1) Unprecedented population growth is placing demands on infrastructure like water systems, and Australia's population is expected to grow significantly by 2049 putting pressure on water resources.
2) Technological advances now allow us to create smarter infrastructure to address problems like optimizing water systems. IBM is working with clients around the world on smarter water infrastructure.
3) Australia faces water stress due to its aging water infrastructure, losses from leaks and irrigation, and climate change exacerbating these issues. Improved water management through smarter infrastructure optimization is needed to balance water usage and environmental responsibilities.
TALIS UK is setting challenge to reduce individual daily usage by 20 liters and to work to reduce the amount of water lost through leakages by 20%.
See our report for further details
Welcome to the February 2023 edition of WIPAC Monthly, the magazine brought to you by Water Industry Process Automation & Control. In this month's edition we have three fascinating articles.
The first is an opinion piece and our feature article by Group Editor, Oliver Grievson, looking at some of the history of flow and quality monitoring within the water industry in the UK and what has been done already to monitor the environment and the impact of the wastewater industry on it.
In our second article we look at a case study from TaKaDU and how the implementation of their CEM system in the city of Medellin has helped to reduce leakage, increase operational efficiency and help with long-term asset planning.
In last article of the month we look at measuring aeration blowers and how it can be used to increase the operational efficiency of a wastewater treatment plant and limit the operational carbon in article by Tom Jenkins and John Conover.
Enjoy the latest edition and have a good month,
Oliver
TALIS UK is setting challenge to reduce individual daily usage by 20 liters and to work to reduce the amount of water lost through leakages by 20%.
See our report for further details
Welcome to the February 2023 edition of WIPAC Monthly, the magazine brought to you by Water Industry Process Automation & Control. In this month's edition we have three fascinating articles.
The first is an opinion piece and our feature article by Group Editor, Oliver Grievson, looking at some of the history of flow and quality monitoring within the water industry in the UK and what has been done already to monitor the environment and the impact of the wastewater industry on it.
In our second article we look at a case study from TaKaDU and how the implementation of their CEM system in the city of Medellin has helped to reduce leakage, increase operational efficiency and help with long-term asset planning.
In last article of the month we look at measuring aeration blowers and how it can be used to increase the operational efficiency of a wastewater treatment plant and limit the operational carbon in article by Tom Jenkins and John Conover.
Enjoy the latest edition and have a good month,
Oliver
Future of water An initial perspective by Daniel Lambert and Michael O'Neill...Future Agenda
An initial perspective on the future of water by Daniel Lambert and Michael O'Neill of Arup Sydney. This is the starting point for the global future agenda discussions taking place through 2015 as part of the futureagenda2.0 programme. www.futureagenda.org
Smart meters are a major component of eco friendly home or building. Smart metering is required for the operation of the smart homes and buildings. The benefits of smart water metering have been recognized. A powerful approach for hour by hour monitoring and metering purposes in water networks is the automatic meter infrastructure AMI . Smart metering is now an established technology which can be applied to collect, store, and distribute real time data on water usage. This paper provides a brief introduction to the smart water metering. Matthew N. O. Sadiku | Adedamola A. Omotoso | Sarhan M. Musa "Smart Water Metering" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-6 , October 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd29223.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/electrical-engineering/29223/smart-water-metering/matthew-n-o-sadiku
Case Study - What is the Source of Your Water AWG Farm for Data Centers.pptxPanLbilt Global
Data Centers extract massive quantities of groundwater to cool their equipment in a time where existing and diminishing water resources are being rapidly depleted impacting the supply of fresh water.
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The world is facing a huge scarcity of water owing to practices such as illegal tapping, tampering of pipelines, and leakage among others. Owing to this, water scarcity is rapidly increasing in the current scenario and the issue is anticipated to increase in the near future. According to WWF (World Wildlife Fund), approximately 1.1 Bn people globally lack access to water, totaling to 2.7 Bn find water scarce. In addition to this, another major problem faced by various regions is the misuse of water which has significantly raised the demand for advanced solutions to maintain the consumption pattern from the source to destination.
Read more @ https://www.theinsightpartners.com/reports/smart-water-meters-market
Welcome to the June 2023 edition of WIPAC Monthly, the magazine brought to you by the LinkedIn Group Water Industry Process Automation & Control.
In this month's issue, along with the latest news and events from the water industry we have articles on
Using Artificial Intelligence in CCTV surveying from VAPAR
Optimising wastewater treatment through monitoring and measurement from ABB.
Enjoy the latest edition,
Oliver
Welcome to the April 2022 edition of WIPAC Monthly the magazine brought to you by Water Industry Process Automation & Control.
