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Agenda 2021
Key: What will be covered?
Economic Fundamentals
Smart Water Technologies
Cost Reduction Strategies
Reducing Water Leakage
IoT & Network Automation
Regional Case Studies
DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2021
0900 - 0930 REGISTRATION AND MORNING REFRESHMENTS
0930 - 0940 OPENING ADDRESS
SESSION 01 THE ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS FOR DEVELOPING WATER NETWORKS
0940 - 1010 SMART WATER NETWORK MANAGEMENT
- Providing water security in arid regions and water network statics
- Real time hydraulic modelling and its benefits
- Remote leak detection and its system
- Remote water quality monitoring and its benefits and holistic management information system
Mohammed Ibrahim
Al Ain Distribution Company
Al Ain Distribution Company
1010 - 1040 INTEGRATING SMART WATER TECHNOLOGIES INTO EXISTING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
- Measurement and sensing devices are the physical hardware within the water distribution network that collect data
- Real-time communication channels allow utilities to gather data from measurement and sensing devices automatically and continuously
- NRW Quantification of physical and commercial losses for to increase revenue and improve level of service to customers
Rozain Awamleh
Jordan Water Company - Miyahuna
Jordan Water Company - Miyahuna
1040 - 1100 MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREA
1100 - 1130 FOUR PILLARS ON REAL LOSS MANAGEMENT AND THE STANDARD IWA METHODOLOGY ON REDUCING REAL LOSSES
- Provide a worldwide overview of the value of water losses and indicate where the MENA region is in these losses
- Show the 4 pillars of reducing real/physical losses
- Theory of why we do leakage detection
- Brief overview of technologies and what is available to assist in different scenarios
- What is required to deliver a leak reduction program
Stuart Hamilton
Miya Water
Miya Water
SESSION 02 SMART WATER TECHNOLOGIES FOR EFFICIENT NETWORKS
1130 - 1200 OPTIMISATION FRAMEWORK FOR WATER NETWORK OPERATION
- Refocusing on optimizing the water network operation to build up an understanding
- Including the overall unit commitment of the production merit order and how that should be considered in hydraulically optimizing the operation of water networks while ensuring local operation level in the framework
Shehab Ameri
TRANSCO
TRANSCO
1200 - 1330 NETWORKING LUNCH & VISIT SMART WATER UTILITIES EXHIBITION
1330 - 1400 DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN WATER INDUSTRY
- Digital Transformation: requirement, tools and benefits
- Digital solutions in water environment
- Reduction of Unaccounted for Water (UFW): different technologies to reduce the UFW and projects/experience in reduction of UFW
Iago Vázquez
IDRICA
IDRICA
1400 - 1430 INTEGRATING SMART WATER TECHNOLOGIES INTO EXISTING WATER INFRASTRUCTURES
- Water treatment facilities up to speed in technology
- Digitalization of water treatment facilities
Jesus Ortiz
Acciona
Acciona
1430 - 1500 AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREA
1500 - 1530 END-TO-END WATER SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT UTILIZING IoT AND AI
- Utilize IoT sensors to track the water distribution system end-to-end - from spring inflow into reservoirs/dams, through water distribution system, to the end consumers
- Have complete visibility on water losses, water leakages, billed water, water usage by different parties, etc.
- Single platform for collection, analysis, and analytics
Miroslav Gechev
Develiot
Develiot
1530 - 1600 HARNESSING THE POWER OF DECISION INTELLIGENCE
- Generating actionable data
- Taking informed engineering decisions based on the data
Ian Rodgers
Xylem
Xylem
1600 - 1630 VEGA 80 ENABLES EASY IIOT IMPLEMENTATION
- Implementing an IoT structure with minimalistic hardwares
- VEGA database and visualization
- Integration to customer's SCADAs, ERP's, logistics and operations softwares
Alexis Alexander
VEGA Technique
VEGA Technique
1630 - 1730 NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY 2: THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2021
0900 - 0930 MORNING REFRESHMENTS
0930 - 0940 OPENING ADDRESS
0940 - 1010 AUTOMATED LEAK LOCALIZATION WITH A DIGITAL TWIN
- How to create a good digital twin for leak localization
- Basic principles of the leak localization algorithm
- How to deal with uncertainties
- Results from a case study
Sam Zwan
Deltares
Deltares
SESSION 03 STRATEGIES FOR WATER LEAKAGE REDUCTION
1010 - 1040 A PARADIGM SHIFT IS OCCURRING IN THE FIELD OF MODERN LEAK DETECTION THAT IS CAUSING A MAJOR DISRUPTION TO LEGACY APPROACHES TO LEAK DETECTION AND LEAK MEASUREMENT
- While great strides have been made to deliver incremental improvements in each category, water utilities rarely use the technologies to certify repairs or rehabilitation as watertight, further frustrating utilities trying to reduce high levels of Non-Revenue Water
- Representing a sweeping change to legacy approaches to leak detection, a new machine-intelligent approach to leak detection can now provide unambiguous, unbiased, and unprecedented measurement of leak locations and leak size
- Able to deliver leakage location accuracies to 1 inch or less and leakage rates in GPM or LPS
Chuck Hansen
Electro Scan Inc
Electro Scan Inc
1040 - 1100 MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREA
1100 - 1130 ADVANCED APPLICATIONS OF SMART METER TEMPERATURES
- A combined hydraulic and temperature model was used to compare simulation results with real-world smart meter temperatures to detect anomalies (leaks etc.). On an extension of this study, where two “controlled” leaks are created (by opening 2 fire hydrants) in a DMA and it is tested whether analysis of the smart meter temperatures can be used to locate the leaks
Jonas Kjeld Kirstein
NIRAS A/S
NIRAS A/S
SESSION 04 REGIONAL EXPERIENCES & DEVELOPMENTS IN WATER NETWORKS
1130 - 1200 RESERVED PRESENTATION
1200 - 1230 ASSET INVESTMENT PLANNING AS A TOOL TO DRIVE IMPROVED DECISION QUALITY AND AGILITY IN CAPITAL SPENDING PLANNING IN THE WATER SECTOR
- How asset investment planning drives value for water companies
- Case study from the UK’s largest water & wastewater company
Julian Lambert
Copperleaf Technologies Inc
Copperleaf Technologies Inc
1230 - 1400 NETWORKING LUNCH & RAFFLE DRAW
Quick Proposal
Key topics for 2021:
- Making an economic assessment for water utilities
Understand the economic fundamentals and make the business case for developing water networks to boost efficiencies. - Integrating smart water technologies into existing water infrastructure
Build take-home solutions and identify suitable technologies for greater efficiency, lower costs, and optimal allocation of water. - Strategies for managing and reducing water leakage across the network
Avoid the pitfalls and learn from leakage experts on the latest in leak detection systems to meet regulations and water leakage targets. - Looking at real-time data and cutting-edge communication technologies
Learn about the latest in measuring and monitoring technologies, better communication systems and use big-data across the water network. - New technologies and know-how in IoT and AI for network automation
Explore the latest advances in water network automation with developments in IoT and Artificial Intelligence to improve efficiencies and water operations. - End-user case studies and how to develop an optimal network
Gain insight from regional water networks and implement strategies that others in the water utilities industry are using to ensure an efficient network.