrilling wrap on the Formula 1 season when Lando Norris sped to victory, ASTERRA finished 2024 in spectacular...
Blogs December 17, 2024
ASTERRA’s Asset Management Solutions Close Water Demand Gap
An article by the Water Industry Journal highlights the role asset management plays in closing the water sector’s gap between...
Blogs December 12, 2024
SAR imagery preprocessing for Vision Transformers
Author: Rita Zaslavsky What is SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)? Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is an advanced remote sensing radar system...
Blogs December 3, 2024
The Power of Mindset in Proactive Leak Detection
By Roy Zenou – UK Channel Sales Manager, at ASTERRA Recently, I had the privilege of visiting and collaborating with...
Blogs September 19, 2024
Analyzing Soil Moisture Risks from Space Through Large Datasets: A Comprehensive Guide
Introduction In the realm of machine learning, handling large datasets is a common yet challenging task. My passion for data...
Blogs July 2, 2024
What Does Climate Change Adaptation Mean to Me?
I recently attended a climate adaptation workshop focused on Civil Infrastructure in the UK. One question really stood out: "What...
Blogs June 6, 2024
ASTERRA Surpasses 1 Million MWH of Global Energy Savings
Transforming the future of our planet is not something ASTERRA and its customers take lightly. ASTERRA, together with our partners...
Blogs April 10, 2024
Tackling Water Loss, Climate Resilience, and Bringing Transformative Technologies to Spain
Spain is one European country seeing a steady increase in population growth, along with an uptick in urbanization. While scaling...
Blogs March 26, 2024
ASTERRA Forges New Trails and Expands to New Regions in 2024
We are three months into 2024, and the exponential growth ASTERRA experienced in 2023 continues. As the pioneer of sustainable,...
Blogs December 11, 2023
Redefining Urban Resilience: How Smart Cities Pave the Way for Better, Safer Citizens
It’s no secret that urban areas are growing, and the migration of more people creates strains on infrastructure and services....
Blogs November 20, 2023
ASTERRA technology and the development of Smart Cities
With the United Nations reporting that the world’s population reached 8 billion in 2022 – with over half that population...
Blogs November 16, 2023
ASTERRA’s Infrastructure Intelligence Efforts Toward the SDGs
ASTERRA solutions deliver water and infrastructure intelligence that drives global sustainability and has a laudable impact on Earth. We recently...
Blogs November 7, 2023
Major Disasters: Why We Can No Longer Tolerate Complacency or Reactive Strategies for Infrastructure Failures
The Reactive Approach Isn't Working Anymore Traditional infrastructure monitoring methods are proving inadequate. Far too often, issues remain undetected for...
Blogs September 26, 2023
ASTERRA’s Journey to 100k Leaks
As ASTERRA's success spread from one corner of the globe to another, we eagerly kept track of every leak we...
Blogs September 1, 2023
Mine Water Management: Effective Strategies for Mitigating On-Site Risks
Water is inseparable from mining. Environmental water around the mine can impact mine operations and safety. Conversely, the mine and...
Blogs August 21, 2023
6 Devastating Coal Mine Accidents Throughout History and Lessons Learned
Coal mine accidents can be devastating to operations and the lives of miners. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics places...
Blogs June 28, 2023
Learning from Dam Failures: Analyzing 5 Instructive Examples and Their Lessons
Dam Failures Are as Old as Dams, Themselves For as long as humankind has been building dams, dam failures have...
Blogs June 14, 2023
Road Infrastructure Planning: A Comprehensive Guide to Building Better Transportation Systems
Our Long-Traveled Roads Road infrastructure planning dates to at least 4000 BCE, when engineered roads were planned and built by...
Blogs June 5, 2023
ASTERRA Finds Sneaky Infrastructure Failures and Leaks Hiding in the Marshes
When it comes to tricky topography and ecosystems, using satellite leak detection solutions makes all the difference. This includes tidal...
Blogs May 18, 2023
Sinkholes, bridge collapses, and other disasters: Using EarthWorks to predict the failure of aged infrastructure that could lead to mass loss of life and property, and environmental destruction
One only needs to unlock their phone to see an image of a train derailment, a sinkhole that swallowed a...
