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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Breakfast 20240604 05:12:00

To access all that data quickly on a digital map, on a phone or tablet. every single different asset is in a different colour, it then tells you the size and the voltage. here in northumbrian water s control room, that new map is being put to the test. i ve just got an alarm in for blythe. the north east s utility companies have all shared their underground plans with the government so that other companies can access them online. what we can do with newer is simply pan and redraw the area and refresh the data. within seconds we can get an updated map or plan. wow. how much of a difference is this going to make? in the field it will help keep our workers much safer than they were previously because better information, better access to information. and from consumers point of view and our customers point of view, the minimum amount of disruption and delay that we have associated with that, with maintaining the water network and keeping water flowing to our ....

Northumbrian Water , Control Room , Utility Companies , North East , Point Of View , Water Network ,

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News at One 20240604 12:27:00

And it s so dangerous. and working near this vital underground network can be perilous. this farm worker struck a gas pipe. blast. remarkably, he escaped unharmed. floods, power cuts and other disruption caused by these kinds of accidents cost the uk an estimated £2.11 billion every year. so every repair site is carefully mapped, but at the moment there s no one place to find all that information. i have a plan here for the gas, i have a plan here for the power grid, and i have a plan here for openreach. now, that is changing. workers on site will be able to access all that data quickly on a digital map, on a phone or tablet. every single different asset is in a different colour, it then tells you the size and the voltage. here in northumbrian water s control room, that new map is being put to the test. i ve just got an alarm in for blythe. the north east s utility companies ....

Gas Pipe , Farm Worker , Vital Underground Network , Repair Site , Power Cuts , 2 11 Billion , 5 11 Billion , Power Grid , Control Room , North East , Northumbrian Water ,