This document summarizes a presentation about smart water networks. It discusses how smart water networks use information technology to optimize water utility management with minimum capital expenditures. Examples are provided of smart water network implementations in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Qatar that have helped reduce non-revenue water and improve maintenance practices. The conclusions emphasize that smart water networks can improve both operational and business benefits by maximizing existing IT systems and integrating data from different platforms through a centralized GIS system.

1. Smart Information for a Sustainable World
Smart Water Networks
Integrated Solutions for an optimal utility
management
Jokin Larrauri
Water Vice President – Telvent
Visit us at stand #20
Esri European User Conference
October 26–28, 2011 | Madrid, Spain

2. Smart Information for a Sustainable World
Agenda
1. Introduction 5 min
2. Smart Water Networks 10 min
3. Some examples 10 min
4. Conclusions 5 min

3. Smart Information for a Sustainable World
Framework
Main Drivers
Ensure water Ensure water Ensure water Ensure business
supply quality efficiency efficiency
Regulation compliance Accurate planning
Reduce leakages
Replace/upgrade infrastructures Reduce GHG emissions
Increase distribution efficiency
Energy optimization Develop new source water supply
Retain workforce knowledge
Ensure infrastructure security Reduce operational costs
Etc….
Improved decision making Increase customer satisfaction

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Do we need to increase efficiency?
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.

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Framework: Improving efficiency
↑ CAPEX for improving efficiency: i.e. pipe
replacement, installation of VSP,… Fine, but:
• High amounts • Approval periods
• Budgetary • Implementation
constraints periods
Current IT capacity is not used at a 100%
• Projects are not • Not getting the best
aligned out of the
• Data silos investments

6. Smart Information for a Sustainable World
Agenda
1. Introduction 5 min
2. Smart Water Networks 10 min
3. Some examples 10 min
4. Conclusions 5 min

7. Smart Information for a Sustainable World
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
Use of information technology to optimize the
utility’s capacity at a minimum CAPEX cost
Data Information Decisions Actions
Smart Water
Networks
Solutions
More Better Accurate Smarter

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SWN: Fundamentals
Smart Water Network’s fundamentals - The 3 I’s:
Information: Realizing your full potential - SWN makes use of
information that you might not know you have
Integration: Make the best of your investments - SWN are
able to make the best of the current IT installed base: your
current investments
Innovation: The constant future – SWN are flexible enough
to take over the utility’s challenges as they come.
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Information Integration Innovation

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Smart Water Networks
Decision Support
Executive
DSS Dashboard
Data
ERP CIS CMMS GIS Warehouse
Enterprise Integration Bus
Hydraulic
OMS Models
SCADA WMS AMM
Comms.
RealTime Integration Bus
Other
Meter Field equipment
equipment

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Benefits (or what you might be missing)
Operational
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. Introduction 5 min
2. Smart Water Networks 10 min
3. Some examples 10 min
4. Conclusions 5 min

12. Smart Information for a Sustainable World
Example 1 – Belo Horizonte - Brazil
- Utility Name: Copasa
- 12.1 million people served (5.6 Belo Horizonte) - Improved response on
- Over 40000 km of distribution pipes outage events
- (↓14% outage times)
14%
SCADA Maintenance
- Improved maintenance
policies
Operational data
- (↓33% repair times)
33%
- Improved network control
Data
Maintenance
Real time data
Simulated data
Predicted data
- Improved planning
GIS
Hydraulic Model - Improved public image
Geodata - Increased ROI on all these
investments

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Example 2 – Qatar’s Water & Electricity Corporation
- Utility Name : Kahramaa - NRW is the result of a
- 1,4 million people served water balance that takes
- Over 2500 km of water supply pipes into consideration data
- Produces 360 Mm3/year coming from CRM/Billing,
Metering, GIS, SCADA, Leak
Billed Water Exported Detection systems
Billed Authorized Billed Metered Revenue
Consumption Consumption Water
Authorized
Billed Unmetered
Consumption
- Telvent has helped KM to
Consumption
Unbilled Metered
Consumption
reduce KM’s NRW to more
Unbilled Authorized
Consumption Unbilled Unmetered than half in 4 years,
Consumption
resulting in water savings
Unauthorized Consumption
System Input
Volume
Apparent Losses
Customer Meter
up to 57 M€ (14M€/year)
Inaccuracies
Non
Leakage on Transmission Revenue
and Distribution Lines Water - KM as most efficient water
Water Losses
Leakage and Overflows at utility in GCC area
Storage Tanks
Real Losses
Leakage on Service - Only 3pp behing USA
Connections up to point of
Customer Meter average

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Example 3 – Service level compliance
25 Pa. Code § 109.708. Planned service interruptions: The public water supplier shall give reasonable
notice to the affected customers prior to a planned service interruption affecting quantity or quality of
the water delivered to the customer. If the interruption is scheduled to exceed 8 hours and affect 15 or
more service connections the water supplier shall also notify the Department.
52 Pa. Code 67.1 (b) All electric, gas, water, and telephone utilities shall notify the Commission when
2,500 or 5.0%, whichever is less, of their total customers have an unscheduled service interruption in
a single incident for six or more projected consecutive hours.
CIS GIS Hydraulic Model
1.- Customer notification 2.- Identification of unnplanned
& collateral effects in advance

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Example 3 – Service level compliance
Tracing Tool
Valve Isolation
Affected area
CIS Information for notification

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Example 3- Service level compliance
Valve isolation Simulation runs Hydraulic Results
2 Valves
There are implications in the
short-medium term
No customers directly affected
Results after 9
Results after 1h
hours

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Example 3 – Service level compliance
25 Pa. Code § 109.708. Planned service interruptions: The public water supplier shall give reasonable
notice to the affected customers prior to a planned service interruption affecting quantity or quality of
the water delivered to the customer. If the interruption is scheduled to exceed 8 hours and affect 15 or
more service connections the water supplier shall also notify the Department.
52 Pa. Code 67.1 (b) All electric, gas, water, and telephone utilities shall notify the Commission when
2,500 or 5.0%, whichever is less, of their total customers have an unscheduled service interruption in
a single incident for six or more projected consecutive hours.
CIS GIS Hydraulic Model
1.- Customer notification 2.- Identification of unnplanned
& collateral effects in advance
1 + 2 = Risk avoidance

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We are not alone
AWWA’s ACE’10 – Workshop on «Distribution System
Model Integration – Pulling the Various Data Silos
Together (Model-SCADA-GIS-CMMS-CIS)»
AWWA’s ACE’11 – Session: «Smart Water Networks:
Integrated Solutions for an Optimized Utility
Management»
SWAN: Smart Water Networks International Forum
Launching event, Paris May 2011
European SWAN Event, London Sep 2011

19. Smart Information for a Sustainable World
Agenda
1. Introduction 5 min
2. Smart Water Networks 10 min
3. Some examples 10 min
4. Conclusions 5 min

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Conclusions
SWN solutions complements CAPEX
GIS as centric system to integrate and display utility key
information coming from different IT platforms
Planned implementation is key: Remember the 3 I’s
Your utility already has some of the tools – Use them!
You will get benefits and features not available otherwise
Systems integration provides both operational and business
management oriented benefits
Better ROI by maximizing your existing IT systems

21. Smart Information for a Sustainable World
Let’s get smart because…
…there is no
substitute for water
Visit us at stand #20 for a live demo on
Smart Water Networks

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Thank You
Jokin Larrauri
Water Vice President - Telvent
jokin.larrauri@telvent.com
Esri European User Conference
October 26–28, 2011 | Madrid, Spain