EDITOR’S NOTE

Inclusive and Responsive Smart Cities

In the Smart Cities Mission of India, 99 cities have
been selected so far. Currently, there are around 3000
projects worth Rs. 1,40,000 crores in various stages
of implementation, tenders are called for projects
worth Rs. 16,000 crore and 1 lakh crore worth of proj-
ects are being readied for issuance of tenders.
Though, only 189 projects worth Rs. 2,237 crore have
been completed till now which is less than 2% of the
overall proposed work.
There are various definitions of smart cities con-
cept. What makes it really interesting, is the interpre-
tation of smartness, which is unique in each project.
While the central government is making policy deci-
sions, it is good to see the citizens, states, and ULBs
(Urban Local Bodies) involved in the process. Such
an ambitious project can be sustainable only when
the citizens are an active part of it.
While there is a structure in place, with well-de-
fined stages in the selection of 100 Smart Cities, there
is ample space for the organic growth of ideas. A lot of
preference is being given to ‘innovative ideas’, mak-
ing this project so refreshing to see.
The guidelines on promoting innovative smart so-
lutions under Smart Cities Mission, AMRUT, and
Swachh Bharat Mission include smart meters & man-
agement, leakage identification, preventive mainte-
nance, and water quality monitoring as smart water
solutions. We talked to city planners, technology
providers and project heads to give you a better idea
of these smart water solutions. And these solutions
are applicable to any world city, not just in India.
As we gear up to celebrate the World Water Day
this year, we will cover the concepts of ‘green water
“The smallest patch of
green to arrest the
monotony of asphalt and
concrete is as important to
the value of real estate as
streets,sewers and
convenient shopping.”
- James Felt
infrastructure’ and ‘nature-based solutions’ for water
challenges of the 21st century, in our next issue. We
will focus on water pollution, flood prevention, safe
drinking water and urban wetlands. A study by
Andhra Pradesh PHED team in 2016, on Soil-Bio-
Technology (SBT) based Sewage Treatment Plants in
Mumbai, is on the same lines. This ‘green engineering’
concept is developed by Indian Institute of Technol-
ogy Bombay (IITB) indigenously after two decades
of research. The report is available on the ‘Smart
Cities Mission’ website. I welcome editorial contri-
butions from water professionals on these topics.
As the urban development picks up the pace with
Smart Cities Mission, it would be even more satisfy-
ing to see our rural water infrastructure also getting
smart water solutions in near future. Water is a ba-
sic human right and making it available to all citizens,
urban or rural, must be our top priority.
The Express Water ‘Jal Sabha’ (8-10 March, Pune)
is a forum exclusively for the heads of the water sup-
ply & sewage departments of municipal corpora-
tions. The event, with a gathering of 50 delegates
from across India, is in line with our vision to create
community-specific events that seeks to identify spe-
cific groups within the overall water community and
create avenues for them to come together and brain-
storm on important issues. This -by invite only- fo-
rum will focus on issues faced by the corporations
around water supply, sewage, and STPs.
MAYUR SHARMA
Editor
mayur.sharma@expressindia.com
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 IN THE NEWS
L&T Construction Wins Orders Valued
Rs. 788 Crore and 2,265 Crore
Mayur Sharma
Mumbai
WATER & EFFLUENT
Treatment Business of L&T
Construction has received
engineering, procurement &
construction orders worth Rs.
788 crores. The order has
been secured from Uttar
Pradesh Jal Nigam for the
construction of the Kanpur
Water Carrier System. The
scope includes survey, design,
laying of water pipeline sys-
tem, intake structures and
Jacobs Completes
CH2M Acquisition
EW Staff
USA
JACOBS ENGINEERING
GROUP Inc. has announced
the completion of its acquisi-
tion of CH2M via a cash and
stock transaction. Jacobs
formed an Integration
Management Office (IMO)
early in August to begin inte-
gration planning following the
announcement of the pro-
posed CH2M acquisition.
“This is a transformative
step-change that brings
together the industry’s fore-
most expertise and services to
fulfill our vision to provide
leading-edge solutions for a
more connected, sustainable
world,” said Jacobs Chairman
and CEO Steve Demetriou.
Water represents an
approximately USD 100 bil-
lion-a-year opportunity for it,
expected to grow at a 4 to 5
percent compounded annual
rate, presenting significant
potential to extend CH2M’s
6 January, 2018
other allied works for convey-
ing raw water from Bidhnu
canal to an upcoming thermal
power plant at Kanpur.Two
orders have been received
from Public Health
Engineering Department of a
major state to provide Rural
Water and Fluorosis mitiga-
tion. The scope includes sup-
ply, laying & commissioning of
the distribution network, con-
struction of clear water reser-
voirs, elevated storage reser-
voirs and house service con-
nections.
leadership in design, manage-
ment and lifecycle services for
government and industrial
clients, including operations
and maintenance, and
resiliency services mitigating
climate threats. Jacobs is
expected to benefit by expand-
ing these capabilities globally,
backed by its strong operating
and project delivery platform.
The combined company will
have a leading global water
business with the scale, criti-
cal mass and experience to
capitalize on infrastructure
and industrial growth trends.
"We are applying lessons
learned from past integration
experiences and adopting best
practices for critical factors,
such as talent retention, and
building on the excellent cul-
tural foundations of both
organizations”, said Steve
Demetriou.
Jacobs appointed the for-
mer CH2M director, Barry
Williams, to serve as a direc-
tor of Jacobs.
In another development,
the Transportation
Infrastructure and Water &
Effluent Treatment business-
es of L&T Construction have
jointly bagged three EPC
orders worth Rs. 2,265 Crore
from Andhra Pradesh Capital
Region Development
Authority (APCRDA).The
scope of work includes investi-
gation, design & construction
of roads, drains, culverts,
water supply, sewerage, sew-
erage treatment plants, utility
ducts for power & ICT, reuse
The Thames Tideway Tunnel Benefits from a
Digital Strategy and Saves 32% on Design
Mayur Sharma
USA
MOTT MACDONALD PRO-
VIDED leadership on the UK’s
largest-ever water industry
infrastructure project by
enabling a going-digital strate-
gy for the CVB JV project
team (a joint venture of
Costain, Vinci Construction
Grands Projets, and
BachySoletanche).
The project’s primary
objective was to reduce sewer-
age overflows into the River
Thames, improve water quali-
“
Amaravati is fast developing into a world-class
city and we are proud to be part of its growth
story.This order reinforces trust and
confidence that the Government of Andhra
Pradesh has on Larsen & Toubro to execute
