Water utilities
Guided video for water utility operations
Network incidents are reported from many sources and prioritised with very little visual information. Guided capture gives the control room the same view as the person standing at the site.
No app. No account. No video call.

How can a water utility assess a reported incident before sending a crew?
The reporting customer, contractor or field operative is sent a guided link and prompted to record the location, the visible water, the asset involved and the surrounding access conditions. The control room reviews the case, prioritises it against other incidents, and sends the crew and equipment the situation actually requires.
Added value
What Service Video Experts does for water utilities teams.
Service Video Experts gives utility control rooms a visual, structured record of reported incidents — flow, asset, location and access conditions — so incidents are prioritised accurately and crews arrive with the right equipment and traffic management.
01
Accurate incident prioritisation
Severity is judged from what is visible, not from a caller's description.
02
Access planned in advance
Traffic, footpath and depth conditions are known before the crew is scheduled.
03
Reinstatement evidenced
Completion and reinstatement quality are reviewed centrally with dated evidence.
The typical situation
A reported escape is categorised from a phone description, and the crew arrives to find either a minor issue or a job that needs equipment they did not bring.
Who records the video
The reporting customer, a contractor on site, or the utility's own field operative.
What is captured
- Visible water, flow and spread
- Meter, chamber or hydrant condition
- Asset identification and location markers
- Traffic, access and safety conditions
- Structured questions on duration and impact
- Reinstatement and completion evidence
Service cases
What the service team receives.
Illustrative workflow views across the sectors we work in. Example content, not customer data.
Service case #5231
Water surfacing beside the footpath meter chamber

- Reported by
- Site contractor
- Location
- Bridge Street — Galway
- Asset
- Meter chamber and service connection
- Reference
- MC-11820
- Access
- Footpath, traffic management needed
- Owner
- Network control
Recommended next action
Category confirmed — crew scheduled with traffic management and repair collar
Service case #4821
Unit stopping after approx. 15 minutes

- Customer
- Martin Lewis
- Location
- Unit 14 — Manchester
- Asset
- Commercial heat pump
- Serial
- HP-84923
- Fault code
- E07
- Owner
- Remote support desk
Recommended next action
Technician visit required — bring circulation pump and temperature sensor
Service case #5107
Inverter offline since Monday morning

- Customer
- Beckers Logistics
- Location
- Roof array B — Eindhoven
- Asset
- String inverter 25 kW
- Serial
- INV-31204
- Fault code
- F13
- Owner
- Solar service desk
Recommended next action
Site visit scheduled — bring replacement DC isolator and string tester
Service case #5122
Water ingress above first-floor office

- Customer
- Harbour Facilities
- Location
- Block C — Rotterdam
- Asset
- Pitched tile roof — chimney flashing
- Section
- Rear slope, chimney line
- Reported
- After heavy rainfall
- Owner
- Roofing estimator
Recommended next action
Quote from video — no survey visit required before works
Service case #5149
Alarm panel showing fault at side entrance

- Customer
- Northgate Retail Park
- Location
- Gate 2 — Dublin
- Asset
- Alarm panel + entrance camera
- Serial
- AP-77210
- Indicator
- Zone 4 fault on keypad
- Owner
- Security support desk
Recommended next action
Resolved remotely — zone 4 contact reset on site, no dispatch needed
Service case #5168
Charge session stops at 3 minutes

- Customer
- City Fleet Services
- Location
- Depot bay 7 — Antwerp
- Asset
- 22 kW AC charge point
- Serial
- EVC-40911
- Fault code
- E-021
- Owner
- Charging support desk
Recommended next action
Technician visit — bring RCD module and type 2 socket assembly
Service case #5183
Combi oven tripping the breaker on start-up

- Customer
- Meridian Foods
- Location
- Main kitchen — Waterford
- Asset
- Commercial combi oven
- Serial
- OV-20884
- Fault code
- AL-07
- Owner
- Equipment service desk
Recommended next action
Right technician assigned — heating element and contactor pre-ordered
Service case #5204
Water running behind the kitchen unit

- Customer
- Ellen Doyle
- Location
- 14 Mill Lane — Cork
- Asset
- Kitchen waste and supply pipework
- Isolation
- Stopcock located under sink
- Reported
- Since yesterday evening
- Owner
- Service desk
Recommended next action
Engineer dispatched same day — bring compression fittings and flexible tails
Service case #5257
Damp patch spreading on bedroom wall

- Tenant
- Apartment 2C
- Location
- Riverside Court — Limerick
- Asset
- External wall, first floor
- Reported
- Worse after rainfall
- History
- Second report this year
- Owner
- Repairs coordinator
Recommended next action
Assigned to roofing trade first — no plumbing visit booked
Service case #5279
Warning light and rattle under load

- Customer
- Fleet account — Voss Transport
- Location
- Service reception — Utrecht
- Asset
- Light commercial van
- Identification
- VIN captured on video
- Indicator
- Engine warning lamp on
- Owner
- Service advisor
Recommended next action
Diagnosis slot booked — exhaust heat shield and sensor quoted in advance
Service case #5298
Vibration reported in nacelle during operation

- Operator
- Northsea Renewables
- Location
- Turbine 7 — coastal site
- Asset
- Nacelle drive train
- Serial
- WT-6042
- Indicator
- Vibration alarm logged
- Owner
- Technical support
Recommended next action
Specialist review before climb — lifting plan and spare coupling prepared
How the service team uses it
- Prioritise incidents against real severity
- Plan traffic management and access in advance
- Send the correct crew type and equipment
- Keep dated evidence for regulatory reporting
- Review reinstatement quality remotely
Operational outcomes
- Better incident prioritisation
- Fewer return visits for equipment
- Consistent site records
- Remote quality control of reinstatement
Outcomes depend on your own service operation. We do not publish savings percentages that have not been measured with you.
Two directions of video
Before dispatch, and from the field.
The same structured approach is used in both directions, with different capture steps.
01 Customer or site → Service team
- Service request received
- Guided video link sent
- Customer or site contact records
- Service team reviews
- Resolve remotely or dispatch correctly
02 Field technician → Head office
- Technician opens the job
- Guided capture on site
- Checklist and readings
- Before and after evidence
- Completion record reviewed centrally
Common questions
What service teams usually ask first.
- Does the customer or site contact need to install anything?
- No. They open a link on their own phone and are guided through the capture steps in the browser. There is no app to download, no account to create and no live video call to join.
- What happens if the recording misses something?
- The service team can request a specific follow-up — a particular angle, the serial plate or an additional answer — through the same case, without starting again.
- How long does it take to get started?
- Implementation starts with one workflow. We configure the capture steps, questions and checklist for that workflow, connect it to how your team already works, and extend from there once it is running.
- Is this software or a service?
- It is software, licensed by subscription, with implementation included. Your team uses the platform; the people who record — customers, site contacts, technicians — need nothing installed.
Related
Continue reading
- Remote visual inspection without an app or a live call
Carry out remote visual inspections with guided video and photos recorded on the customer's or technician's own phone. No app, no account, no scheduled video call.
- Pre-dispatch triage with guided video
Triage service requests on what the customer can show, not what they can describe. Guided video before dispatch across field service, equipment and technical support.
- Structured service documentation from the field
Video, photos, answers and checklist responses kept together as one structured service record instead of scattered across messages and notes.
- Field technician video to head office
Technicians record equipment condition, work performed, readings and completion through guided steps, reviewed centrally by the technical team.
Discuss your service workflow with us.
In 30 minutes we look at how requests arrive, how they are triaged and how work is documented today — and where guided video would fit.