RE Capital's Visionary Leadership under Newman Leech
BUILDING SMART UTILITY NETWORKS ENABLING REAL-TIME WATER LOSS CONTROL
1. Building Smart Utility Networks
Enabling Real-Time Water Loss Control
SmartWater Utility Conference, Long Beach, CA
May 24th, 2022
2. 33%
4%
5%
6%
8%
6%
6% 38%
■ Water Used for Fire,
Flushing Pipes, Filter
Cleaning, Etc.
■ Theft
■ Meter Inaccuracies
■ Main Pipe Leaks &
Bursts
■ Loss from Storage
Vessels
■ Connection Pipe Leaks
■ Other
Potential
RWL restriction of
23 gallons
connection/day
by 2035*
* California Department of Water Resources, 2021 Public Presentation
Sources
of Water Loss
All Countries
3. Retirement Tsunami
“According to a report from the Brookings
Institution, about a third of U.S. drinking
water and wastewater operators will
become eligible for retirement over the
next decade.”*
*2022 State of theWater Industry, Executive Summary, AmericanWaterWorks Association
4. Real-time proactive management
strategies aligned to identify water
loss and ease staffing challenges
Integration of technologies into
existing water infrastructure by
leveraging products connected to
public networks
Live demonstration of case studies for
leak identification and pressure
management for service optimization
Template Color Palette:
NEW RED NAVY BLUE WARM YELLOW
R: 178 G: 40 B: 46 R: 52 G: 46 B: 91 R: 255 G: 162 B: 31
DARK GREY MID GREY LIGHT GREY
R: 64 G: 64 B: 64 R: 84 G: 87 B: 90 R: 159 G: 162 B:163
* California Department of Water Resources, 2021 Public Presentation
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/conservation_portal/docs/waterlosscontrol/StandardsCalculation_Pressure_LowLoss_Workshop060719.pdf
Distribution of Leak Source World-Wide
https://www.kamstrup.com/en-en/blog/status-report-non-revenue-water-in-numbers#/
Template Color Palette:
NEW RED NAVY BLUE WARM YELLOW
R: 178 G: 40 B: 46 R: 52 G: 46 B: 91 R: 255 G: 162 B: 31
DARK GREY MID GREY LIGHT GREY
R: 64 G: 64 B: 64 R: 84 G: 87 B: 90 R: 159 G: 162 B:163