large projects to quality and in time.
S.N. Subrahmanyan
CEO and MD, Larsen & Toubro
waterline & avenue plantation Zones - 6, 7 and 10 areas of
for land pooling schemes in Amaravati Capital City.
ty, and create new infrastruc- included 3D collaborative soft-
ture that lasts at least 120 years ware, enabled better communi-
while meeting strict European cation among project disci-
environmental standards. plines to make informed deci-
By adopting Bentley’s BIM sions. Using ProjectWise, team
methodology, Mott MacDonald members could access all deliv-
ensured 3D digital engineering erable information 80% faster
models would provide the than on similar projects. This
immersive environment to sup- advantage reduced total num-
port the planning and design ber of deliverables on the proj-
phases. ect. Using Bentley Navigator,
For this GBP 4 billion proj- project participants could
ect, Mott MacDonald and the review models, secure
CVB JV venture leveraged approvals, identify issues, and
Bentley applications for design reduce rework. This helped
and construction. The adoption complete design-time six
of BIM methodology, which months ahead of schedule.
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 IN THE NEWS
LANXESS on Course for Record Year AfterExcellent Third Quarter
EW Staff
Germany
FOLLOWING AN EXCEL-
LENT third quarter of 2017,
specialty chemicals company
LANXESS is still on course for
the highest earnings in its histo-
ry.
Global sales increased by
25.1 percent or EUR 483 million
to EUR 2.4 billion. A year earli-
er, they amounted to EUR 1.9
billion. EBITDA pre exception-
Evoqua’s Geomembrane Technologies to
Help Control Odors at Canadian WWTP
EW Staff
Canada
A LARGE WASTEWATER
treatment plant (WWTP) in
Western Canada has selected
Evoqua’s Geomembrane
Technologies for an odor con-
trol project. The WWTP
treats millions of liters of
wastewater annually - and
with that comes the accompa-
nying foul odors.
After a competitive bid
process, a design/build team
including Evoqua’s
Geomembrane Technologies
was chosen to provide a solu-
tion to the odor problem.
Geomembrane Technologies’
portion of the project includes
Novozymes and Grundfos Kick Off Collaboration for Clean Water
EW Staff
Denmark
THE WORLD’S LEAD-
ING expert in enzymes and
microorganisms, Novozymes,
and Grundfos, the global
leader in advanced pump
technologies have entered
into open innovation collabo-
ration.
The partnership takes
place on HelloScience.io, an
8 January, 2018
als improved by 35 percent to
EUR 347 million, compared
with EUR 257 million in the
prior-year quarter. The contri-
butions from the acquired
Chemtura businesses as well as
higher volumes had a particu-
larly positive effect. The EBIT-
DA margin pre exceptionals in
the third quarter of 2017 stood
at 14.4 percent, which was con-
siderably above the value of 13.4
percent reported in the prior-
year period.
designing, fabricating, and
overseeing the installation of
several structurally supported
covers for the Waste Water
Treatment Plant’s primary
clarifier tanks.
The tanks are located
inside a building, and foul air
from the treatment process
creates an unpleasant envi-
ronment for plant workers.
The covers will capture hydro-
gen sulfide so it can be
removed.
In total, 24 retractable cov-
ers will be provided to the
plant by Geomembrane
Technologies, as well as some
non-trafficable removable
panel covers for scum collec-
tion channels. The covers
online universe launched by
Novozymes, where entrepre-
neurs, startups and others
can connect with industry.
“This is a great opportuni-
ty. Partnering with Grundfos
opens new possibilities for
Novozymes, the HelloScience
platform and its users. Until
now, we have been able to con-
nect the startups and academ-
ics, who are part of this net-
work, with our knowledge
“LANXESS is in full swing.
Our clear strategic focus on
high-margin specialty chemicals
is increasingly paying off, and in
operational terms, we are per-
forming very well in our new
setup. It is particularly pleasing
that all the regions and all our
specialty chemicals segments
are seeing considerable earn-
ings growth,” said Matthias
Zachert, Chairman of the
LANXESS Board of
Management.
range in size from 22-28 ft (6.7-
8.5 m) wide and 24-32 ft (7.3-
9.8 m) long. The custom-
designed covers consist of a
sheet of high-strength fabric
tensioned across a low-profile
aluminum arched frame. This
design allows the covers to be
easily opened to access tank
contents for inspection and
maintenance.
“The covers will help con-
trol odors from wastewater
treatment at the plant, as well
as improve working condi-
tions for plant operators,” says
Geomembrane Technologies
GM Victor Cormier. The com-
pany.
The project is expected to be
complete in spring 2018.
about enzymes and microor-
ganisms, and allowing them to
use samples in their work, but
now we can also connect them
with Grundfos’ expertise in
water treatment,” says Claus
Crone Fuglsang, Senior Vice
President, Research & from water and improve
Technology at Novozymes.
Four specific challenges
will be posted online, allowing
all in the HelloScience com-
munity to pitch their ideas on
Matthias Zachert
Xylem to Acquire Pure
Technologies Ltd
EW Staff
USA
XYLEM INC., A GLOBAL
water technology company, has
entered into a definitive agree-
ment to acquire all the issued
and outstanding shares of Pure
Technologies Ltd. for CAD
$9.00 per share in cash, repre-
senting an enterprise value of
USD397 million.
Pure provides unique diag-
nostic and analytics solutions
and services based on propri-
etary technologies to address
key water and wastewater
infrastructure challenges. It is
a leader in intelligent leak
detection and condition assess-
ment solutions for water distri-
how to secure clean water for
more people - and receive
sparring, input, and assis-
tance from both Novozymes
and Grundfos. The two com-
panies seek solutions to
remove polluting chemicals
cleaning of wastewater. That
includes better filtering, less
sludge, and recovery of phos-
phate, a precious nutrient,
from wastewater.
bution networks, a rapidly
growing market driven by the
increasing adoption of digital
solutions to improve utilities’
capital and operating efficien-
cy.
“Pure’s solutions strongly
complement the broader Xylem
portfolio, particularly our
recently acquired Visenti and
Sensus solutions, creating a
unique and disruptive platform
of diagnostic, analytics and
optimization solutions for clean
and wastewater networks.
Pure will also bring greater
scale to our growing data ana-
lytics and software-as-a-serv-
ice capabilities,” said Patrick
Decker, Xylem President &
Chief Executive Officer.
“This is an excellent
chance to see what we can do
in combination with
Novozymes. Adding biotech-
nology to what we can do in,
for instance, digital dosing
might very well open brand-
new possibilities for e.g. water
treatment. We need new part-
nerships”, says Lars
Enevoldsen, Group Vice
President, Technology &
Innovation at Grundfos.
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WABAG and BRLF Ink MoU for Watershed

