Israel's Arad Group technician flies a drone as he demonstrates a fly-by system, collecting data from water meters, in a field near Tel Aviv October 19, 2009. Outside a small town near Tel Aviv, a pilotless drone aircraft with a three-foot (1-metre) wingspan collects data from hundreds of gauges. A single technician with a laptop monitors the flight from the ground and receives an instant picture of the town's system, including, he says, a house with a leaky toilet. A plane that reads water meters -- as well as a tiny turbine that can generate electricity from within water pipes -- are among technologies Israeli companies are developing to help save billions of dollars in water lost from leaky pipes. Picture taken October 19, 2009. Reuters Pictures 2 weeks ago

Israel's Arad Group technician flies a drone as he demonstrates a fly-by system, collecting data from water meters, in a field near Tel Aviv October 19, 2009. Outside a small town near Tel Aviv, a pilotless drone aircraft with a three-foot (1-metre) wingspan collects data from hundreds of gauges. A single technician with a laptop monitors the flight from the ground and receives an instant picture of the town's system, including, he says, a house with a leaky toilet. A plane that reads water meters -- as well as a tiny turbine that can generate electricity from within water pipes -- are among technologies Israeli companies are developing to help save billions of dollars in water lost from leaky pipes. Picture taken October 19, 2009.

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