AQUIMETRICS Smart Well Field Solution

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See the past. Analyze the present. Predict the future. Save.
A Smart Wellfields Software and Service Solutions Company
Because seeing is believing.
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Who we are
Our mission is to conserve and protect the future of groundwater
aquifers through scientific resource optimization, effective water
quality management and controlled efficiency improvements with
the sole objective of extending the life of the aquifer. Intelligent
utilization of existing groundwater aquifers can and will ensure a
sustainable resource for generations.
Inherent to this mission are resulting reductions in the near term
cost of producing groundwater from well fields. Benefits in the long
term are immeasurable.
Our Mission
We are an experienced team of geologic professionals, 25 years in
the making, who understand that groundwater issues are very
complex and can be frustrating because you cannot "see" below the
ground surface.
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Why AQUIMETRICS™?
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Many well fields have been developed without careful consideration
of the local hydrogeology. Groundwater moves in a predictable
manner that is governed by physics, mathematics, and chemistry.
Well field performance can be optimized when wells are designed,
installed, developed, operated, and maintained properly to ensure
that the aquifer is being managed in a sustainable and efficient
manner.
Many well field operators already continuously monitor the well
yield using flow meters. Fewer well field operators accurately
monitor the water level in the well. By monitoring both, a
hydrogeologist can perform numerous calculations to evaluate the
well efficiency, well interference, entrance velocity, and zone of
influence of multiple wells.

AQUIMETRICS™ was built to streamline and optimize well field
management by completely automating well field monitoring. The
AQUIMETRICS™ platform includes integrated hardware and software
that is offered as a turn-key service by our professional
hydrogeologists and engineers. The platform leverages the current
explosion of “internet of things” (IoT) technologies to collect, store,
and analyze real-time and continuous groundwater data.
Do your water wells “talk” to you and each other?
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Sensors installed in the well are used to collect information on water
level, temperature, salinity, pH, conductivity, and other groundwater
quality parameters. The data are transmitted through telemetry (e.g.
cellular network) to a database stored in the cloud. Our software uses
the data in various ways to evaluate trends and changes in the
measured parameters and what these changes mean for operational
optimization and regulatory compliance.

The end result is a “Smart” Well Field™. The wells can “talk” to each
other to evaluate what pumping rates are the most efficient for the
current water demand. By using your existing SCADA systems or
stand-alone variable frequency drives (VFDs), the AQUIMETRICS™
platform can continually be determining and selecting pumping rates
at individual wells to optimize well field performance.
We speak your language
We have invented and patented SMART Wellfields©
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Our solution, AQUIMETRICS™, create “Smart Well Fields” that enable
operators to employ hydrogeologic principles to accurately make real
time and automated decisions regarding pumping rates, schedules
and well maintenance/rehabilitation events.
What is a SMART WELLFIELD™?
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Specifically, a SMART WELLFIELD™ is a network of wells where flow
rate and water level information are continually analyzed to
automatically turn pumps up and down (and on and off) to better
manage an aquifer resource.
Over time, AQUIMETRICS™ generates a comprehensive dataset
containing current and historical data trends – information needed to
understand aquifer or watershed conditions, and identify and
prioritize effective management strategies and land use controls that
may be appropriate for improving the health of your water resource.

Are you managing your resource at maximum efficiency?
Or are you allowing your resource to go down the drain?
Do you know?
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Hardware
• Pressure transducers (sensors) with dataloggers
• Digital Flow meters with dataloggers
• Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
Software
• Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software
• “Internet of Things” – M2M telecommunications
• Groundwater data analytics and visualization packages
Current Technology – Perfect
Storm of Convergence
MANY PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIER’S ALREADY HAVE THESE TOOLS
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Solution: Individual Well
Efficiency
Energy Consumption
Data Driven: Well Hydraulics
Pump Maintenance Schedule
Automated Reporting
Individual Well
Solutions
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Solution: Multiple Wells
 Individual Well Solutions +
 Wellfield Optimization
 3D Mapping
 Meet sustainability goals
 Risk management (financial
and infrastructure)
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Real Time Aquifer Mapping
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Is it Modeling?
Solution: Multiple Wells
No.