Program in West Bengal

Mayur Sharma
Chennai
VA TECH WABAG Limited
and Bharat Rural Livelihoods
Foundation (BRLF), New Delhi,
an independent not-for-profit
organization set up by Govt. of
India have entered into an MoU
for implementation of the
watershed development project
under WABAG-CSR program.
Under this MoU, WABAG
agrees to provide grant assis-
tance to BRLF amounting to
Rs.2.50 crores spread over a
S. Varadarajan period of 4 years. The total esti-
mated cost of this watershed
project is around Rs. 352.00
crores. Out of this outlay,
MGNREGA Department, Govt.
of West Bengal would con-
tribute a sum of Rs.336.22
crores and BRLF would bring
in Rs.11.22 crores.
The proposed project would
be implemented in the poorest
parts of West Bengal.The objec-
tives are - restoration of
degraded land and soil enrich-
ment, in-situ water harvesting,
making communities climate
resilient, with productivity
enhancement and community
asset creation through employ-
ment generation.
“
While agriculture as a sector consumes more
than 70% of availability and needs initiatives
towards enhancement of productivity, there
are so many areas where the need is
augmenting the water availability
itself.WABAG is addressing both these needs
through its CSR initiative. MoU between
WABAG and BRLF for water-sheds in West
Bengal is in this direction.
S Varadarajan
Director & Chief Growth Officer, WABAG

