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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: TBC
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 A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO NRW MANAGEMENT FROM THE UTILITY POINT OF VIEW
- Breakdown every edge of the NRW Management from investment or planning to customer satisfaction passing through the applied technologies, both intrusive and non-intrusive
- A look at the technology itself to focus on the overall approach and strategy to tackle the leakage reduction of the systems
Carlos Díaz
Aqualia
Aqualia
1040 - 1100 MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREA
SESSION 02 SMART WATER TECHNOLOGIES FOR EFFICIENT NETWORKS
1100 - 1130 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
1130 - 1200 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
1200 - 1330 NETWORKING LUNCH & VISIT SMART WATER UTILITIES EXHIBITION
1330 - 1400 LEVERAGING OPEN STANDARDS BASED TECHNOLOGIES TO CREATE SMART WATER NETWORKS
- Water utilities around the world are dealing with acute water infrastructure challenges, impacting public health and the environment
- The advent of new open standards-based 3GPP low power wide area (LPWA) communications and flexible open digital platforms is now allowing low-cost ubiquitous access to digital water meters
- IoT sensors are enabling new technologies within the water industry to drive a great deal of change, automating and optimizing operations, providing new services, supporting new applications, and new business models
Gary Conway
Nokia
Nokia
1400 - 1430 HARNESSING THE POWER OF DECISION INTELLIGENCE
- Generating actionable data
- Taking informed engineering decisions based on the data
Ian Rodgers
Xylem
Xylem
1430 - 1500 AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREA
1500 - 1530 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
SESSION 03 STRATEGIES FOR WATER LEAKAGE REDUCTION
1530 - 1600 PREVENTING AND DETECTING WATER PIPELINE LEAKS USING DISTRIBUTED FIBRE OPTIC SENSING
- Using the current fibre infrastructure along a pipeline or installing fibre as part of a new pipeline build can deliver huge benefits to operators
- The vast majority of leaks are caused by authorized and unauthorized third party intrusion (TPI) along the right of way. Preventing these activities before any damage is caused to a pipeline asset is critical
- Detecting leaks faster (in seconds or minutes) and with greater accuracy (approx. 10m) in order to reduce repair times and cost
- Operational efficiencies for row patrols, targeted preventative maintenance along in-depth knowledge of the pattern of life around pipeline asset
- All of these benefits lead to increased uptime and increased revenues
Euan Adams
OptaSense Ltd
OptaSense Ltd
1600 - 1630 A GAME-CHANGING INNOVATIVE LEAKAGE REPAIR SOLUTION TARGETED AT WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS EXPERIENCING ELEVATED LEVELS OF NETWORK LEAKAGE
- Leak detection solutions have seen impressive progress in recent years, but complementary leakage repair solutions have not progressed significantly in the last 50 years
- The absence of innovative leakage repair technologies targeted at water distribution networks with elevated levels of network leakage is a major obstacle to reaching a goal of reduced water loss
- TALR, a breakthrough in-pipe repair technology and case studies proving the concept
Peter Paz
Curapipe
Curapipe
1630 - 1730 NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY 2: TBC
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
Mina Ibrahim
Exergia
Exergia
1010 - 1040 INSTALLATION ASSURANCE IN REDUCING WATER LEAKAGE ACROSS THE NETWORK WITH INNOVATION
- As network owners look for front end products and smart solutions, we forget the back end of the project, when we come to installation and operation. Whatever you decide at the beginning of a project does not work if it's not installed correctly
- Digital tool and other solutions which will help network owners minimize water leakages across the network, ensuring the decision process from the beginning is carried forward to the end of the project. No break in the chain
- Non Destructive testing of HDPE piping used for water distribution and using digital tools to ensure installation assurance of the network in reducing water loss
Sanjay Patel
GF Piping Systems
GF Piping Systems
1040 - 1110 EXAMPLES OF HOW TO PREVENT PIPELINE BURSTS WHILE FUTURE PROOFING THE WATER NETWORK
- Every modern country is confronted with an aging assets problem
- How to prioritize aging pipeline assets? Where should I start?
- Nowadays decision making for replacement is primarily done based on aged, material and leakages
- With the new disruptive inspection technology, originating from Wetsus, a new perspective on decision making is created where inspection technology, big data and AI meet
Rudy Dijkstra
Acquaint
Acquaint
1110 - 1130 MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREA
1130 - 1200 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
1200 - 1230 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
1230 - 1300 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
1300 - 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.