Visualize your resource. Realize what your saving.
What is AQUIMETRICS™?
AQUIMETRICS™ is a combination of software and services that enables
the user to conserve and protect our worlds groundwater aquifers by
continuously analyzing well field performance using water-level and
flow-rate data.
 Leveraging water level and flow rate data for well field optimization
 Integration of Wellfield data into GIS – Real time Groundwater Analytics

What is a SMART Wellfield?
A network of wells where flow rate and water level information are
continually analyzed to automatically turn pumps up and down
(and on and off) to better manage an aquifer resource.
A Smart Wellfield will:
 Operate at optimal pumping rates to reduce energy costs,
reduce aquifer depletion, manage contaminant plumes,
reduce water treatment costs, etc.
 Identify when wells require maintenance and
wells that interfere with each other
 Calculate aquifer parameters and delineate wellhead
protection areas
 Enable contingency planning based on REAL data
In review

How does AQUIMETRICS™ manage your resource?
Drawdown (simplified)
When a pump turns on, the water level in the
well drops, creating “drawdown”. Energy is
required to lift the water. Increased
drawdown = increased cost.
As a well deteriorates, the borehole or well
screen gets plugged, creating increased
drawdown (and more lift), thus increasing
cost.
Light math…

AQUIMETRICS™ tracks specific capacity, calculates well efficiency, and calculates
specific well interference, quantifying the health of a well and reducing electrical
demand.
Well Interference (simplified)
Wells placed too close together create
“interference” where wells are competing for
the same water. Well interference causes
added drawdown which increases cost.

Well Rehabilitation (Redevelopment)
Over time, the condition of a well deteriorates because the borehole or well
screen gets plugged or collapses.
The average municipal well rehabilitation costs over $30K when you include
all costs to bring the well back on-line.
Well field managers base the need for redevelopment on:
 A routine schedule
 A failure has occurred
 The well contractor says it is time
AQUIMETRICS™ uses well-hydraulic calculations to track the “health” of
the well and identify when to redevelop to preserve the asset. Utilities
currently on a schedule could save over $60K per year.

Well Efficiency/Entrance Velocity
The presence of minerals in groundwater (iron, calcium,
magnesium, manganese, etc.) decreases the life of a well and
creates plugging issues.
Entrance velocity plays an important role in the rate and amount
of plugging that occurs in the borehole and well screen due to
mineral precipitation.
AQUIMETRICS™ quantifies and tracks the entrance velocity and
recommends safe operating ranges for each well, potentially deferring well
redevelopment or well replacement costs.
Do you know the entrance velocity at ANY of your wells?

TDS Water Treatment
AQUIMETRICS™ can evaluate the geochemistry of the well field, evaluate
the optimal pumping rate to reduce water treatment, evaluate possible
blending strategies, and perform a cost-benefit analysis of new wells versus
water treatment issues.
Minerals in the aquifer, oxygen content of the water, and contact time
all affect the amount and type of dissolved solids in raw water.
Iron, manganese and magnesium are not generally health related
issues, but the staining and taste issues are major cost and
customer satisfaction problems for public water suppliers.
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Siting New Wells
AQUIMETRICS™ “learns” over time, providing a scientific placement
of wells and a higher certainty of predictive effects, all at a fraction of
the cost of conventional consulting fees. AQUIMETRICS™ also could
reduce the number of new wells by maximizing each well to optimum
capacity.
New wells are necessary to meet demand driven by population and
aging wells. Proper well siting and design requires significant
hydrogeologic “study”, aquifer testing, and groundwater modeling.

Water Rights
The increasing value of water is driving the focus on protection.
AQUIMETRICS™ uses advanced hydrogeologic methods to continuously record the
effects of pumping – yours or theirs – on local and regional groundwater levels.
Groundwater banking usually has an assumed loss factor that is not technically
quantified or justified, costing money to the rights holder in lost value.
Water rights disputes have traditionally relied on groundwater models that have
assumptions and are rarely defensible.

Water Use Impacts
AQUIMETRICS™ easily incorporates wireless access to pressure
transducers and flow meters to automate the data reduction and analysis.
Impacts can be evaluated for a fraction of the cost of conventional
techniques.
Water appropriations permitting requires aquifer testing to evaluate the
potential impact a withdrawal will have on surrounding uses. Conventional
methods are labor-intensive and therefore very expensive.

Reporting and Wellhead Protection
 Water appropriations permits require reporting of water-level data.
 Wellhead Protection Plans are required for all public water providers.
AQUIMETRICS™ can be customized to automate any reporting need and develop
Wellhead Protection Areas (WHPAs) faster and more accurately than conventional
methods. A smaller WHPA will be cheaper to manage and have more favorable zoning
from a tax perspective.

Water Use Restrictions
AQUIMETRICS™ uses hydrogeologic methods to understand aquifer
response to water withdrawal under seasonal/climatic changes. Water
providers could impose water use restrictions less frequently by
deploying this technology.
Fear of lowering water tables during high demand causes well field
managers to initiate “odd-even” lawn-watering restrictions. These
restrictions are seldom based on hydrogeology and reduce revenues by
as much as 50% during periods of watering bans.

