Water & Wastewater Treatment

24 | MAY 2015 | WWT | www.wwtonline.co.uk ADVERTORIAL Optimising assets fOr the water industry Of the future Water is fundamental to human activities. As the UK water industry transforms, the world's largest water company, Veolia is taking the initiative by reshaping its offering with the focus on helping its customers to become more resource efficient and improve sustainability and carbon performance. Led by John Abraham, its new Chief Operating Officer – Water, Veolia's move reflects changes in the water industry driven by market reform and pressures of increasing operational optimisation and improving the efficiency of existing assets. To meet these challenges, Veolia is pioneering SMART technologies which have the capability to drive TOTEX lifecycle savings that could help you qualify for Outcome Delivery Incentives (ODI). And rather than acting simply as a consultant, Veolia has the operational expertise and experience to work not on a solely fee-based service, but combine it with a gain-share offering. This reduces up-front costs with investment offset by improved performance to deliver you financial and environmental benefits. Resourcing the world Veolia's global strategy is to 'Resource the World' by preserving and giving access to existing resources and manufacturing new resources from existing materials. Implementation of this approach supports the circular economy and requires the adoption of global best practices and integrating them to maximise long term sustainable benefits. Globally we supply 94 million people with drinking water and manage wastewater systems for another 62 million people. As a result, Veolia is able to draw on unparalleled experience, delivering the expertise that will help utilities drive their businesses forward. The key to getting the balance right is integrating the benefits of new technology with operational expertise. Ground breaking schemes are now demonstrating that we can deliver major advantages in water asset management and by working in partnership with the industry we can ensure that water can take a step change in terms of infrastructure support. With the new Veolia UK offering, Veolia customers will now get the added benefit of combined expertise in water, energy and waste. This unique offering means industrial, commercial and municipal clients will be able to get a consolidated environmental package wrapped up in one! Technology for the future – happening now In the document, 'Innovation Priorities for the Water Sec- tor', Ofwat clearly identified smart water technologies as applicable to increasing efficiency in all areas of the water sector moving forward. Advances in metering and smart networks and increas- ing resource scarcity will re- sult in emerging opportunities for intelligent operations over the long-term. Technological advances in smart metering and network control are needed to reduce leakage within an aging infrastructure and provide greater incentives to improve customer service that will drive further advances in network management. Veolia can improve performance management through the innovation of the SMART Water Box, a tool to consolidate all network information, automate key processes and analyse trends. In addition, Homerider and Endetec, both Veolia companies, specialise in AMR technology and sensors respectively. Veolia are also active in other joint ventures that are looking at introducing the latest advances in technology to help make the UK water industry the leading example for the future. The company is already at the forefront of new digital urban solutions through its partnership with IBM to deliver digital services and solutions for urban resources for cities. IBM and Veolia will first deliver new solutions for Smarter Water by deploying market leading software which provides a management system for the integration, optimisation and analysis of all data related to water management. The solutions are already currently deployed in Lyon, France and Tidworth in Wiltshire where Veolia is providing water and waste water management services using some of the most advanced and automated water management technology available today. Operating the future Veolia has the scale of operations and demonstrable experience to ensure the smooth deployment of technology to both above and below ground assets, ranging from treatment works and pumping stations to underground networks. Ofwat's recent changes in the regulatory framework and the move towards TOTEX will increase incentives for water companies to focus on these operational solutions. To support this approach, Veolia focuses on providing operational optimisation services, ensuring existing assets have maximum efficiency and all solutions consider operational interventions prior to asset investment. We can provide a legitimate link between in- house operations and capital delivery entities to ensure that the asset creation teams are closely aligned with asset management. A drop in the Ocean The company has already successfully developed its global OCEAN software which complements its water2energy audit process that includes four individual stages of support to wastewater treatment processes: • Recover: If a site is not meeting regulatory requirements, we can put

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