Food & Beverage: The Water Management Solution for Your Industry

Challenges

The water challenges facing your sector

In the food and beverage industry, water accounts for up to 80% of inputs and is fundamental to food safety. That makes it subject to ever-tightening regulatory requirements.

Manual readings eat into your teams' time

Mandatory meter readings tie up your staff on repetitive, low-value tasks. Operators can lose up to 3 hours a day on readings alone, with real risk of errors that could jeopardize IFS/BRC certifications and more.

Fragmented reporting slows everything down

Regulatory requirements and the growing demand for non-financial reporting call for a consolidated view of water use across your operations. But between production lines and multi-product sites, pulling that data together can take weeks.

Ambitious targets, no tools to hit them

Food and beverage groups are setting bold water reduction targets to meet the expectations of consumers and retailers alike. Yet without consumption monitoring by production line, there's no way to identify where the gains are — or to link water use to material yield.

Features

Willie, your partner for lasting water performance

Automated remote reading, designed for food-safe environments

IoT sensors certified for food-contact environments and built to withstand harsh conditions (steam, detergents)
Non-invasive installation that respects your production zones and HACCP protocols24/7 automatic readings across all your points: process water, cooling towers, CIP/COP circuits, and discharge

Direct data exports for your CSRD reports and carbon footprints

Operational dashboards and automated reporting

Instant multi-site, multi-line consolidation in purpose-built management dashboards
One-click generation of your CSRD reports with standardized indicators

Compliance and production continuity, guaranteed

Drought management plans auto-generated in 30 minutes, with intelligent prioritization of critical water uses
Active monitoring of drought orders with geolocated alerts by water basin, plus pre-built restriction scenarios designed to protect food safety
Monthly DREAL declarations generated automatically

Tech

The Willie formula

The remote reading module

Infrastructure that's genuinely plug-and-play

Installed once, in under 5 minutes — no wiring or plumbing required

Compatible with all pulse-output meters, no intermediate gateway needed

Non-intrusive: no drilling, no welding

Built to last: 10-year battery life and IP68 protection rating

Connectivity: LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, and 4G
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Hardware

The SaaS platform

Monitoring, alerts, and compliance — all in one place

Data refresh every 15 minutes (GDPR-compliant)

Multiple configurable alerts: leaks, threshold breaches, overnight anomalies, budget overruns…

Customizable management dashboards and multi-site modelling

Exports and integrations with your ERP or BMS tools via open API

Guaranteed availability and uptime for your SLA

AI-assisted management support for better anticipation of budget and contractual drift

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Software

Recap

From reactive firefighting to confident control

before Willie

Time-consuming manual meter readings

Complex multi-site management with scattered data

Painful, time-consuming reporting

No real-time visibility, limiting responsiveness and budget control

Poorly equipped to handle drought alerts or water restrictions
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with willie

Real-time remote meter readings

Consolidated multi-site view enabling economies of scale

Reports and summaries generated in a few clicks

Customizable dashboards for real-time oversight

Regulatory anticipation through geolocated alerts and continuous monitoring

Food & Beverage: Water Management That Works as Hard as You Do

They trust us

Rock-solid results. From day one.