HaskoningDHV Belgium NV Consortium Led by Veolia Wins Contract to Extend

Operations Sold to Sweco and Bring Up to Standard Bonneuil-en-France WTP
EW Staff
Belgium
SWECO IS ACQUIRING the
operations of HaskoningDHV
Belgium after concluding an
asset purchase agreement
with Royal HaskoningDHV.
HaskoningDHV Belgium is
specialized in soil investiga-
tions and decontamination,
environmental impact assess-
ments and integrated area
development.
"I am pleased to welcome
HaskoningDHV Belgium to
Sweco. Sweco has a very solid
base in Belgium. We have an
efficient organization and are
continuously growing. The
experts from HaskoningDHV
Belgium are a perfect match
for our teams, which ensures a
smooth continuation of cur-
rent projects. By joining
forces, we will be planning and
designing the communities
and cities of the future”, says
Tomas Carlsson, President &
CEO, Sweco.
EW Staff
France
VEOLIA, THROUGH ITS
subsidiary OTV, was selected
by the Le Croult and Le Petit
Rosne valleys inter-municipal
association for water manage-
ment (SIAH), Paris region
(France), for the contract to
extend and bring up to stan-
dard the Bonneuil-en-France
wastewater treatment plant.
The 10-year contract,
worth a total €199.4 million,
excluding taxes, of which €112
million for OTV, will in partic-
ular increase the plant’s treat-
ment capacity from 350,000
to 500,000 Population
Equivalent (PE).
The MEO project will ben-
efit from the latest technologi-
cal advances made by Veolia,
in particular in biological
wastewater treatment by
using the HYBAS™ process,
which combines
AnoxKaldnes™ biofilm tech-
nology and activated sludge in
the same tank.
Compact and robust, the
HYBAS™ process achieves
excellent treatment perform-
ance while keeping construc-
tion and operation costs to a
minimum.
The biomethane produced
will be injected into the
French national grid (GRDF).
Also, the ENERGIDO©
process developed by Veolia
will be used to recover heat
from the wastewater treated,
to heat all the offices and tech-
nical buildings.
Work is slated to begin in
the first half of 2019.

Grundfos Looks at a Bright Future in China

EW Staff
China
GRUNDFOS RECENTLY
OPENED its 20th sales office
in China. This marks yet
another step in expanding its
business presence in China.
The new sales office
opened in Zhengzhou.
Another in Hefei.Both within
a few days of each other. Add
to that the plans of another
opening in Hangzhou, and you
can spot the pattern:
Grundfos is expanding its
presence in China. The two
new offices are the 19th and
20th in the country.
“China is growing. And a
lot of this growth is happening
in Middle- and Western China.
We are established in these
areas, but we want to increase
our presence. Get even closer
to customers. Understanding
their needs, and being able to
solve their challenges quickly.
And to do this, we need to
build even stronger, local pres-
ence,” says Humphrey Lau,
Regional Managing Director
of Grundfos China. He adds,
“Cities are growing rapidly,
and that is of course also a
reason to why we strategically
decided to expand in Middle
and Western China, a move-
ment we actually initiated
some years ago.”

10 January, 2018 EXPRESS WATER

 IN THE NEWS

SPML Infra Posted Rs. 8.15 Crore Net

Profit in Q2 of FY 18
Mayur Sharma
Kolkata
SPML INFRA LIMITED
has declared the financial
results for the Q2 period
ended September 30, 2017.
The company has posted a
net profit of Rs.8.15 crores
for the period ended
September 30, 2017 - as
against net loss of Rs. 3.69
crores for the correspon-
ding period ended
September 30, 2016. The
net sale for the period was
Rs.205.19 crores. The net
sales during the 6 months
period ended September 30,
2017 - stood at Rs.542.66
crores. Subhash Sethi,
Chairman, SPML Infra
commented, “Our efforts
towards consolidation of
our finances post S4A
scheme implementation will
help us in focusing more on
project execution and win-
ing new projects. We are
hopeful that our financials
will gain momentum in the
remaining two quarters and
with improved profitability,
we will be in a better posi-
tion to declare good benefits
to our shareholders.” Subhash Sethi

Hanovia and Berson- SUEZ and SOLVAY Join Forces in China

Milieutechniek B.V. Merged
EW Staff
UK
HANOVIA LIMITED AND
BersonMilieutechniek, both
part of Halma plc, have
merged to create a new com-
pany providing ultraviolet
(UV) disinfection systems.
Hanovia and Berson, which
have previously operated
independently as part of
Halma plc, retain their trading
names following the merger.
The newly merged compa-
ny has more than 150 years of
combined experience in devel-
oping and applying UV tech-
nology and has thousands of
installations within industrial
and municipal water treat-
ment applications globally.
The Hanovia UK facility
will be the global headquar-
ters for the combined compa-
ny, whilst also becoming its
center of innovation. Nuenen,
in The Netherlands, will now
be the new sales and support
HQ for the EMEA region. The
Hanovia office in Shanghai,
China, will remain as the com- EW Staff processes (AOP’s) within dance with most recent stan-
pany’s Asia headquarters, China China to meet stringent envi- dards of chemical industry,
serving industrial and now ronmental standards. requiring in particular a total
municipal markets. SUEZ AND SOLVAY have Wanhua Chemical is sup- TN content of less than 15
Aquionics, the brand name won the contract to treat brine plied with water by a reverse mg/L, TOC= 20 mg/l, BOD =
for both Hanovia and Berson from reverse osmosis desali- osmosis desalination plant. 10 mg/l, SS = 10 mg/l, TP = 0,5
products in America, will also nation at Wanhua Chemical The contract provides a treat- mg/l2, etc. This treatment line
be retained. The new Industry Park in Yantai ment line for the brine pro- will be equipped with SUEZ’s
Aquionics office in Charlotte, (Shandong). This contract is duced by desalination process. patented technologies
North Carolina, will head the part of an alliance between With a capacity of 24 000 (Densadeg, Biofor DN,
Americas operation, serving SUEZ and Solvay which was m3/day, this line will treat Oxyblue, Flopac, Ozonia® XF)
both industrial and municipal formed to jointly develop and brine to achieve a quality dis- as well as the AOP. It will start
markets. market Advanced Oxidation charge into the sea, in accor- operation in October 2018.

Itron Completes Acquisition of Silver Spring Networks

EW Staff
USA
ITRON, INC., A world-lead-
ing technology and services
company dedicated to the
resourceful use of energy and
water, has completed its
acquisition of Silver Spring
Networks, Inc.
With this acquisition, Itron
strengthens its ability to deliv-
er a broader set of solutions,
increase the pace of growth
and innovation in the smart
city and industrial IoT mar-
kets, and provide customers
with greater choice and flexi-
bility when deploying technol-
ogy to improve their opera-
tions and services.
“The addition of Silver
Spring Networks comes at a
time when industry dynamics
are changing: utilities and
cities want to invest in IoT
and connectivity to modernize
critical infrastructure to
reduce operating expenses,
enhance services and create
new revenue opportunities,”
said Philip Mezey, Itron’s pres-
ident and chief executive offi-
cer. “This acquisition
enhances Itron’s capabilities
and advances our strategy of
delivering highly-secure,
value-generating solutions for
utilities, smart cities, and the
broader industrial IoT sector.”
“Bringing together our two
companies ties directly to
Itron’s strategy to deliver
valuable outcomes to our cus-
tomers as they manage the
world’s energy and water
resources - and build the cities
of tomorrow.,” he concludes.
The legacy Silver Spring
Networks business is now a
wholly-owned subsidiary of
Itron, Inc. and will be integrat-
ed and reported as a new busi-
ness segment, Itron
Networked Solutions.