Blogs March 14, 2023
Water Leak Detection Equipment: Pros and Cons
Water Leak Detection Methods The water leak detection methods that utilities deploy to detect underground system leaks can generally be...
Blogs February 16, 2023
How ASTERRA Solutions Work Across Several Industries
Who Is ASTERRA? ASTERRA is a company dedicated to observation and discovery in protection of the Earth, its people, and...
Blogs February 9, 2023
EO Discover: Environmental Metrics and ROI at Your Fingertips
When ASTERRA launched its EO Discover platform this month, the positive reviews began rolling in. For the first time ever,...
Blogs January 31, 2023
Water Line Leak Detection Methods: Classic vs Modern Solutions
Leak Detection Services for Different Industries Water line leak detection methods encompass a wide range of techniques, as leaks can...
Blogs January 24, 2023
Earth Observation: Solutions From ASTERRA
What Is Earth Observation? The most basic definition of Earth observation is as simple as it sounds: observing the planet...
Blogs January 23, 2023
ASTERRA Locates Leak Number 75,000 – A Milestone Worth Celebrating
When water pipeline leak detection crews across the globe finished their morning coffees, tugged on work boots, pulled on reflector...
Blogs December 16, 2022
Geospatial Analytics and EarthWorks: How It Works and Why It Matters
What Is Geospatial Analytics? When we talk about geospatial data, we’re talking about Earth observation data mapped to a location...
Blogs December 8, 2022
Trends in Water: What to Expect For 2023
The ripple effects of the global pandemic and a massive infusion of funds are guiding the trends in water for...
Blogs November 21, 2022
SAR Sensor, Remote Sensing, and ASTERRA: Advancing Geospatial Solutions with Synthetic Aperture Radar
What Is Synthetic Aperture Radar? Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is an “active” form of data collection, meaning that energy (a...
Blogs November 18, 2022
Levee vs Dam Technology: What are the Differences?
Levee vs Dam Technology Dams and levees each play a major role in making vast areas of the country habitable...
Blogs October 25, 2022
The Power of Water: Reducing Real Water Loss
Flowing water is unbelievably powerful. A small river can deeply etch rock into a canyon, turn an arid desert into...
Blogs October 19, 2022
Technology Spotlight on ASTERRA at WEFTEC
Just steps from the Mississippi River and the wrought iron balconies of the lively French Quarter in New Orleans, ASTERRA...
Blogs October 17, 2022
Tailing Dams Monitoring: What You Need to Know
Brumadinho is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, in the country’s mineral-rich southwest. In 2019, “Dam I”...
Blogs October 7, 2022
Infrastructure Monitoring and Maintenance: The Role of EarthWorks
Life, as we know it today, is made possible by vast networks of critical infrastructure for transportation, water management, resource...
Blogs September 20, 2022
What Causes Pipeline Damage?
Not far below the surface of our cities and neighborhoods, 2.2 million* miles of pipes carry about about 39 billion*...
Blogs September 7, 2022
What Is Soil Moisture Detection and Why Does it Matter?
If you want to learn the secrets of what’s going on just beneath the surface of the Earth, follow the...
Blogs August 9, 2022
EUSAR Conference and the Renaissance of L-Band SAR
EUSAR Conference 2022 Taking a deep dive into ASTERRA’s sensor of choice, Vice President of Research and Development, Yuval Lorig...
Blogs August 2, 2022
Netherlands Dikes and Levees: Effective Flood Defenses
Netherlands Dikes: 17,691 Kilometers of Flood Defenses The Netherlands has 17,691 kilometers of flood defenses and dikes, according to the...
Blogs July 18, 2022
International Water Association: Water Loss Conference
Always working to further the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), ASTERRA recently exhibited at the International Water Association’s Water...
Blogs July 12, 2022
Leak Detection In Italy: Examining Historic Infrastructure
The terrain of Italy, with its strong climatic, geomorphological, and cultural differentiation, vastly expands the challenges to creating sustainable water...
