Challenges of the project
In addition, due to the concessionary nature of public services, the utility was required to integrate the systems, sensors and communication protocols already installed in the infrastructures it managed.
The digital transformation of the utility posed a major challenge, but its success led to the provision of services with the highest standards of quality and efficiency.
Case study
- Project location: Spain
- Project timeframe: 2006 – present
- Solutions applied: GoAigua for drinking water and wastewater
Drinking water solutions
- Centralization of infrastructure monitoring and operations
- Autonomy in designing and operating synoptic systems
- Creation of operating rules and the development of advanced algorithms for complex process automation
- Reduction of non-revenue water in over 2,500 DMAs
- Monitoring of hydraulic performance through different types of analyses (water balance, MNF, trends, patterns, etc.)
- Remote reading of household meters included in the water analysis
- Infrastructure management of over 700,000 remote meters
- Automatic collection of readings, and communications and device management
- Integration of the necessary algorithm to detect leakage patterns at household level.
- Network management based on a hydraulic model updated in near-real time and connected to operational (SCADA, CMMS, etc.) and commercial (Smart Metering) systems.
- Optimized decision-making for critical operations
- Simulation of past and future states, maximizing future network efficiency
- Intelligent monitoring and operation of water treatment plants, including algorithms for automatic process optimization
- Unification in a single platform of the billing, claims, collection, and customer service management processes
- Integration with the customer management and remote meter-reading solution
- Work order management and organization
- Monitoring of different operational and financial variables
Wastewater solutions
- Centralized monitoring and operation of the wastewater infrastructure
- Autonomy in designing and operating synoptic systems
- Creation of operating rules and the development of advanced algorithms for complex process automation
- Improvement of flood and overflow management based on the network’s mathematical model
- Identification of simulation scenarios based on weather forecasting
- Optimization of sewer network storage capacity through early warning and decision-support systems
- Smart monitoring and operation of wastewater treatment plants, including algorithms for automatic process optimization
- Sewer cleaning optimization
- Prevention of sanitary sewer overflows (SSO)
- Detection of unwanted flows from seepage, rainwater connections in the wastewater network and discharges from illegal connections
- Integration of sensors and the use of advanced algorithms and machine learning.
- Work order management and organization
- Monitoring of different operational and financial variables
Benefits and results
GoAigua’s solutions were integrated into the utility’s main systems (ERP, CMMS, GIS, etc.), together with data obtained from its infrastructure thanks to GoAigua Smart Water Engine. Unified management, the creation of a digital twin and the control of field work have increased operational efficiency by more than 15% over the last 10 years.
Leak detection efficiency increased substantially, and water losses were reduced by 18% on average, thanks to near real-time water balances, the integration of remote reading systems with flow measurement systems in the network, and the use of AI algorithms for pinpointing leak locations.
The new method to optimize hydraulic performance, which included advanced pressure monitoring, boosted the system’s efficiency by an average of 25%.
This comprehensive digital transformation process provided the utility with a holistic approach to service management, in addition to bringing about a cultural change in the organization.
Over the last few years, GoAigua has been successfully deployed in public and semi-public companies, such as Entidad Pública de Saneamiento de Aguas Residuales (EPSAR), Empresa Mixta Valenciana de Aguas (EMIVASA), Empresa General Valenciana del Agua (EGEVASA), Empresa Mixta Metropolitana (EMIMET), and others such as Aigües de Sagunt, Aigües de Morella, Aigües de Tortosa and Aguas de Calpe.
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