Trends in the water industry
Towards a Smart Water Network
Agenda
1. Market Context
2. Smart Water Networks
3. Some Examples
4. The Road Ahead
5. Conclusions
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Why are we here today?
Regulation compliance
Accurate planning
Reduce leakages
Reduce GHG
emissions
Increase distribution efficiency
Replace/upgrade infrastructures
Energy optimization
Develop new source water supply
Retain workforce knowledge
Ensure infrastructure security
Reduce operational costs
Etc….
Increase customer satisfaction
Improved decision making
Main Drivers
Ensure water
supply
Ensure water
quality
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Ensure water
efficiency
Ensure business
efficiency
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Context:
●The total energy consumption of US water utilities is estimated to be
56 billion kWh equating to $4 billion annually in OPEX (EPA)
●Between 5-10 billion Kw/h of power generated in the US is spent
in water that is either leaked or not paid for by customers
(AwwA)
●In developing countries, about 45 million cubic meters are lost daily
through water leakage in the distribution networks —enough to
serve nearly 200 million people (WB).
●Energy prices increase at a faster rate than water tariffs meaning
reduced margins for water utilities.
●Etc…
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The case for Water
Energy represents a significant cost
component for water plant operators
OPEX
of the total
operating cost is
Energy
(mostly electricity)
Energy savings provide a real cost
saving opportunity
In an environment of rising costs but
steady water prices, Energy savings
become a MUST
Source:
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Improving efficiency
↑ CAPEX for improving efficiency: i.e. pipe
replacement, installation of VSP,… Fine, but:
• High amounts
• Budgetary
constraints
• Approval periods
• Implementation
periods
Current IT capacity is not used at a 100%
• Projects are not
aligned
• Data silos
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• Not getting the best
out of the
investments
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Smart Water Networks – Business
Rationale
● General Context: Water utilities must maintain / improve supply & quality
efficiency and achieve business’ profitability while facing and promoting
a reduction in the overall water consumption and assuming fixed,
low water prices.
● General Solution: Mitigation of operational expenditures through
improved efficiency levels in their key processes.
● Smart water networks solutions’ contribution: Constant
improvements in technology allow faster and better data analysis that can
turn into a reduction of operational costs and improved efficiency (vs.
traditional CAPEX approach)
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Agenda
1. Market Context
2. Smart Water Networks
3. Some Examples
4. The Road Ahead
5. Conclusions
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Smart Water Networks
Smart Water Networks solutions improve the
efficiency, longevity, and reliability of the underlying
physical water network by better measuring,
collecting, analyzing, and acting upon a wide
range of network events.
Source: SWAN – Smart Water Networks Forum (www.swan-forum.com)
Use of information technology
to optimize the utility’s capacity at a minimum CAPEX cost
Data
Information
Decisions
Actions
More
Better
Accurate
Smarter
SWN Solutions
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What?
Integration Approach
Integrating third-party software products with self-developed tools for
complex architectures
Decision Support
Presentation Layer and
CRMweb
/ Billing
CIS
Mobile Apps
CIS / CRM
ERP
Executive
Reports
Business
Analysis
GIS
Cybersecurity
Data
Warehouse
EBS- Enterprise Integration Bus
WMS
DMS
SCADA
MES
MDM
Distributed Digital IP
Communications Network
Real Time Integration Bus
Critical Tasks
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AMI
Meters
Feder
Devices
IT Management (One Stop Shop)
Enterprise
SUB
Devices
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What
?
