The municipalities and water utilities cannot afford the reduced efficiency of water distribution networks, the increased cost of maintenance and energy consumption as well as the lower revenues that it generates.
The problem
- Increased rate of non – revenue water rising to 60%
- High energy consumption
- High rate of leaks
- Management of sheer volume of data
- Inefficient Infrastructure Management
- Insufficient Water Quality Monitoring
- Non – Rational Resource Management
- Inaccurate Measurements
- Illegal connections
Ways of dealing with the problem
- Pressure reduction
- More efficient operation of Drilling/Pump Stations and Tanks
- Direct leakage detection
- Determination of Water Balance
- Accurate determination of domestic consumption in real time
Actions
Within the framework of the rational management of natural resources and of the optimization of water networks operation, we offer an integrated and reliable technological solution providing services such as:
- Modelling of water network
with specialized simulation programs and its visualization through Geographic Information System (GIS) for its better management - Installation of Automated Meter Readers (AMR)
to avoid incorrect measurements, to reduce operating costs and the consumers to be informed for their consumption or for any leakage in their homes in real time - Implementation of Pressure Management Program
a fully automated and energy-autonomous system will manage the pressure of the network in order leakages, bursts and energy consumption to be reduced - Improvement of energy consumption of Drilling/Pumping stations and Tanks
automation and remote control of drilling/pumping stations and tanks in order the energy consumption and the operational cost to be reduced while the life time of the electromechanical equipment will be increased - Water Quality Assurance
monitoring system of water quality in real time and verification of process and measurements by specialized chemical laboratory. - Brain Water Platform
through which all the tools for effective information management will be provided. Indicatively through the platform will be done:
- Automatic Count/Billing Consumer
- Automatic Pressure Management
- Automatic Detection of Leaks
- Automatic Warning for possible burst of pipes
- Warning of possible degradation of water quality
- Program of Maintenance Work and Warehouse Management
through specialized software will automatically be done: - Scheduling Maintenance Work and Network Repair
- Human Resource Management
- Warehouse Management
- Infrastructure Management
- Education Service
Integrated education programs (operators, engineers, technicians) for better understanding and more efficient operation of Smart Water Network. - Support / Operation Services
Subcontracting services of operation of Smart Water Network based on efficiency ensurance (performance based contracts) by monitoring in real time performance indicators (KPI's)
Benefits by implementing Smart Water Network
- Reduction of non – revenue water (NRW)
- Upgrade of services offered to consumers
- More accurate and easier billing
- Optimization of energy consumption
- Reduction of stress on the water network
- Reduction of operational costs
- Improvement of water quality
- Rational natural resource management
- Easier management of consumers data and archives
- Extend asset life of electromechanical equipment
- Reduction of costs for finding, managing and disposing of new water resources
- Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of Smart Water Network through performance indicators (KPI’s)
MESOGEOS S.A. constructs in the city of Patras the largest project of Smart Water Network in Greece. This project includes 46 local stations which remotely control and monitor all the electromechanical infrastructures at drilling, tanks and pumping station. Also 79 local pressure controlling stations which automatically regulate the downstream pressure of the water supply network are constructed in order to reduce leakages, energy consumption and the operational cost. For the proper control and supervision of all individual stations a specialized software is developed like SCADA and GIS. Also, in cooperation with IBM a state of the art platform was installed for the dynamic integration of all information into a single base.