Commercial Launch of Leakfrog
Commercial Launch of Leakfrog - domestic water leakage monitoring device



Qonnectis plc ("Qonnectis" or "the Company") is officially launching Leakfrog, its innovative product for detecting and measuring domestic water leaks. This follows Thames Water ("Thames") and Qonnectis agreeing a licence arrangement with respect to Thames' 50% interest in the Leakfrog intellectual property, which will allow the Company to market Leakfrog nationally and internationally.

Developed in partnership with Thames, and currently being rolled out by Thames as part of its Victorian Mains Renewal programme, Leakfrog allows water companies, for the first time, to monitor their domestic customers' homes for water leaks, using highly cost-effective and unique technology.

Leakfrog's main features include:

- Enabling water companies to widely monitor for "customer-side leakage” for the first time;

- Constant monitoring of homes for water leakage and wastage;

- Detecting and indicating the presence of leaks;

- Indicating exact magnitude of leak;

- Ease of integration with utilities' existing meter reading systems;

- Cost-effective, facilitating volume installations in homes;

Amongst Leakfrog's value-add benefits to water utilities and their customers is the ability to:

- Reduce water losses;

- Reduce subsequent damage to buildings;

- Accurately provide complete data for leakage levels all the way to customer use point;

- Enable water companies to improve efficiency and, for example, reduce the need to develop new water sources or reservoirs; and

- Benefit the environment in terms of preserving a precious natural
resource

Commenting on the launch of Leakfrog, Michael Tapia, Qonnectis' Chief Executive, said:

"Having undergone extensive tests and now volume adoption by Thames Water, Leakfrog is proven in the field. We are now looking to target all the other UK water companies, as well as overseas companies, with the aim of large volume throughout the water industry. Water is the world's most precious natural resource and its supply is increasingly under threat. As the need for water conservation becomes increasingly recognised we expect Leakfrog to have a major beneficial effect on water supply efficiency and Qonnectis' sales."