How does AQUIMETRICS™ operate?
See the aquifer. Be the aquifer.
 Entrance velocity is either calculated by dividing the open area of the
well screen by the flow rate or by the dynamic flow profile for the well
times the current flow rate.
 Well efficiency is calculated by graphing specific drawdown versus flow
rate. The aquifer head loss is calculated and the well head loss is
calculated. Well efficiency is the ratio of the two.
 Specific capacity is calculated by graphing water levels and
dividing by the flow rate at the user-defined time period.
AQUIMETRICS™ taps into an existing SCADA system and “mines”
the data necessary to perform well hydraulic and hydrogeologic
functions:

 A real-time potentiometric surface is interpolated using non-linear drift
kriging to accurately visualize the groundwater physics near an extraction
well. These potentiometric surfaces are animated over time to
demonstrate how the well field responded to pumping and recharge.
 Well interference is calculated by a complex query of the database to
evaluate when specific wells are pumping and when drawdown was
observed at other wells as a result of the pumping. A matrix of the
individual well interferences is then compiled.
How does AQUIMETRICS™ operate?
Application…

What does AQUIMETRICS™ require to operate?
AQUIMETRICS™ needs:
 Water elevation data (pressure transducers or equivalent) and
electronic flow rate data.
 Accurate elevation data of the well casings.
 A measurement of the sensor depths for the pressure transducers.
 The ability to pump different wells at different flow rates (VFD or valve).
System Requirements
AQUIMETRICS leverages existing data from SCADA or our telemetry
solution.

Why AQUIMETRICS™?
 Aquifers are being depleted
 The cost of electricity is rising
 Our water delivery systems are rapidly aging
 Water is becoming a protected commodity
 Growth in rural areas is climbing
 Most existing wells are inefficient
 Many wells were installed too close together
 Water conservation is coming to the forefront
 Transducers and SCADA are becoming commonplace
 The Internet of Things (iOT) is here (M2M)
 Analytics of real-time conditions are invaluable
 Optimization technologies are given high priority

 AQUIMETRICS™ technology is a value-added component to your
existing SCADA system or a solution for one in rural groundwater supply
systems
 You would implement a scientific approach to well field optimization
 You would identify how well drawdown and well interference issues can
be quantified to save energy and cost Energy savings and “green” technologies are embraced in the current
regulatory climate and economy
 The technology gives you defensible data and a significant advantage for
disputes, litigation, or long term planning purposes
 More knowledge about your aquifer system or well field results in a
better-managed resource
Why AQUIMETRICS™?

- Reduced energy consumption
- Evaluation of well interference
- Wellfield optimization
- Visualization of current aquifer conditions
- Contingency planning
- Data driven maintenance
- Maximization of well efficiency
- Determination of well hydraulics
=Results

Absolute management decisions, absolutely.
Maintenance Savings
Short Term
Economic Benefits Summary
 Well Rehabilitation (redevelopment)
 Water Treatment
 Water Rights
 Water Use Impacts
 Reporting and Wellhead Protection
Long Term
Energy Conservation
We guarantee a 10% reduction in Total Dynamic Head or the technology is free
 Specific Capacity tracking
 Well Efficiency Calculations
 Well Interference evaluation and monitoring
 Pumping rate optimization
2-5% +
$60k +/year
 Proper well field expansion and aquifer management
Decrease Expense/Increased Revenue Potential
Priceless
 Reduced Scientific Professional Services
 Water Use Restriction Management, Tax Revenue
???
Aquifer Life Extension

What is the investment in a Smart Wellfield?
See the past. Predict the future. Save.
License Fees $ 1,200/well/year
Instrumentation (if applicable) $ 1,250/well (average)
$ 500/month
Transducer, cable, Digi Connect Sensor+, labor (time & materials)
Ongoing City Hydrogeologist Consulting Services
Maintenance
Monthly Well Field Health Report (time and materials)
$ 150/well/quarter
Sensor calibration, equipment, labor (time and materials)
Average Annual Investment
$ 1,200 - $4,250 per well
Feasibility/Wellfield Health Analysis $ 3,250 Lump Sum

Can you put a price on peace of mind?

If you’re going to help save the planet, you may as
well save money while doing it.
How many conservation technologies…can offer that?
Contact us:
John Dustman 612.750.4024 jdustman@summite.com
Jeff Solheim 218.766.1022 jsolheim@summite.com
www.summite.com/aquimetrics.html

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