ITU Workshop on
“ICT as an Enabler for Smart Water Management”
(Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013)
Utilization of ICT for Enhanced Water
Resources Management
&Monitoring Networks at MWRI
Ayman Ibrahim,
General Director for Studies and
Projects , Telemetry, MWRI
ayman16@hotmail.com
ayman16@mwri.gov.eg
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Challenges
Limited Water Resources Increased
Population, Share 55.5 billion m3
/year according to the 1959
Agreement
Population increase, thereby increasing
the requirements of drinking water
Industry growth
9 million acres cultivated area
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Challenges
Pollution & Water Quality
deterioration
Horizontal Expansion Plan
National Programs adopted by the State
to increase the cultivated area in the
near future (reclamation and cultivation
of 3.4 million acres)
Conflicts between users
Illegal Agricultural Land
Agricultural Policies
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To face these challenges
Improving the overall water use
efficiency in order to minimize the
losses out of the system and
distributing the available water for
agriculture in an equitable way.
Improved planning and management
procedures are key measures
generally prescribed to make the
optimum use of the available water
resources.
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To face these Challenges
Satisfying future demands in Egypt will
highly depend on better utilization and
efficient use of present water
resources.
Development of additional water
resources
Re-use of agricultural drainage water,
Groundwater,
Rain and storm water
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To face these challenges
The Egyptian Ministry of Water
Resources and Irrigation MWRI is
currently adopting the Integrated
Water Resources Management IWRM
approach and also actively involved
in National Water Policy which is also
based on integrated water
management.
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‫شبكة الرى بجمهورية مصر العربية‬
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‫طول شبكة الترع‬
‫طول شبكة المصارف‬
‫عدد محطات الطلمبات‬
‫عدد محطات الطوارئ‬
‫عدد اآلبار الحكومية‬
‫‪ 33000‬كم‬
‫‪ 20000‬كم‬
‫‪1600‬‬
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‫‪200‬‬
‫شبكة الترع فى مصر‬
‫إدارة ‪2‬‬
‫القنطرة الفاصلة‬
‫إدارة ‪1‬‬
‫نهر‬
‫النيل‬
‫مسقى‬
‫هندسة رى‬
ICT & Water Resources
The Information technology,
Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition SCADA Systems,
telemetry, Remote Sensing and
automatic control systems are
disciplines that highly contribute in
achieving such MWRI goals to face
Limited water resources challenges.
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ICT & Water Resources
A main engine to achieve such goals
and face these challenges is the
availability of accurate and
continuous (real time) water related
data about the behavior of the
irrigation system. This will help
decision makers and water
distribution managers take the
appropriate and right decisions at
the right times.
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ICT & Water Resources
Information technology and rapid
development of communication
systems definitely help implement
such IT systems in a very cost
effective way.
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Monitoring Networks
During the last few years the
Ministry of Water Resources and
Irrigation has adopted many
programs that aim to establishment
of different monitoring networks that
provides real time data on water
quantity and water quality.
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‫الهدف من أعمال الرصد واملتابعة‬
‫التحقق من وصول املياه لكل أجزاء الشبكة‬
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‫عدالة توزيع املياه كما ونوعا‬
‫استالم الحصة عند مداخل االدارة أو الهندسة ‪check‬‬
‫‪points‬‬
‫وجود قاعدة بيانات تفيد فى اتخاذ القرارات املستقبلية وتطويرالرى‬
‫والسياسات املائية‬
‫الحد من النزاعات بين املنتفعين‬
‫عدم حدوث غرق أو جفاف‬
Telemetry Monitoring Network
Implementation of water level
monitoring network at the main
irrigation structures along the Nile
River and main canals. This
monitoring system covers now 103
sites on the Nile barrages and main
canals and some second order
canals.
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Monitoring Network
The network design key elements include:
Selection of the sites locations where
monitoring is required
Identification of the parameters to be
measured at each site.
Identification of the frequency of
measurement
Naming of the involved partners .
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Telemetry System Components
At Sites:
Data Logger
GSM/GPRS Modem
Water Level Sensors
Power Supply
Solar Cell & Battery
NEMA Box
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Telemetry System
WIRELESS
TELEPHONE
GSM
Modem
Battery
GSM Modem
Office
Water Flow
USWL Sensor
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DSWL Sensor
Irrigation Structure
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Telemetry System Components
At Irrigation Directorates
GD
Water Distribution Manager
Telemetry Department
Computer System Equipped with S/W and
GSM/GPRS modem
At Ministry Center
Servers and GSM/GPRS Modems
equipped with needed S/W
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Data Monitored
Measured
Up Stream Water Level
Down Stream Water Level
Temperature
Battery Voltage
Pump Units Status On/Off
Calculated
Pump Working Hours
Water Flow
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Data Types
Real Time Data
Historic Data
Communication
Dedicated APN Access Point Name
Supports up to GPRS - Edge
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‫قراءة البحاري و القراءات المسجلة لمنسوب الخلف‬
‫يوم ‪ 18‬مايو‬
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‫قراءة البحاري و القراءات المسجلة لمنسوب االمام يوم‬
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GSM Based System
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Pump Monitoring
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Warning System Example
Ahnasi pumping station is main
drainage pumping station at Bani
Suef Directorate.