In this month's edition, along with all of the industry news on ICA and Digital Transformation we have articles on improving water quality in water towers, Digital Twins and modelling of pollution.
Enjoy,
Oliver
KarIoT is the must-have app for managing your water and saving the environment, easily track your usage and adjust, download monthly water reports to see a historical view of your water, use KarIoT to instruct where and when
IoT Based Smart Water Monitoring and Distribution System For An ApartmentsYogeshIJTSRD
As we know water is so precious for human being as well as for the complete nature without which it will not be possible to survive. Even though lot many efforts have been taken by government through various schemes and it is becoming difficult day by day to save water for future and make efficient utilization of it. In this proposed work, an IoT design for water monitoring and control approach which supports internet based data collection on real time bases. This proposed system shall implement in highly populated residential buildings like hotels, lodge, hostels, dormitory, apartments, shopping malls etc. And also, this system can provide a complete survey and the usage of water by every individual room. This system addresses that the flow rate measuring and scheming the supply of water in order to limit the water wastage and approach the water conservation and also this system can measure the quality and quantity of water distributed to every household by using ph and flow rate sensors. The system has been designed in such a way that it will monitor the available water level continuously. System has been implemented by using embedded system and communication will takes. Dr. R. Mohana Priya | M. Sathyamoorthy | S. Surya | V. Vishnu Gopal "IoT Based Smart Water Monitoring & Distribution System For An Apartments" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-3 , April 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd41133.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/electronics-and-communication-engineering/41133/iot-based-smart-water-monitoring-and-distribution-system-for-an-apartments/dr-r-mohana-priya
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Industry Overview
Companies in this industry operate water treatment and water supply systems; sewer systems and sewage treatment facilities; and steam and air-conditioning supply systems. Major companies include American Water Works, Aqua America, and California Water Service (all based in the US), along with France-based global giants SUEZ Environnement and Veolia Environnement, Brazil's SABESP, and the UK's Severn Trent.
The size of the global water utility market is estimated to be $185 billion, according to S-Network Global Water Indexes. Private-sector operators make up about 20% of that market. Though public utilities dominate, competition among private water management companies takes place in major markets in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America.
The US commercial water and sewer utilities industry includes about 4,900 establishments (single-location companies and units of multi-location companies) with combined annual revenue of about $13 billion. The commercial industry is small compared to the water and sewer services operated by many regional and local governments in the US. Government-owned water and sewer utility services earn about $120 billion annually.
Competitive Landscape
Demand depends on commercial and residential water needs, which are related to population growth and to the level of economic activity. The profitability of individual companies depends on efficiency of operations, because prices are fixed by public utility commissions (PUCs). Large companies have economies of scale in operations and the ability to raise capital for infrastructure improvements. Small companies can compete successfully through superior engineering or by serving desirable local markets. The US industry is concentrated: the 50 largest companies account for about 75% of industry revenue.
High barriers to entry, such as capital investments, make the industry somewhat resistant to competition; many companies operate as de facto monopolies.
Products, Operations & Technology
Revenue by Service - US Census Bureau
Water services account for about 70% of industry revenue, sewer services for about 15%. Steam supply, irrigation and other services account for the rest.
The operations of small or large water and sewer systems and commercial or municipal utilities are similar. Water and sewer operations are local monopolies, mainly because of the large infrastructure of reservoirs, pipes, and treatment facilities needed. Competition exists only in determining who operates a system. Commercial companies may own a local system, or operate a system on behalf of a local government ("contract operations"), or may own parts of a system, such as water wells or a reservoir.
A water system consists of a water source, a system of storage reservoirs and pumping stations, a water treatment facility, and a ...
Colin Sabol's keynote delivered at WATEC 2013 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Focuses on the importance of making cities more resilient to flooding and drought. Also describes how Xylem is helping cities improve the efficiency of their water infrastructure.
In the 1990s, as the digital revolution began to gather pace, some social commentators speculated that it would lead to the death of the city. People’s geographical location would become less important, the argument went, as they came to interact mostly in cyberspace.
Future of water An initial perspective by Daniel Lambert and Michael O'Neill...Future Agenda
An initial perspective on the future of water by Daniel Lambert and Michael O'Neill of Arup Sydney. This is the starting point for the global future agenda discussions taking place through 2015 as part of the futureagenda2.0 programme. www.futureagenda.org
Smart meters are a major component of eco friendly home or building. Smart metering is required for the operation of the smart homes and buildings. The benefits of smart water metering have been recognized. A powerful approach for hour by hour monitoring and metering purposes in water networks is the automatic meter infrastructure AMI . Smart metering is now an established technology which can be applied to collect, store, and distribute real time data on water usage. This paper provides a brief introduction to the smart water metering. Matthew N. O. Sadiku | Adedamola A. Omotoso | Sarhan M. Musa "Smart Water Metering" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-6 , October 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd29223.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/electrical-engineering/29223/smart-water-metering/matthew-n-o-sadiku
Case Study - What is the Source of Your Water AWG Farm for Data Centers.pptxPanLbilt Global
Data Centers extract massive quantities of groundwater to cool their equipment in a time where existing and diminishing water resources are being rapidly depleted impacting the supply of fresh water.
