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ONSITE IT & TelemeTry 14 WET NEWS OCTOBer 2016 ThE coNcEpT • The StruxureWare SCADA expert ClearSCADA solution is referred to as the Integrated remote Intelligence Service system • An Integrated leakage and Pressure management system (IlPm) enables data collection across multiple systems • The new solution has 30 interfaces that integrate with a number of corporate systems including irem • Using an IlPm system, regulatory reports can be automatically generated NEED To KNoW 1 responding to genuine alarms only has increased operational efficiency by around 10% in jobs saved 2 Anglian Water spends about £20m per year on leakage management 3 Staff fix and find up to 27,000 leaks annually 4 The new system provides real-time monitoring of Anglian's 38,000km of water mains and 76,000km of sewers ThE VERDIcT "Implementations on the scale of one we have just completed are hugely complex and fraught with risk. However, the way we have worked collaboratively with Schneider has been fantastic and a great example of what a truly integrated team can achieve" Matt Walker, strategic programme manager, Anglian Water Anglian Water is focused on the importance of efficient water resource management and in particular, leakage control Anglian has replaced its wireless telemetry system, creating the largest UHF telemetry system that exists in western europe The new system provides real-time monitoring of Anglian's 38,000km of water mains and 76,000km of sewers to ensure effective working order operation to replace its wireless telemetry system, creating the largest UHF telemetry system that exists in western Europe today. It is comprised of 6,500 operational sites, more than 12,000 telemetry outstations and 639,090 points. Anglian Water implemented Schneider Electric's Struxure- Ware SCADA Expert ClearSCADA solution, which is referred to as the Integrated Remote Intelligence Service (IRIS) sys- tem. This was used to handle real-time wireless data transmis- sion and provide a soŠware plat- form for the telemetry system. In order to get a true view of the business, it was critical that all the main systems could interoperate and facilitate access to pools of disparate data which could be combined to provide real business insight. This was the basis of the OT (operations technology) and IT convergence drive at Anglian Water. Using the new system, the utility is able to monitor every drop flowing through its network, provide real-time monitoring of its 38,000km of water mains and 76,000km of sewers to ensure effective working order and smooth running of services. As the organisation's first foray into advanced big data exploitation, this project established a key data collec- tion and control component for a second project specifically addressing the water leakage management area. Given the issues threatening Anglian Water's supply demand bal- ance, the company is focused on the importance of efficient water resource management and in particular, leakage control. This is demonstrated by its investment of £20M per year on leakage management and the employment of 300 staff who are fixing and finding up to 27,000 leaks annually. Reducing leakage is a priority for customers and so by 2020 Anglian Water is planning to reduce these levels by 10% from its 2015 baseline. Holistic approach To address this, an Integrated Leakage and Pressure Manage- ment system (ILPM) was devel- oped using Schneider Electric's Water Management Suite (WMS) technology. This enabled Anglian Water to facilitate col- lection of data across multiple systems (through its integration with virtually all of the utility's corporate systems) to improve processing and offer visualisa- tion of that data through action- able dashboards. As a result, it could empower users to effectively manage leak detection (prioritisation, plan- ning and productivity monitor- ing) and complete internal and regulatory reports much more easily. The "one team" approach that was so important to Anglian Water truly paid off. Working with Schneider Electric, the team made joint decisions, prototyped ideas and took a holistic approach across all needs and systems. This has delivered a new, integrated solution that supports the industry move towards IT and OT (including Enterprise Resource Planning) convergence and provides the foundation for further business improvement. Anglian Water can now support future advancements and use its platform as the foundation of its key business and operational objectives for AMP6, AMP7 and beyond. The new and improved Anglian Water solution has 30 interfaces that integrate with a number of corporate systems including iREM – automatic regulatory reporting, and SAP. Integration with SAP has enabled increased work-flow efficiency, through automatic raising (and cancelling) of work orders by the system, from alarms. Users across the business can now raise leakage jobs directly from ILPM, view SAP customer data and create bespoke dashboards to monitor and control leakage. 'Excel experts' Anglian Water can drive similar efficiencies through built-in alarm pressure logic. This has enabled users to reduce the number of redundant alarms and suppress consequential alarms caused by fieldwork maintenance. Now, employees are only responding to alarms if genuinely needed. This has increased operational efficiency by approximately 10% in jobs saved. With predictive analysis capabilities, users can also improve forecasting, for example, to see how long it takes to empty and fill tanks and anticipate the time needed to respond to problems. Using built-in intelligence, teams can now take over management of the entire network, rather than just individual sites. Using the ILPM system, regulatory reports can be automatically generated and published. There is also no need to pull data out of the system and into Excel for manipulation. Therefore, 'Excel experts' are no longer needed to process data and the automation of reports means analyst time has been freed up for more complex data analysis. "Working with Schneider Electric we have developed an industry leading soŠware package with the ILPM system. It houses and displays all data needed to manage our entire water network so that we're aware of increased leakage as soon as it occurs. Over 100 people in the company are using the system and driving efficiencies in leakage reporting and planning," says David Jacobs, leakage data manager at Anglian Water In the future, Anglian Water intends to extend the relation- ship with Schneider Electric to evolve ILPM through pressure management benefit tracking and integration with online hydraulic models. It plans to trial Schneider Electric's Aquis solution, which provides past and real-time network model- ling, as well as forecasting capa- bilities to reduce operational and energy costs associated with water distribution activity.

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