Leakage Warning System (LWS)
Problem: Quick response to any leakage in a distribution system is crucial to avoid direct and indirect loss over time.
Water loss and damage to the near infrastructure cause disruption to other services as well. It reduces the useful life of assets and may cause environmental damage.
Solution
The Leakage Warning Systems (LWS) help to avoid background leakages and reduce the time to address any leakage in the distribution network.
These systems work with flow, pressure, or both to detect leakage.
Input required
Waterlix LWS uses flow data and historical breaks. It uses another piece of information to calibrate the model for each customer.
It considers the customer preference in the process. It usually relates to the availability of leakage detection teams after it is detected and the importance of the leakage reduction in their city.
For more details please check the example in Appendix I.
Possible Sources of data
The data may come from an IoT which measures the district flow and pressure or can use the SCADA data from the pumping stations and tanks.
Benefits and Output
A leakage warning not only informs the operation team about an incident but also provides a leakage size. The estimated water loss per minute helps the operation to prioritize team assignments and get prepared accordingly.
Water leakage volume helps financial analysis of the problem. It might be used in multiple departments for better financial planning or prioritizing their actions. Waterlix LWS can identify the lost water using the historical data and provide a near actual estimate for the lost water as a break or background leakage.
Sensor Monitoring and Data Integrity
Waterlix LWS uses the data to make an inference. Now, what is the data itself wouldn't be reliable. Is there a mechanism to control and report the problem instantly to correct the problem?
Our experience with some cities has demonstrated that bad data quality is a big issue to use LWS. A subsystem in Waterlix LWS monitors the data sources and generates warnings. It also allows one to check out the error statistics to identify the cause of such incidence in a dashboard.
How to access Waterlix LWS?
Waterlix LWS is accessible through API or a web application.
The API is suitable to integrate the service into any existing system. The Web application also can connect to data sources of your choice. It is not going to save any data and identifies a leakage pattern in the flow data stream.
Integration with any Data Source
The integration of our app or APIs to read a live stream of flow /pressure is possible. We can use the available API to access the data or add Waterlix IoTs to transfer the data to our API or cloud of your choice.
This application also monitors the SCADA and IoT health and reports any irregularity in their function. Comparative reports for SCADA health and water loss reports are other outputs of the application.
Risk-Free Implementation
The implementation of this project includes the following steps:
1. Historical Data Acquisition
2. Acquiring Customer Preferences
3. Calibrating Models
4. Evaluating the Model Performance
5. Testing the Calibrated Model
6. Training & Go Live
The process has no cost to you until you see the model performance and decide to use it.
You can see the results and savings in action and see how it helps you to prioritize your projects or assess the historical water loss because of leakage.
After you decided to use the system the integration with the data sources would be done and the calibrated model will be accessible to you. After the implementation is completed, you will pay the annual subscription fee to use the tool. (website or the API).
Waterlix Initiative
We are open to having your data to assess the feasibility and performance of this solution for you free of charge. Please contact us if you are interested in a free pilot with your data.