Smart water meter: Rise in water scarcity crisis coupled with the exploitatio...jitendra more
The world is facing a huge scarcity of water owing to practices such as illegal tapping, tampering of pipelines, and leakage among others. Owing to this, water scarcity is rapidly increasing in the current scenario and the issue is anticipated to increase in the near future. According to WWF (World Wildlife Fund), approximately 1.1 Bn people globally lack access to water, totaling to 2.7 Bn find water scarce. In addition to this, another major problem faced by various regions is the misuse of water which has significantly raised the demand for advanced solutions to maintain the consumption pattern from the source to destination.
Read more @ https://www.theinsightpartners.com/reports/smart-water-meters-market
Welcome to the June 2023 edition of WIPAC Monthly, the magazine brought to you by the LinkedIn Group Water Industry Process Automation & Control.
In this month's issue, along with the latest news and events from the water industry we have articles on
Using Artificial Intelligence in CCTV surveying from VAPAR
Optimising wastewater treatment through monitoring and measurement from ABB.
Enjoy the latest edition,
Oliver
Welcome to the April 2022 edition of WIPAC Monthly the magazine brought to you by Water Industry Process Automation & Control.
In this month's edition, along with all of the industry news on ICA and Digital Transformation we have articles on improving water quality in water towers, Digital Twins and modelling of pollution.
Enjoy,
Oliver
KarIoT is the must-have app for managing your water and saving the environment, easily track your usage and adjust, download monthly water reports to see a historical view of your water, use KarIoT to instruct where and when
IoT Based Smart Water Monitoring and Distribution System For An ApartmentsYogeshIJTSRD
As we know water is so precious for human being as well as for the complete nature without which it will not be possible to survive. Even though lot many efforts have been taken by government through various schemes and it is becoming difficult day by day to save water for future and make efficient utilization of it. In this proposed work, an IoT design for water monitoring and control approach which supports internet based data collection on real time bases. This proposed system shall implement in highly populated residential buildings like hotels, lodge, hostels, dormitory, apartments, shopping malls etc. And also, this system can provide a complete survey and the usage of water by every individual room. This system addresses that the flow rate measuring and scheming the supply of water in order to limit the water wastage and approach the water conservation and also this system can measure the quality and quantity of water distributed to every household by using ph and flow rate sensors. The system has been designed in such a way that it will monitor the available water level continuously. System has been implemented by using embedded system and communication will takes. Dr. R. Mohana Priya | M. Sathyamoorthy | S. Surya | V. Vishnu Gopal "IoT Based Smart Water Monitoring & Distribution System For An Apartments" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-3 , April 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd41133.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/electronics-and-communication-engineering/41133/iot-based-smart-water-monitoring-and-distribution-system-for-an-apartments/dr-r-mohana-priya
Top of FormWater & Sewer Utilities New!View More News & Soci.docxedwardmarivel
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Water & Sewer Utilities
New!
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NAICS CODES: 2213
SIC CODES: 4941, 4952
PROFILE OVERVIEW | FULL PROFILE
11.23.2015
Industry Overview
Companies in this industry operate water treatment and water supply systems; sewer systems and sewage treatment facilities; and steam and air-conditioning supply systems. Major companies include American Water Works, Aqua America, and California Water Service (all based in the US), along with France-based global giants SUEZ Environnement and Veolia Environnement, Brazil's SABESP, and the UK's Severn Trent.
The size of the global water utility market is estimated to be $185 billion, according to S-Network Global Water Indexes. Private-sector operators make up about 20% of that market. Though public utilities dominate, competition among private water management companies takes place in major markets in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America.
The US commercial water and sewer utilities industry includes about 4,900 establishments (single-location companies and units of multi-location companies) with combined annual revenue of about $13 billion. The commercial industry is small compared to the water and sewer services operated by many regional and local governments in the US. Government-owned water and sewer utility services earn about $120 billion annually.