Water
Smart Water Network
Water
EAM
GIS
Vertical
Solutions
CMMS
Asset Management
WOM
Workforce Management
DMS
CIS
Customer Portal
WMS
Energy Optimization
Leackage Management
Water Quality
Resources
Management
CRM/BIlling
MDM
Hidraulic Models
SCADA
AMI
ESB
Enterprise Service Bus
Cross
Solutions
IT Services
Infrastructure
&Equipment
ERP
Supply Change & Procurement
Financial Management
HumanResources
Facilities Management
Hosting
RTUs
Cloud
Services
DWH
Analytics
Big Data
Business Intelligence
IT Monitoring and
Administration
Protection &
Measurements
IT Consulting
Cybersecurity
Electrical Equipment
Primary and Secondary MV Switchgear,
Overhead Reclosers and Sectionalizers
Mobility
Operation
Substation
Automation
Service Desk
Power Quality
Weather Forecasting
SaaS
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Energy Efficient Management
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SWN - Fundamentals
●Smart Water Network’s fundamentals - The 3 I’s:
●Information: Realizing the full potential – Use
information that you might not even know you have
●Integration: Make the best out of current investments
- SWN are able to make the best of the current IT installed
base
●Innovation: The constant future – Flexibility to take
over the utility’s challenges as they come.
Phase 1
Information
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Fase 2
Integración
Fase 3
Innovación
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Benefits (or what you might be missing)
●Operational
●More information for carrying out O&M activities
●More accurate information for carrying out O&M activities
●New functionalities not available otherwise
●Optimization of the existing infrastructure and resources
• Business
– Improved decision making
– Streamlining OPEX and reduction / better planning of
CAPEX needs
– Better ROI (existing investments)
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Agenda
1. Market Context
2. Smart Water Networks
3. Some Examples
4. The Road Ahead
5. Conclusions
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Example 1 – Belo Horizonte - Brazil
- Utility Name: Copasa
- 12.1 million people served (3.1 Belo Horizonte) - Improved response on
outage events
- Over 25000 miles of distribution pipes
- (↓14% outage times)
SCADA
Maintenance
- Improved maintenance
policies
- (↓33% repair times)
Operational data
Maintenance
Data
Real time data
Simulated data
Predicted data
GIS
Hydraulic Model
Geodata
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- Improved network control
- Improved planning
- Improved public image
- Increased ROI on all these
investments
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Example 2 – Madrid - Spain
- Utility Name : Canal Isabel II
- 6 million people served
- Over 9 000 miles of distribution pipes
SCADA
Maintenance
Work Order
- Improved planning
- Company wide
automated business rules
Alarms
Maintenance
Data
Real time data
+
Simulated data
Hydraulic Model
- Improved network
control
GIS
- Improved Maintenance
Policies
- Improved service levels
- Improved ROI on all
these investments
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Information’s Islands
● Company: Anglian Water (UK)
● Strict regulation
● Bigger company in UK
● 6% waterloss
● 4.3 millions of clients
● 112.833 km pipeline
● Maintenance minimal losses
Corporate
Business
Intelligence
Customer
Information
Systems
GIS
● Reduce fines
WMS
Maintenance
Systems
Hydraulic
Models
ERP
● Ofwat report
SCADA
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- Severn Trent: 35.8M£
- Thames Water: 9.7M£
OFWAT
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The best ROI
● Company: Kahramaa (QT)
● 1.4 mill. clients
● 2500 km pipeline
● 100% desalation water
● NRW initial 57%
● Target: Water all day 7x24
● Production 360 Mm3/year
Services + Technology = ↓NRW more than 50%
● 2320 olympic pool / year
● 50% plant production
● More Eficiency Company in GCC
Ahorro 14M€/año =
57M€ durante el proyecto
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Agenda
1. Market Context
2. Smart Water Networks
3. Some Examples
4. The Road Ahead
5. Conclusions
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The Road Ahead
●Standards – Avoiding technical double-dutch
●Talent management – Vision, direction, leaders
●Data ownership – Break the data silos
●Fuel innovation
Global Institutional Venture capital ($)
Smart Water 2%
Smart Grid 41%
Smart Buildings 17%
Smart Transportation 22%
Smart Industrial 17%
Source: Cleantech Group Data and Analysis
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Agenda
1. Market Context
2. Smart Water Networks
3. Some Examples
4. The Road Ahead
5. Conclusions
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Conclusions
●SWN = Reducing OPEX through IT (it´s all about data)
●Remember the 3 I’s: Existing + New = Great ROI
●Operational and business management oriented benefits
●You will get benefits and features not available otherwise
●There are challenges, but it is worth to work them out
●You will get better ROI of your investments in IT
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Let’s get smart because…
…there is no substitute for water
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