Blogs July 5, 2022
Creating Drought Resilience With Satellite Technology
Climate Change and Droughts Droughts are inevitable and becoming more frequent as a byproduct of climate change. Recently, the United...
Blogs June 28, 2022
ASTERRA’s ACE22 Experience: Part 2
ASTERRA's ACE22 Experience Part 2 In our ACE22 Experience: Part 1 blog, we shared how our work relates to space...
Blogs June 22, 2022
Space and ACE22: Part 1
Space and ASTERRA's ACE22 Experience Part 1 When you can see beneath the surface, you can sustain the world above....
Blogs April 28, 2022
A Walk Through a Historical Mine: How ASTERRA’s EarthWorks Protects the Environment
Check out our StoryMaps for more pictures and details. ASTERRA recently participated in the Worldwide Walk for Water and some...
Blogs March 15, 2022
AI Explained by ASTERRA’s Lead Data Scientist
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) by ASTERRA goes a long way toward simplifying water leak detection and infrastructure maintenance...
Blogs February 15, 2022
Using Geospatial Data To Support Sustainability
Building sustainable communities is impossible without the use of technology and geospatial data. There are countless organizations working to provide...
Blogs February 10, 2022
Infrastructure Resilience: Why Is Satellite-Based Leak Detection Critical?
Satellite-based leak detection is a critical tool for building resource and infrastructure resilience after natural disasters. This includes sustainable infrastructure...
Blogs January 4, 2022
Non-Revenue Water: Unmasking Real vs Apparent Loss
For utility managers to best select technology interventions to address water losses in their systems, it is important to understand...
Blogs January 3, 2022
ASTERRA: 2021 Year in Review
When Utilis said goodbye to 2020, we said hello to a whole new era. Let's take a look at the...
Blogs December 22, 2021
Finding Leaks: The Role of Satellite Leak Detection
The California Energy Commission (CEC) published a final project report entitled “Demonstrating Innovative Water Leakage Reduction Strategies” in June 2021. ...
Blogs December 14, 2021
Using Satellite Technology to Reduce Risk of Landslides
Landslides are a worldwide concern for numerous reasons. In Wales, the concern relates to the over 2000 coal tips that...
Blogs December 10, 2021
AWWA Features ASTERRA in Case Study About Subsurface Leak Detection
The American Water Works Association’s Journal AWWA recently featured a case study of the subsurface leak detection program in Henry...
Blogs October 29, 2021
WEFTEC in Review
Water industry leaders from across the globe gathered in the United States city of Chicago, Illinois at the 94th WEFTEC....
Blogs October 27, 2021
Imagine a Day Without Water
On a day without water, there is no water to drink, and you have not had a drink all day....
Blogs September 26, 2021
Source Water Protection: The Role of Leak Detection
ASTERRA is joining the American Water Works Association (AWWA) to mark the first ever Source Water Protection Week from September...
Blogs August 3, 2021
A New Brand and a New Era For Utilis
What’s In the Name Utilis? Utilis has been building our knowledge base continuously since our first commercial use in leak...
Blogs May 13, 2021
Rescue Dog Team Collaborates with Utilis to “Find Leak”
Every so often, we hear a rescue dog story that stops us in our tracks. The story of Vessel, a...
Blogs April 22, 2021
The Utilis Impact Calculator
For global development to be sustainable, potable water is a necessity. Utilis plays a key role in the maintenance and...
Blogs July 27, 2020
Passive and Active Sensors: Demystifying Satellite-Based Leak Detection
Satellites are outfitted with either active or passive sensors as a means of monitoring. Understanding each sensor’s purpose is vital...
Blogs June 15, 2020
The History of Radar: Demystifying Satellite-Based Leak Detection
Radar is a vital tool in this rapidly changing world. It has been used various in sectors such as the...
Blogs June 24, 2019
ASTERRA’s Top Tips for Reading Your Water Meter
Whether you’re a first-time homeowner or have owned your home for years, understanding how to read a digital water meter...
Blogs May 12, 2019
How to Find a Leak in Your House
Leaks Can Run But They Can’t Hide Water conservation has been in my blood for as long as I can...