Competitive Landscape
Demand depends on commercial and residential water needs, which are related to population growth and to the level of economic activity. The profitability of individual companies depends on efficiency of operations, because prices are fixed by public utility commissions (PUCs). Large companies have economies of scale in operations and the ability to raise capital for infrastructure improvements. Small companies can compete successfully through superior engineering or by serving desirable local markets. The US industry is concentrated: the 50 largest companies account for about 75% of industry revenue.
High barriers to entry, such as capital investments, make the industry somewhat resistant to competition; many companies operate as de facto monopolies.
Products, Operations & Technology
Revenue by Service - US Census Bureau
Water services account for about 70% of industry revenue, sewer services for about 15%. Steam supply, irrigation and other services account for the rest.
The operations of small or large water and sewer systems and commercial or municipal utilities are similar. Water and sewer operations are local monopolies, mainly because of the large infrastructure of reservoirs, pipes, and treatment facilities needed. Competition exists only in determining who operates a system. Commercial companies may own a local system, or operate a system on behalf of a local government ("contract operations"), or may own parts of a system, such as water wells or a reservoir.
A water system consists of a water source, a system of storage reservoirs and pumping stations, a water treatment facility, and a ...
Colin Sabol's keynote delivered at WATEC 2013 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Focuses on the importance of making cities more resilient to flooding and drought. Also describes how Xylem is helping cities improve the efficiency of their water infrastructure.
In the 1990s, as the digital revolution began to gather pace, some social commentators speculated that it would lead to the death of the city. People’s geographical location would become less important, the argument went, as they came to interact mostly in cyberspace.
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1. AWA Water Journal whitepaper – Draft 1, 20 April 2010
Water Optimisation through Intelligent Infrastructure
By Shalome Doran
It’s clear that unprecedented urbanisation and population growth is placing greater demands on the
infrastructures that deliver vital services such as transportation, energy, water, education and public
safety. In Australia alone, the Treasury has boosted expectations for population growth to 35 million
by 2049. This growth is likely to place enormous pressure on Australia’s resources and infrastructure,
and people are clearly divided about the impact this growth will have on our quality of life. In
particular water is becoming a pressing problem; how will the driest continent in the world cope
with unprecedented demand for one of our most precious resources?
At the same time technological advances in computational power, pervasive technology,
telecommunications (internet) and data analytics, means we have an opportunity to solve problems
which have previously seemed elusive. Today we have the ability to bring this technology to bear on
complex societal problems, and provide holistic solutions to global trends such as exploding
population density in our cities. Indeed IBM is working with clients around the world to create
smarter infrastructures from roads to electricity networks, and in particular to create smarter water
systems.
Taking a closer look at the water challenge in Australia, it’s a fact that up to 70% of our fresh water
demand is used in agriculture and widespread use of cheap but wasteful flood irrigation exacerbates
agricultural water intensity. The remaining meagre 30% is used in the manufacturing of goods, the
distribution of produce and individual/household consumption. OECD estimates that more than 75%
of Australia’s population will be facing severe water stress in terms of supply by the year 2030. Given
the finite source of our fresh water, it is increasingly imperative to balance our use of this precious
resource with our responsibilities toward the environment through improved water management
techniques.
The critical issues facing the water industry are associated with our aging infrastructure and
irrigation losses, which can be addressed by a sustainable approach to improved water
infrastructure asset management. The key strategy would be to optimize our assets throughout their
lifecycle, and derive the right information for smarter utility decision-making.
Expensive, difficult to maintain and politically unpalatable, infrastructure is the water imperative
that’s most easily ignored. Complex and aging water treatment, distribution, and wastewater
treatment systems - some more than 100 years old, are critical for basic sanitation, health, and
public safety. However, these systems are quickly reaching the end of their useful lives. Water
infrastructure is three times more expensive to build and maintain than electricity infrastructure, but
neglecting it may be even more costly. In some cities 15 to 20 percent of water is lost to leaks.
Sprawling municipalities, old infrastructure, excessively high water pressure in some points and
inaccurate system maps all contribute to the loss. The assets in a number of our capital cities are
very old; not well mapped or recorded; and occasionally only discovered through routine
maintenance in previously untouched areas.
Climate change, population growth, changes in demand management and recycling strategies will
also exacerbate the impact on Australia’s aging water and wastewater infrastructure whilst
increasing the operational, maintenance and replacement costs of these systems. The challenge is
not only based in the cities either; much of Australia’s existing rural water infrastructure is aging,
2. inefficient and in a state of disrepair. In fact, the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO point to a
significant decline in agricultural productivity in Australia’s “food bowl” regions over the next fifty to
one hundred years due to dramatically reduced rainfall, improper water management and higher
temperatures.