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 MOVEMENTS
Aquam Corporation
TIM BOWEN
Aquam Corporation has
announced that TIM
BOWEN joins the company
as Managing Director for
the United Kingdom. He
brings decades of infra-
structure project experi-
ence at a key moment, as
the company expands geo-
graphically with new tech-
nology solutions aimed at
addressing the vital water
and gas assets that lie
under UK's buildings and
streets.
Prior to joining Aquam, he
most recently served as the
Executive Director of
Corporate Development for
the Costain Group.
"Signs of our aging infra-
structure are emerging
daily, threatening the health
and safety of our people
and cities, and these are the
societal issues that Aquam
is addressing," said Tim.
"The addition of Tim to the
leadership team brings
incredible experience and a
wide network of potential
partners to Aquam further
positioning the company to
lead the UK water and infra-
structure market," said Dan
Squiller, CEO, Aquam.
Dudek
JOE MONACO
Dudek has announced JOE
MONACO as President of
the environmental and
engineering consulting firm
specializing in natural
12 January, 2018
resource management and
infrastructure planning and
design. Monaco takes over
the role from Frank Dudek,
who served as the firm’s
only president since found-
ing the company in 1980.
Dudek stays on as Chief
Executive Officer and
Chairman of the employee-
owned firm, one of the
largest environmental con-
sulting firms headquar-
tered in California.
Monaco managed the envi-
ronmental permitting for
the Carlsbad, CA Seawater
Desalination Plant, the
largest operational desali-
nation facility in the USA.
KSB
Aktiengesellschaft
DR. STEPHAN TIMMERMANN
DR. STEPHAN TIMMER-
MANN has become
Chairman of the Board of
Management of KSB
Aktiengesellschaft. This
decision was taken by the
KSB Supervisory Board.
Stephan Timmermann is
currently working as an
independent management
consultant in Augsburg.
Until 2015 he worked in var-
ious roles for the Munich-
based MAN Group. His last
position was for ten years
as a member of the Board
of Management of MAN
Diesel & Turbo SE.
The mechanical engineer
studied at Karlsruhe
University of Applied
Sciences and wrote his doc-
torate on the topic of
automation engineering/
robotics. At KSB, Stephan
Timmermann will be
responsible for Strategy,
Communications, Legal,
and Internal Audits, among
others.
Management
Association of the
Philippines
RAMONCITO SALDUA FERNANDEZ
President and Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of
Maynilad Water Services
RAMONCITO SALDUA
FERNANDEZ will be lead-
ing the Management
Association of the
Philippines (MAP) in 2018.
He is the 69th President of
the organization since its
inception in 1950.
He was appointed as
President and CEO of
Maynilad in January 2016.
He is a BS Industrial
Management Engineering
graduate of De La Salle
University and has an MBM
from the Asian Institute of
Management. He complet-
ed his Advanced
Management Program of
IESE at the University of
Asia and the Pacific in 2014.
He will bring his varied
experiences in industrial
marketing, controllership,
materials management,
logistics, administration
and international carrier
business, as he leads the
MAP in 2018.
International Water Association
DIANE D’ARRAS
The International Water
Association has
announced the re-election
of DIANE D’ARRAS as the
President of the
Metso Corporation
NICO DELVAUX
Metso's President and CEO
NICO DELVAUX has decid-
ed to resign and assume the
position of President and
CEO of ASSA ABLOY AB. He
will leave his duties in Metso
in June 2018.
"The Board of Directors is
obviously disappointed that
Nico has decided to leave
Metso. However, the busi-
ness plans and organiza-
tional changes that have
been decided during the fall
have the Board's full sup-
port and everybody in
Metso will focus on execut-
ing these plans going for-
ward. The Board will initiate
a search for a new President
and CEO," says Mikael
Lilius, Chairman of Metso's
Board of Directors.
"I was offered a once-in-a-
lifetime opportunity that I
could not turn down," says
Nico Delvaux. "I have
enjoyed my time at Metso
and I'm grateful for the
Board and all the Metso
people. I'm confident that
the Metso has significant
potential to drive profitable
growth in line with its strat-
egy."
Association. Diane has
been an active member of
the IWA for many years
and has served on the
organization’s Board for
the last seven years.
Speaking after her reelec-
tion, Diane said, “It is a
privilege to be re-elected
as President of the IWA
and to continue working
with our members around
the world to address the
significant challenges we
face as a sector. IWA’s
NSF International
CHRISTOPHER BOYD
NSF International, a global
public health and safety
organization, has recently
appointed CHRISTOPHER
BOYD as General Manager
of its Building Water Health
program in the North
America.
Christopher Boyd comes to
NSF International from the
Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene in New York
City (NYC), where he led the
agency's response to the
largest Legionella outbreak
in NYC history. As Assistant
Commissioner of
Environmental Sciences
and Engineering in NYC,
Boyd was also responsible
for regulatory oversight of
the New York City municipal
water system.
"Chris brings years of expe-
rience in public service to
NSF International, and his
particular focus on building
water health in one of the
world's largest cities makes
him uniquely qualified to
lead our building water
health program in North
America," said Dave
Purkiss, Director of Global
Water Programs at NSF
International.
main role is to provide a
platform for water profes-
sionals to share ideas,
exchange knowledge and
incubate new thinking.”
A civil engineer for forty
years, Diane became the
first female President of
the world’s largest interna-
tional association of water
professionals in October
2016.
She is currently Global VP
for Professional Relations
in Suez Environnement.
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 PRODUCTS
Alfa Laval
The new AQUA Blue S-type
Freshwater Generators use
the same 3-in-1 AQUA plate
technology as the original
Ctype configuration. But it
maximizes energy efficien-
cy and capacity-to-foot-
print ratio by making use of
the vessel’s existing seawa-
ter cooling system pumps.
This cuts electrical power
needs by 70% compared to
conventional freshwater
generators, and it shrinks
the already small AQUA
Blue footprint by up to 15%.
Emerson
With the aim of providing
reliable level measurement
in the most challenging
applications, Emerson has
introduced an all-PTFE
process seal antenna for
the Rosemount 5408 Non-
Contacting Radar Level
Transmitters. The new
antenna has been devel-
oped specifically for
demanding applications,
such as reactors, mixers,
and solids, and is ideal for
handling corrosive media
and high condensation lev-
els. All wetted parts are
made from PTFE to maxi-
mize corrosion resistance.
Signal quality metric diag-
nostics provide dirty anten-
14 January, 2018
na detection, enabling pre-
ventive maintenance.
Flowrox
Flowrox has entered the
Industrial Internet of Things
(IIoT) era by bringing to
market a new generation of
SMART SOLUTIONS™ that
offer a new way to control,
operate and visualize equip-
ment and entire facilities by
means of a 3D user inter-
face. The newest innovation
is Flowrox Smart
Expulse™, a pulsation
dampener with a smart
option. This solution quiets
the banging noise by set-
tling up to 90% of pressure
peaks that can eventually
lead to pipeline breakage.
Moreover, it saves up to
10% in pumping energy by
temporarily storing it to the
flexible inner hose and filler
gas.
HWM
HWM has launched the
DXmic Ground Microphones
offering touchscreen opera-
tion and innovative features.
The DXmic finds water leaks
in the most challenging envi-
ronments. The high-quality
microphone enables accu-
rate location of leaks on-site.
The colour touchscreen is
easy to operate and has mul-
tiple signal, memory and fre-
quency displays. Digital fea-
tures, such as auto-filtering
and frequency analysis, allow
microphone to be used in
most challenging environ-
ments. The unit is supplied in
a robust carry case, which
can also be used as a charg-
ing station for the system.
IVL Flow Control
With an innovative built-in
design, IVL Flow Control’s
new C-Valves offer leading-
edge advanced pressure
management - and elimi-
nate the need for a costly
and time-consuming by-
pass in water supply net-
works. Operating from zero
flow and a maximum weight
of just 19 kg for the largest
150 mm cartridge, handling
of the C-Valve is a one-per-
son operation, requiring no
lifting equipment. As well as
being easy to install (no
excavation required) and
very easy to maintain, it sig-
nificantly reduces the
health and safety issues
caused by working in a con-
fined space.
LANXESS
LANXESS has developed
the Lewatit NM 3367
Mixed-Bed Ion Exchange
Resins to demineralize the
water used to charge and
top up modern hot water
heating systems. It differs
from other mixed-bed sys-
tems on the market. “The
custom-designed mixed-
bed system not only pre-
vents scale formation in the
parts of a heating system
that convey water but also
provides lasting protection
against corrosion,” explains
Hans-Jürgen Wedemeyer,
Manager Technical
Marketing at LANXESS
Deutschland.
Xylem
Xylem has launched
Vorelodos Aerobic
Digesters under its
Sanitaire brand that
decreases energy con-
sumption by up to 90%
percent, promoting more
sustainable wastewater
treatment operation. It
combines equipment, con-
trols and services to
future-proof wastewater
treatment plants by ensur-
ing they meet current and
future US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
effluent and biosolids regu-
lations, while simultane-
ously reducing operational
costs.
The significant energy
reduction means that, in
Mueller
To meet the higher pressure
requirements of today’s
water infrastructure sys-
tems, all 2- to 12-inch Mueller
UL/FM Swing Check Valves
are now rated at 350 psig
cold working pressure
(CWP). It has also been
expanded to include 2-, 14-,
and 16-inch sizes (with the
largest two sizes still rated at
250 psig CWP). Standard
features of Mueller UL-listed,
FM-approved check valve
product line now include: all
ductile iron construction,
bronze to BUNA seating, lift-
ing rings, PN16 drilling, boss-
es for bypass connections,
and a drain plug.
larger plants, the system
effectively pays for itself
within one year. It com-
