Pump works, booster stations, valve stations, water tanks, reservoirs etc. – before this life-giving liquid reaches the consumer, it has often traveled a long way from its source. Nowadays in Europe, all of the distribution systems listed above are often at least partially automated and supplied with electricity. The water network infrastructure is often distributed across a wide geographic area, and the connection of remote stations is not always optimal in terms of the traffic. Maintenance of such facilities often takes place according to fixed schedules and can take a lot of time. Service technicians may spend many hours traveling to perform required inspections or, in the case of emergencies, to reach the location of a problem. For example, local power outages test consumers’ patience: The affected equipment first needs to be located, and then maintenance personnel have to travel there – often just to manually reset a fuse.