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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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Incertameter, HWM, Primayer, Syrinix,

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Utilities collect millions of pieces of

data each day

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Intelligence

Technology

Data

Value

Progress

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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

PARADIGMS

The Leakage paradigm…

Let’s squeeze the box Smarter!

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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Age vs repairs

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Dataset: 19 DMAs; 28k pipes; 500 repairs

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Material vs repairs

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Dataset: 19 DMAs; 28k pipes; 500 repairs

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What is the best performing material?

x1/5

VISION

Growing demand

Finite Resource

Data!Smart

Technologies

NEW PARADIGM

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

TaKaDuBig Data

Cloud Computing

Smart AnalyticsSaaS Model

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

Appears to be a leak

Reciprocal effect on adjacent DMA

Breach alerting

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

THANKS