bines Xylem’s biological
treatment process expert-
ise with the company’s
best in class product appli-
cation expertise; Sanitaire
aeration, decanting and
process controls; Flygt
mixing and pumping, and
YSI and WTW instrumenta-
tion.
The digester is suitable for
newly constructed conven-
tional activated sludge
plants or upgrades to exist-
ing plants over 0.5 million
gallons per day (MGD), as
well as oxidation ditch
upgrades and aerobic
digester aeration retrofits.
Pentair
Pentair has presented new
Compact 55G Helix
Membrane Elements. This
compact 10"x4 meter
membrane element is a
valuable addition to the
compact range. The com-
pact elements are widely
used in the treatment of all
kinds of wastewaters. This
new size offers more high-
efficiency opportunities
and more versatility in
treatment concepts and
serves as retrofit to boost
existing plant performance.
X-Flow tubular membranes
come in 5.2mm and 8mm
diameters.
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 COLUMN
WATER SECURITYISSUES IN THE PERI-
URBAN AREAS
Avinash Kumar
The South Asia
Consortium for
Interdisciplinary Water
Resources Studies
(SaciWATERs) conference
2017 covered detailed and
diverse case studies from
the peri-urban areas of
Hyderabad, Chennai,
Bangalore, Pondicherry,
Gurugram, Rajarhat
(Kolkata), and focused on
the rapid emergence of
small towns in Odisha and
West Bengal. There were
also discussions around
other state projects on
water security and avail-
ability, along with separate
sessions on visualizing
peri-urban as an emerging
category. As we build our
approach on how to deal
with the water security
issues in peri-urban areas,
here are some key issues
that emerged out of the
conference and demand
attention:
Emerging Need for
Studying the Overall
Nature of Peri-Urban Areas
It is a space which is for-
ever in transition as the
cities are expanding and
new towns are coming up.
In due process, even when
the peri-urban areas may
be completely urbanized,
there will always be newer
areas coming under this
category. Therefore, a tran-
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sient yet perennial category
should be identified.
Secondly, we need to
look at the specificities of
this space within its vari-
ability. While a majority of
peri-urban areas are com-
ing up because of the
expansion of the metropo-
lises, a number of small
towns are emerging in pre-
dominantly rural locations
due to the surplus invest-
ment coming from the rich
farmers. These are the two
ends of the same spectrum
and needs to be studied in
detail. An ongoing study by
Tathagata Chatterji and his
colleague from Xavier
Institute of Management,
Bhubaneswar on small
towns of Odisha and West
Bengal points out how the
number of census towns
almost tripled from 1,362 in
2001 to 3,894 in 2011.
A third but very critical
aspect is the changing
nature of political economy
of this space, which stands
in the midst of rural-urban
continuum. Almost all the
papers presented during
the conference emphasized
on the commercialization
of land (for real estate) and
water for larger exploitation
by the main city’s inhabi-
tants. This also creates an
informal market around the
poor and migrants as peri-
urban areas expand in pop-
ulation, reflecting upon the
changing nature of these
spaces where a large influx
of migrants tend to change
its socio-economic profile
altogether. To understand
this phenomenon better,
there is a need for more in-
depth study along with
accumulation of data sets
and knowledge gathering.
The question is also critical
in terms of self-imagination
of this space, as it came out
through a study of
Pondicherry, where the
future imagination of differ-
ent stakeholders ranged
from being a tourist hub
like Goa to an industrial hub
like Chennai and to a farm-
ers’ idyllic heaven.
Need to Look at the Diverse
Nature of the Peri-Urban
Category
While the geographical
space itself needs to be
looked at from different
vantage points, it is impor-
tant to realize that peri-
urban areas are dynamic
spaces where settled soci-
eties and moving popula-
tions are in constant influx.
There exist staple cate-
gories of caste, occupation
and gender-based hierar-
chies but they come under
constant duress with newer
categories of migrants ver-
sus non-migrants, farmers
versus the service class,
and informal labor versus
the formal labor. There are
further sub-categories like
middle class and rich
migrants versus working-
class migrants. Many of
these spaces witness dif-
ferent kinds of residential
patterns based on the
changing economic profile,
thus leading to a diverse set
of tensions among popula-
tions living cheek by jowl.
However, as argued by Prof
Dinesh Abrol, faculty mem-
ber at Jawaharlal Nehru
University, this also opens
the possibility of inter-class
collaborations on topics of
common interest. For water
security, the overall impact
needs to be analyzed from
all these lenses.
Emergence of a Complex
Network of Formal and In-
formal Market Around Wa-
ter Services
SaciWATERs’ study on
peri-urban Hyderabad
showed how there exists a
complex nexus of informal
and formal market in this
space. It ranges from pri-
vate tanker operators to RO
(Reverse Osmosis) water
suppliers, government or
large private sector suppli-
ers which spring up to
extract water from these
areas in order to supply the
nearby mid-towns, while
also selling the same water
to the poor and migrants at
discriminatory prices. In
some places, existing Gram
Panchayats do the price
negotiations, in other, local
entrepreneurs act as sup-
pliers.
To counter this ‘planned
informality’ (as mentioned
by a scholar), do we need a
large structural response of
‘planned formality’? This
was evident in the case of
Telangana government’s
ambitious Mission
Bhagirath, state’s flagship
drinking water supply pro-
gramme with an outlay of
around INR 43,000 crore,
or do we continue to look
for a more nuanced
response, which takes the
specificities of the peri-
urbanization in its wake?
Emerging Need for a For-
mal Institution of Gover-
nance
Right from Gram
Panchayats to municipali-
ties, there exist too many
institutional arrangements
for this space, with differ-
ent services being deliv-
ered through different bod-
ies. In such a chaotic anar-
chy, nobody seems to take
ownership to deliver servic-
es. The challenge is further
WATER WISE
complicated when we real-
ize that perhaps there
could not be a single model
of institutional governance,
given the varying nature of
these spaces. More impor-
tantly, the perennial ques-
tion is existence of institu-
tionalized spaces for ensur-
ing people’s participation in
the planning of these serv-
ices, especially the migrant
poor, who can be quoted as
the new citizens?
Status of Existing Policy
Regulatory Environment in
Terms of Basic Services
Like Water
The question of gover-
nance becomes critical
when large-scale extraction
of resources is underway.
The challenge multiplies
when policy frameworks
begin to jostle for a com-
modity like land, while
water, no less precious, is
ignored. The study by
Tathagata Chatterji and his
colleague highlights a simi-
lar scenario of community
ponds being converted into
residential areas to match
the rising demands of real
estate. How do we review
policy environment vis-à-
vis regulatory framework
around extraction of water
or conversion of water bod-
ies into something else?
There is a strong need to
create a visible space for
peri-urban as a category in
public debates. This would
demand a greater engage-
ment with media platforms
of various kinds. While a
large population lives in
these spaces, why are we
yet to see this as a category
worth thinking through?
Avinash Kumar is
Director - Programme and
Policy at WaterAid India.
@Avinashkoomar
January, 2018 15
 COLUMN
LESSONS FROM URBAN WATER REFORM,THE
AUSTRALIAN STORY
By Declan Hearne, IWC for the Australian Water Partnership (AWP)
Starting a Governance Re-
form Process
Urban water supply utili-
ties in Australia are recog-
nized as global leaders in
delivering efficiency, pro-
ductivity and security of
supply, as well as upholding
robust environmental stan-
dards. This view is backed
by Asian Development
Bank report - Asian Water
Development Outlook. This
tracks five key dimensions
of water security, and iden-
tified Australia as delivering
effective urban water serv-
ices. However, this level of
service has not always
been the case, and the his-
tory and process of reform
has not been comprehen-
sively documented.
To address this,
International Water Centre
and University of
Queensland partnered with
World Bank to document
lessons from the Australian
urban water reform
processes.
Bottom Up Top Down
The report tells a story
of urban water reforms in
Australia from late 1970s
onwards, documenting
changes brought about
through three waves of
reform.
The first wave emerged
from the bottom up. A num-
ber of utilities responded to
local challenges associated
with water scarcity and
financial pressures, often
linked with inefficient prop-
erty value-based charging.
In Western Australia in the-
late 1970s, declining
inflows in the city of Perth
led to a two-tiered pricing
system for urban water
consumption. On the East
coast, Hunter District
Water Board, facing similar
16 January, 2018
water shortages and finan-
cial pressures, introduced
user-pays pricing but went
further by reducing water
allocations.
Another milestone in
this phase took place in the
State of Victoria, where a
1983 Public Bodies Review
Committee led a wide-
ranging and bi-partisan
parliamentary review of
water management across
the state. This lead to the
aggregation of some two
hundred water authorities
to fewer than twenty.
Recognizing this suc-
cess gave the national gov-
ernment confidence to step
in and lead a second wave
of reforms focused on con-
solidating earlier lessons
and bringing those lessons
to scale. An economic
downturn became a key
driver for an unproductive
and costly water sector.
National-led reforms were
coordinated by the Council
of Australian Governments,
which adopted a National
Competition Policy along
with a range of initiatives
including a reforms frame-
work, federal incentives,
benchmarking, and invest-
ment in water knowledge
and expertise.
States adopted reforms
in different ways, but they
collectively led to a three-
staged approach to
restructure utilities and
agencies: Aggregation (or
disaggregation in some
cases); separation of
responsibilities including
clarification of service