One of IBM’s key focus areas is on reducing water wastage through improved asset management
and making better use of a finite resource. With an aging workforce that stores much of the vital
asset information in their heads, the need to develop a comprehensive and efficient asset
management infrastructure is evident. At the data level, the need to detect and locate leaks in
pipelines, measure and assess pipe conditions, and map pipeline systems noninvasively is
paramount. Techniques such as acoustics, digital robot inspection, ground penetrating radar,
wireless sensor networks and benchmark-based flow modelling can all be deployed. In fact, recent
innovative advancements make it possible to envisage a fully integrated distribution system with
high accuracy smart metering, potentially with remote shut-off capability to control sudden leakages
and reroute resource flows to and from critically affected areas.
IBM is leveraging its integration skills and leading-edge technologies such as Maximo asset
management, to introduce its Advanced Water Management capabilities to Australia. Already IBM
has created water management capabilities around the world by establishing Centers of Excellence
(COE) for Water Management. The goal of these COEs is to enable close collaboration with our
clients and water industry experts to help all types of organisations better use information
technology to solve water management problems worldwide. COEs identify and "bundle"
technology, knowledge and expertise drawn from IBM and our international partners. The IBM
Center of Excellence for Water Management established in Amsterdam focuses is on advanced flood
management and smarter levee management systems. IBM, together with the Industrial
Development Agency of Ireland, created another COE in Dublin. The IBM Ireland COE focuses
primarily on innovative research and services for monitoring, managing and forecasting
environmental challenges such as the movement of pollutants in fresh water, marine and oceanic
environments.
Today we have an opportunity to future-proof our national water infrastructure, to help us prepare
for the undeniable challenges ahead. A full smart grid solution for water would be an obvious step
forward. Further since Australia’s incredibly successful local and global agricultural market would not
exist without irrigation, this smart grid must also include irrigation. By continuing to
make water systems smarter, particularly for agricultural use, water industry stakeholders can make
money and save water.
Smart irrigation will play a vital role in drought stricken areas where farmers have to maximise water
supplies. Many have pointed out that the future of farming will include the integration of crop
models, geographic information system (GIS) data, local soil maps, historic weather information, and
precision agriculture that takes site-specific data entered into a smart controller to manage irrigation
scheduling. Industry solutions in the early stages of commercialisation range from weather
monitoring interfaced with irrigation systems either through web-based sites or installation of on-
site weather stations, to models based on extensive evapo-transpiration data interfaced with more
than 40,000 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather stations.
To support advanced site-specific solutions, ensuring that enough water is supplied to the plants is
critical to ensure a good-yielding crop. Smarter water management systems would directly translate
into better usage of rural water tables, thus leading to better irrigation and less wastage of ground
water in farming techniques. Furthermore, it would provide better accountability, enabling future
generations of systems to target specific optimisation goals in a systematic manner.
3. A key barrier to the better management of our water resources is a fundamental lack of accurate,
reliable, and timely data. As a global technology and innovation organisation, IBM believes that an
integrated intelligent irrigation system that provides access to the right information is vital to your
ability to make smart business decisions. Our experience in large-scale, complex systems integration,
predictive data analytics, and information management provides capabilities to better understand
and manage the vast volumes of data that will result from an interconnected water system. Just last
year Northern Territory Power And Water signed a contract with IBM to deliver a new asset
management system aimed at delivering electricity, water and sewerage services more efficiently
across the Northern Territory. The technology will help the organisation to identify what assets and
equipment they have, where they are located, the make and model, when they were installed and
helps to schedule maintenance tasks to prevent failures as well as to record problems in the
network, so that faults can be rectified as quickly as possible.
Despite the fact that we often treat water as a ubiquitous undervalued commodity, there are
numerous exciting and innovative opportunities to address our water challenges.
Currently emerging technologies tend to focus on desalination, rainwater catchment and treatment,
and industrial reuse, all of which are designed to increase supply, an undeniably important part of
the equation. Far more promising, both socially and economically, is the less-developed market for
technology that decreases water demand.
At IBM, we believe that we can help to make our economy sustainable and manage our most
precious resource, by creating an integrated and intelligent water system. A smart network that
monitors its own health, remotely senses damage, assesses water availability and predicts demand.
We know that to achieve this vision will require a collaborative approach from a broad ecosystem of
partners and stakeholders. We can conclusively state that the only way to ensure the supply of fresh
water to meet growing consumption needs is to manage it better. We cannot increase what we get
from a finite source, but we can certainly collectively get smarter with what we do with it. Water
well managed, is water saved!
About Shalome Doran
Shalome Doran is a Senior Managing Consultant in IBM’s Energy & Utilities Practise, IBM ANZ