Maintaining the
water level is primary concern.
The designed water level value at
upstream pumping station is 23
meter, however, at some times it
reaches 25 meter.
Reaching this
value for long period of times is very
harmful for the irrigation bodies and
may end up with floods and possible
damage of drainage banks.
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‫نظام االنذار بمحطة طلمبات صرف اهناسيا‬
‫المحافظة على مستوى المياه في المحطة لتجنب الفيضانات‪.‬‬
‫المشكلة تظهرعند توقف أحدي الوحدات عن العمل لفترة‬
‫معينة من الزمن فأن مستوى المياه يرتفع فوق قيمة المنسوب‬
‫التصميمي و هو ‪ 23‬مترا ‪ ،‬ولكن في بعض األوقات يصل‬
‫إلى ‪ 25‬متر‪.‬‬
‫ان نظام االنذار سوف يقدم رسالة لإلنذار المبكر لتفادي‬
‫الفيضانات التخاذ ما يلزم من اجراءات‪.‬‬
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‫نظام االنذار بمحطة طلمبات صرف اهناسيا‬
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‫نظام االنذار يمكن تحقيقه محليا بواسطة صفارة إنذار و عن‬
‫بعد عن طريق خدمة الرسائل القصيرة على الهاتف الجوال‬
‫وبعد هذا اإلنذار المبكر من العمليات المساعدة في عملية‬
‫صنع القرار و تقليل آثار المشاكل في وقت مبكر و تحديد‬
‫اإلجراءات التي يمكن اتخاذها لخفض البوابات واستخدام‬
‫بدائل أو تسريع عملية الصيانة للمحطة‪.‬‬
‫هذا النظام سوف يساعد صانعي القرار أيضا من خالل تقديم‬
‫بعض القرارات البديلة في مثل هذه الحالة‬
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Water Quality Monitoring
Water quality monitoring system
includes 25 sites located along the
Nile River and main canals and
drains. The measured data includes
Dissolved Oxygen ,
PH,
Conductivity and
Turbidity
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IQ 2020 Data Logger System
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HMI at Site
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Communication System
Dial Up Data SIM
Pay as you Go
Only SIM at the center pays bill
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Lake Nasser Evaporation Monitoring
Network
Number of sites : 8 sites distributed
along lake Nasser
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Measured Parameters
Net Radiation
Wind Speed at 2m & 4m
Wind Direction at 2m & 4m
Water Temperature at different Depths
Surface
2m
5m
10m
15m
20m
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Measured Parameters
Humidity at
2m
4m
Air Temperature at
2m
4m
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Communication System
APN GPRS/Edge
Satellite
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Satellite
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2 Km US High Aswan Dam Station
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240 Km US High Aswan Dam Station
Toshka
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280 Km US High Aswan Dam Station
Abo Sambel
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Main User Interface Screen
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Water flow Monitoring system
Water flow monitoring system
include 30 sites located at IWMDs in
Gharbyia, Behra and kafr El Sheik
directorates
The measured data is directly water
flow via ultra sonic flow sensors
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Water flow sites
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Conclusions and Recommendations
The Ministry, to
some extent, has
achieved many of
the planned goals
by implementing
such monitoring
networks.
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Even though of the
great benefits
provided by these
monitoring
networks, more
effort towards
optimizing its
operation is still
required.
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Conclusions and Recommendations
The areas of the
needed efforts
could be
summarized as
follows:
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Information technology
part of the system that
will utilize the huge
collected data. A reliable
Information system
design is a need at this
stage of the project. The
system design should
carefully define data
flows among different
users.
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Conclusions and Recommendations
This should also
include design and
implementation of
Decision Support
System DSS to
support decision
makers at different
management levels
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The existing water
level monitoring
network should be
generalized to
allow monitoring of
water flows and
water volumes to
follow Ministry
policies related to
water volume
based allocation.
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Conclusions and Recommendations
The existing
monitoring network
should be extended
to cover the key
points at the
irrigation network.
In order to achieve
the Ministry
integrated approach
in water resources
management,
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These monitoring
networks should be
linked together.
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Conclusions and Recommendations
Utilize the data
collection network to
build a remote
control system
Design for irrigation
structures for
possible
generalization.
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design of sustainable
Geographical
Information
System GIS Decision
Support System DSS,
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