delivery roles through cor-
poratization; and establish-
ment of professional regu-
lators to provide a platform
for commercialization.
A third phase of reforms
was driven by the
Australian millennium
drought, which saw water
scarcity reach crisis point.
In response, the National
Water Initiative was estab-
lished which brought
reform on pricing for water
storage & delivery and
increased focus on demand
management.
Leadership for Reforms
While some regard eco-
nomic regulation as the
most powerful intervention
of all the reforms over the
last three decades, it’s also
clear that reform is not just
about structures. The
processes and people
involved were key for
enabling change.
Building support for
national reforms involved a
range of champions. In the
1990s, Sir Fred Hilmer led
the process of ‘cherry-pick-
ing’ the best and most rele-
vant reforms from around
the country. He merged
these into a coherent
reform strategy, the Water
Reform Framework.
At the institutional level,
the importance of having
individuals who possess
“an understanding of how
to interact with the political
and the public, as well as
the paying customers, and
know how to treat them as
stakeholders was critical.”
Local leadership was also
critical.
Political leadership was
also vital. Reforms could
only be achieved through
negotiated outcomes with
stakeholders and commu-
nities that were politically
feasible. This influenced
how reforms progressed
and the pace of reform over
time, emphasizing that
water reform is an iterative
process. Some states could
KNOWING OUR WATERS
move faster, depending on
the readiness of stakehold-
ers.
Recognizing the need for
different paces of reform,
and that no one size fits all,
are important lessons from
the Australian experience.
The Australia reform story
highlights how a set of prin-
ciples were used to engage
states and territories
around a shared focus, yet
allowed different approach-
es & structures to emerge
in different jurisdictions.
Why it is Important to
Share These Lessons Now?
While not perfect, urban
water service delivery in
Australia remains richly
varied and is the envy of
water practitioners strug-
gling with inefficiencies,
lack of clear rolls, unclear
pricing structures and con-
flicting policy directions.
The global focus on deliver-
ing universal access under
the Sustainable
Development Goals recog-
nizes the need for global
partnerships to enhance
policy and institutional
coherence for sustainable
development. Australia has
many lessons it can share
with the world.
The World Bank did not
engage in this project to
document this story for
Australia’s sake. It saw it as
an opportunity to assist
countries with similar legal
frameworks going through
similar transitions. For
example, India and
Australia are both federa-
tions. In India, as with
Australia, responsibility for
water supply is devolved to
the states, with local
authorities mandated to
provide effective water and
sanitation services while
the national government
assumes responsibility for
funding and oversight for
the national interest.
While water reforms in
Australia involved six states
and two territories, India
has 29 states and seven
unions. Not to mention a
population of approximate-
ly 1.3 billion, some 55 times
larger than that of
Australia. It’s clear that the
scale of the challenge fac-
ing the Indian urban water
sector vastly exceeds the
challenges that faced
Australia at any stage of its
water reform history.
Any lessons from
Australia can only con-
tribute to part of the Indian
reform story. This does not
diminish the value of con-
sidering which of those
structural, institutional,
organizational and individ-
ual factors in Australia
influenced change, or the
sequencing of change, and
how these were applied at
different levels and across
different states.
Partnering with Indian
stakeholders to both
understand the demand for
reform, and to explore how
individual or collective les-
sons can be translated into
opportunities, is the next
stage to drive reform that
enhances policy and insti-
tutional coherence - a criti-
cal step to support the sus-
tained delivery of water
services for all.
The Australian Water
Partnership (AWP) is an
Australian Government
development initiative
enhancing the sustainable
management of water
across the Indo-Pacific.
@WaterPartnersAU
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 CASE STUDY
Mark as Classified - Lakeside
Solution Reduces Maintenance in DC
Via 1,800 miles of sewers from around the District and from the Potomac Interceptor,
wastewater arrives at Blue Plains from a large sewer that begins at Dulles Airport - also
bringing with it wastewater from the suburbs of Maryland and Virginia along the way.
By Lakeside Equipment Corporation
AT THE LARGEST treat-
ment plant of its kind in the
world, it’s no surprise perhaps
that they use some of the
biggest grit classifiers avail-
able, with the final two of 16
newly installed units now
commencing operation.
For this important yet sim-
ple technology, DC Water set
the bar extremely high to
ensure that its new grit classi-
fiers would work reliably and
effectively for many years to
come at the 150-acre Blue
Plains site.
Averaging 300 million
treated gallons per day (and
847 million gallons per day at
peak flow thru headworks),
this highly Advanced
Wastewater Treatment Plant
had seen its existing grit clas-
sifiers (installed in 2002) out-
stay their welcome. Rising lev-
els of downtime, maintenance
and cleaning required fresh
investment.
The classifiers had struc-
tural defects, causing leaking
and a housekeeping problem.
Each and every time a unit
had to be taken off-line to open
up the hatch, take the screw
out, get inside to clean it,
buckle in a new liner and ulti-
mately, weld it. All very labori-
ous.
Via 1,800 miles of sewers
from around the District and
from the Potomac Interceptor,
wastewater arrives at Blue
Plains from a large sewer that
begins at Dulles Airport - also
bringing with it wastewater
from the suburbs of Maryland
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and Virginia along the way.
Following a series of
screens and a grit removal
system that removes objects
and large articles, the grit
classifiers are at the sharp
end of conveying grit and
other non-degradable parti-
cles.
With the grit classifiers
having become one of Blue
Plains biggest maintenance
issues, DC Water set out an
open bid, determined to find
out who could bring the best
possible long-term solution.
After a comprehensive
investigation, particularly into
the quality of manufacturing,
a shortlist of eight and then
later three suppliers was
drawn up, from which
Lakeside Equipment
Corporation was finally cho-
sen.
“DC Water was working
with a simple design, which
they liked, but knew needed
modifying”, explained Dan
Widdel from Lakeside.
“They knew it was impera-
tive to find a system that
would be stronger and much
easier to maintain. Sixteen
grit classifiers each handling a
grit slurry flow rate of 400
Gallons per Minute (GPM) is a
big deal”.
“From the outset”, added
Widdel, “our design proposal
went into great detail about
what we could offer and how
we could best work together.
At Lakeside we have made it
our business to respond
quickly and professionally to
questions, which although we
take nothing for granted, is
second nature to us. A grit
classifier might be considered
a simple piece of equipment,
but that doesn’t mean that
compromises should be made
on its construction”.
Welding and Structural In-
tegrity
With standards of con-
struction so essential to the
very detailed bid package,
Lakeside (established 1928)
was not only able to demon-
strate vast experience with
grit classifiers, but more
importantly, the flexibility to
adapt to DC Water’s design.
After the deterioration of the
existing grit classifiers, DC
Water was keen to see the
quality of welding and struc-
tural integrity of Lakeside’s
work.
Unlike the previous shaft-
less screw design which sits
on an interior liner and can
wear through, Lakeside’s heli-
cal screw design is shafted all
the way through, supported
by a bearing at the bottom and
a reducer on the top, so that a
build-up of sand or grit pro-
vide a bed for the screw, elim-
inating tank lining wear.
As grit slurry is discharged
to the Classifier, the grit and
water mixture separate to
allow grit particles to settle in
the tank. A baffle reduces tur-
bulence and prevents short-
circuiting when the effluent is
discharging over the weir.
Settled grit is then removed
by the helical screw conveyor,
equipped with steel flights.
Crucially, for a long lifetime,
the sectional flights are fabri-
cated with hardened welding
on the leading face for durabil-
ity and strong-wear resist-
ance.
Dan Widdel from Lakeside
continued: “What DC Water
wanted is a grit classifier that
matched up to their existing
classifier envelope, which dif-
fered from our standard clas-
sifier design.”
He added, “This was never
a problem though because we
custom-build to meet our cus-
tomer’s needs. Using 3D mod-
eling, our Engineering
Department worked alongside Lakeside Grit Classifiers at Blue
DC Water in order to match Plains
up the grit classifiers with the
existing inlet and outlet pipes nance is now much easier for
to keep the installation their personnel. They have
process to a minimum while much better access, whereas
not sacrificing on the per- previously they had limited
formance”. access to maintain the unit.
Lakeside’s capability was And instead of all the labour
one thing, but there was of to replace a plastic liner, they
course a time frame to adhere now have an automatic lubri-
to - with the added challenge cator on the end of the bear-
of these being amongst the ing.
largest grit classifiers that “Compared to before when
anyone can make. Delivering they had cracks appearing on
the new grit classifiers two- their old grit classifiers, they
by-two over a three-month now have complete peace of
period was also geared to mind that the new Lakeside
meet DC Water’s needs. structures are sound. In fixing
one of the biggest mainte-
Maintenance is Now Much nance issues at the largest
Easier treatment plant of its kind in
“We listened very closely the world, we’re confident
to DC Water’s issues”, contin- that DC Water’s search for the
ued Lakeside’s Dan Widdel, right company was very
“and can see that mainte- worthwhile”.
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 COVER STORY SMART WATER SMART CITIES

