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monitoring water networks
David KennyUK Regional Director, TaKaDu4th December, 2014www.takadu.com
Smart Water Networks - Vision and Paradigms
World Economic ForumGlobal risks 2014
“Water crises rank as the third highest concern. This illustrates a continued and growing awareness of the global water crisis as a result of mismanagement and increased competition for already scarce water resources from economic activity and population growth”World Economic Forum, Global risks 2014
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ERP
Billing
Water Quality
GIS
Integrated Water Network Management
Water Loss
Asset Management
Control Room
Customer Service
Work Order Management
A leak is born
A smart water solution detects, measures and locates it
A job is automatically raised, prioritised and scheduled
Automated street works approval!
The repair team arrive with correct plans and kit
Leak is repaired
Smart technology confirms that everything is back to normal
Fantasy network
Active leakage control
Speed and quality of repairs
Pipeline & assets management
Potentially recoverable real losses
Economic level of real losses
Unavoidable annual
real losses
Pressure management
Current annual real losses
Old paradigm
Good design
Basic technology
Poor monitoring
Inefficient maintenancePressure
management
Potentially recoverable real losses
Unavoidable annual
real losses
New paradigm
Monitored PMAs
Optimised maintenance planning
Advanced pressure management
Pressure management
Potentially recoverable real losses
Unavoidable annual
real losses
Old paradigm
‘Actively’ monitor nightline
Long awareness times
Slow location and Pinpointing
Active leakage control
Potentially recoverable real losses
Unavoidable annual
real losses
New paradigm
Near real-time alerting
Smarter leak locating
Active leakage control
Potentially recoverable real losses
Unavoidable annual
real losses
Old paradigm
Replace and rehabilitate
Disparate data sources
Huge effort to repeat
Pipeline & assets management
Potentially recoverable real losses
Unavoidable annual
real losses
New paradigm
Linking multiple data sources
Automated processes
Smarter planning
More efficient
Pipeline & assets management
Potentially recoverable real losses
Unavoidable annual
real losses
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Are older pipes worse performers?
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0-10 10-30 30-50 50-80 80+
Age vs repairs
all
repaired
x2
x1.5
x1/4
x2
%
Dataset: 19 DMAs; 28k pipes; 500 repairs
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20
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40
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Material vs repairs
all
repaired
x1.3
x1/5
Dataset: 19 DMAs; 28k pipes; 500 repairs
%
What is the best performing material?
x1/5
What are UK utilities saying?
“We are constantly looking for more efficient, innovative ways
to improve our services to make life even better” - Northumbrian
Water
“We will collect more real-time data from the water supply network and respond quickly to alerts” - Wessex Water
“By seeking out new technologies, innovative practices and driving further efficiencies we will be able to reduce the cost of leak detection and repair” - Portsmouth Water
“Deliver efficiencies from "Smart Networks... to optimise our productivity going forward. We are to invest significantly in asset performance monitoring... to gain an improved understanding of performance in real time” - Welsh Water
SaaS paradigm shift
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Set up in 5 weeks
No customer testing
Free upgrades
Free training
Web-based software
Unlimited users
Immediate notification
Water loss estimate
Benefits:• Early warning• Before customer call• Reduce water loss• Reduce detection time
Smart prioritisation
Smart prediction
Early burst detection
Is it real?
Better Customer Service
25% reduction
in customer complaints
Improved Efficiency
2/3 reduction
in repair cycle
In one utility in one year
1 Billion litres =
$2 million
Water Savings