SMART WATER - SMART CITIES

Will the Smart Cities Mission prove to be a much needed engine of growth for
the water industry? City planners, urban water experts, consultants, and tech-
nology providers present their views.

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GIS for 24x7 Water Vision
By Agendra Kumar
SMART CITIES IS ONE of
the most ambitious and for-
ward-looking programs initiat-
ed by Government of India
(GoI). Of all the cities who par-
ticipated in Smart City chal-
lenge, 24x7 water has been a
key priority.
Well, this is not a surprise.
Water supply in India contin-
ues to be inadequate, despite
longstanding efforts by the var-
ious levels of government and
communities at improving cov-
erage.
India is home to 16% of the
world’s population and has only
2.5 percent of the world’s land
area and 4 percent of the
world’s water resources at its
disposal. Of the 1,869 trillion
liters of water reserves, only an
estimated 1,122 trillion liters can
be exploited due to topographic
constraints and distribution
effects (Source: KPMG Report
on Water sector in India). In
addition, the demand for water
has been increasing at a high
pace in the past few decades.
With a rapid increase in
urban population and continu-
ing expansion of city limits, the
challenge of delivering water in
Indian cities is growing rapidly.
In addition, inadequate cover-
age, intermittent supplies, low
pressure, and poor quality are
some of the most prominent
challenges plaguing water sup-
ply in the cities of India. Many
large Indian cities have to
source water from long dis-
tances ranging from 50 to 200
km due to exhaustion or pollu-
tion of nearby sources. This
increases the cost of raw water
and enhances the possibility of
leakage during transmission.
Even when the water supply is
adequate, poor maintenance
and inadequate replacement
lead to technical losses in the
distribution network. Errors in
metering, unbilled water con-
sumption, and plain theft con-
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tribute to commercial losses.
All this leads to high levels of
non-revenue water.
So, how can cities realize
their vision of 24X7 water sup-
ply while meeting the above
challenges? Every decision in a
utility - be it for planning,
design, operation & mainte-
nance and management has a
location or spatial information
associated with it. Hence,
Geographic Information
System (GIS) becomes the
core, integrating and indispen-
sable component in the overall
utilities’ ICT ecosystem.
Utilities need to embrace GIS
and integrate it into all their
business processes.
Asset Management
All utilities engage in some
form of “asset management”.
Even without a formal asset
management program, many
utilities have informal work-
flows and procedures that
guide decision making around
managing assets. So from a
hunch about what assets need
to be replaced or maintained to
hard scientific evidence, utili-
ties are constantly making
decisions about their assets.
The cornerstone of effective
asset management at utilities
is good asset information.
Whether a utility has a formal
asset management program or
an informal one, decisions
require some level of informa-
tion about assets – from knowl-
edge in a worker’s head to
information in a computerized
system.
GIS supports the Asset
Management pattern of water
utilities through being the
authoritative system to store,
manage and maintain accurate
asset records that are able to
be shared utility-wide. Simply
put, GIS manages asset infor-
mation.
Planning and Analysis
Water utilities plan for the
future and use some form of
data analysis to do this. There
are normally 2 very distinct
types of planning water utili-
ties do - short-term planning
and long-term planning. Short
term planning at a water utility
is typically focused on creating
and optimizing reactive and
proactive work orders. Long-
term water utility planning
typically focuses on capital
improvement planning and
future utility network expan-
sion projects.
GIS supports water utility
planning and analysis by trans-
forming asset and operational
data into actionable informa-
tion. So far we’ve focused on
asset data; operational data for
water utilities is customer
complaints, service requests,
historic work order locations,
etc. Crossing the Asset
Management business pattern,
we described above and the
Planning and Analysis pattern
encompasses what many in
water utility industry consider
as a utility asset management
program.
Field Mobility
Utilities have mobile work-
ers that are out in the field for
the majority of their work days.
These mobile workers may
have many responsibilities
such as meter reading, cus-
tomer service, installs, mainte-
nance, repair work, CCTV,
hydrant flushing, valve exercis-
ing, etc. Mobile field workers
need information that is cur-
rent, optimized for their needs
to help them carry out their
work and delivered in an easy
to use format. Mobile field
workers also generate much
information that needs to be
passed back into the office and
managed in enterprise busi-
ness systems.
Mobile GIS applications
enable field personnel to view,
capture, store, update, manipu-
late, and analyze their net-
works, facilities and opera-
tional data (work order, cus-
tomer complaints, and inspec-
tions). GIS gives a simple and
effective solution for data visu-
alization, exchange, collections,
and updates.
Operational Awareness
Operational Awareness
business pattern is about hav-
ing an understanding of the
current state of operations at a
water utility, so this is a real
time or near real time under-
standing of how assets, utility
networks, and personnel are
performing and how they are
affecting each other. Being
operationally aware empowers
water utility managers to confi-
dently make decisions based on
accurate and up to date infor-
mation.
GIS supports utility opera-
tional awareness by enabling
utilities to have a web map
based view into the current
state of operations e.g. opera-
tional dashboards. An interac-
tive map is an easy way for util-
ities to take information from
multiple business systems and
present it through a common
application.
Constituent Engagement
Water utilities have many
external stakeholders such as
customers, elected officials,
regulatory agencies, other util-
ities in their service area, etc.
The Constituent Engagement
business pattern encapsulates
how utilities interact with
external entities that are
affected by the utility. Utilities
recognize they need to utilize
the internet and social media
to communicate with their
stakeholders. Presenting up to
date information via interac-
tive maps is a powerful medi-
um to communicate with the
technology savvy stakeholder.
Utilities use GIS to support
constituent engagement by cre-
ating and delivering static and
interactive maps. For years,
GIS has been used by utilities
to make maps that were sub-
mitted either electronically or
as a hardcopy for regulatory
agencies. Utilities have also
used GIS to make static maps
on their websites. Now utilities
are creating public facing web
mapping applications for their
stakeholders to support things
like customer self-service, capi-
tal project coordination, serv-
ice interruption incident man-
agement and transparency into
utility performance.
Conclusion
Water utilities need to
improve the monitoring, map-
ping, and measurement of
existing water systems, there-
by informing decision-making
and prioritization. In addition,
infrastructure upgrades must
be coordinated with other
infrastructure projects, includ-
ing utilities’ upgrades, roads
and highways, and wastewater
and sanitation. GIS will be the
differentiator that provides a
capability to provide a common
operating picture for its effi-
cient and sustainable manage-
ment.
About the Author
Agendra Kumar is the
President at Esri India.
Agendra Kumar
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Smart Cities Projects Status
By Surya Dev Prakash
IT WAS JUNE 25, 2015, when
the bold new initiative of
Smart Cities Mission by the
Government was announced
in India. In present scenario
(as per Census 2011, India) -
71.2% of urban households
have access to drinking water
within their premises; 20.7%
households have a water
source within 100 m of their
premises; over 8% of urban
households need to move
beyond 100 m; average water
supply coverage across all
urban population is about
64%; only a third of the O&M
cost is recovered; cities have
intermittent water supply sys-
tems, and have high levels of
Non-Revenue Water (NRW) -
50 to 75%.
Smart Cities Mission envi-
sions developing an area with-
in 100 cities in the country as
model areas based on an area
development plan and pan-
city for ICT based smart solu-
tions. As of June 2017, 90
Smart cities projects propos-
als had been accepted and in
current 10 smart cities are yet
to be finalized. "100 Smart
Cities Mission" was launched
by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. A total of Rs. 98,000
crore (US$15 billion) has been
approved by the Indian cabi-
net for the development of 100
smart cities and rejuvenation
of 500 others. Rs. 48,000
crore (US$7.5 billion) for the
smart cities mission and a
total funding of Rs. 50,000
crore (US$7.8 billion) for the
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation
and Urban Transformation
(AMRUT) have been
approved by the cabinet.
Maximum smart cities in
India are going to implement
these smart solutions.
Likewise, in first round, group
of 20 were selected as smart
cities, 13 were selected as
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smart cities in the 2nd round,
27 smart cities were selected
in the 3rd round, and in the
4th round 30 smart cities have
been selected.
If we talk about smart solu-
tions in water sector - Smart
Cities Mission, AMRUT
Mission, Draft National Water
Framework Bill-2016 and
National Water Policy, focus of
all mission guidelines and gov-
ernment policy is on water
supply service level improve-
ment, reduction in non-rev-
enue water, smart metering
for better water management,
conservation of water, encour-
age reuse of urban water,
association of private parties
and public-private-partner-
ships, asset management,
improved core infrastructure,
and adequate water supply.
For smart service delivery
areas through ICT for urban
management - water supply
consists of water resource
management, distribution
management, water quality
management, water billing &
collection, grievances redres-
sals, and similarly wastewater
management consists of plant
management, collection & dis-
tribution, billing, and griev-
ances redressals. Under water
supply - distribution and mon-
itoring system through GIS,
hydraulic modelling, online
water quality monitoring, sus-
tainable operations- metering
and online billing, etc are
some of the successful solu-
tions which are being imple-
mented in Indian cities which
can be listed under smart
water supply services. Under
wastewater comes - integra-
tion and automation of water
treatment plant and sewerage
systems, enterprise resource
planning (ERP) system and
grievance management.
Several tenders or Request
for Proposals (RFPs) have
been floated already, whereas
some are preparing Detailed
Project Reports (DPR), and
also most of them are imple-
menting the projects includ-
ing smart cities like:
• For Water Supply
Distribution Network
Project: Bhopal (2015),
Integrated Water Supply
and Distribution System in
Namchi, Sikkim (Dec. 2017),
along with Storm Water
Drains & Sewerage System
in Amaravati (Sept. 2017),
24x7 along with SCADA in
Vadodara (Nov. 2017), 24x7
in Coimbatore (March
2017), 24x7 in Hubballi-
Dharwad City (2015, along
with Smart Water Meters in
Thane City (Jan. 2017);
along with Sewerage
Systems in Indore (Nov.
2017); along with Sewerage
as well as Storm Water
Drainage in Ahmedabad
(Feb. 2017), 24x7 along with
Consumer Water Meters in
Surat (Mar. 2017),
Dharamshala (Jan. 2017).
• For Sewage Treatment
Plants (STPs): Along with
Interception and Diversion
Works/ Sewerage Network/
Pumping Stations and
Rehabilitation and Capacity
Augmentation Assessment
of Existing Drains - in smart
cities Allahabad, Kanpur,
Varanasi, Patna under
Namami Gange Programme
(2015); 150 MLD capacity
Desalination Plant at
Chennai (Nov. 2016); STP
for Udaipur Town (Dec.
2016); Nashik City (Apr.
2017); Surat (Apr. 2017),
along with Sewerage
Network for Ujjain (May
2017), along with retro-
fitting of Existing Sewerage
System & Reuse of Treated
Sewerage in
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Visakhapatnam (Sept.
2017), along with Sewerage
System in Kakinada (Oct.
2017); Tumakuru (Oct.
2017), STP in Guwahati
(Dec. 2017), Fully
Automated Compact
Sewage Treatment Plant
based on Sequencing Batch
Reactor (SBR) Technology
in Lucknow (Nov. 2017).
• For Assessment of Non-
Revenue Water: In
Lucknow (Apr. 2017);
Bhubaneswar (Apr. 2017), in
Selected Smart Cities of
Uttar Pradesh (Jun. 2017),
Faridabad (Jun. 2017),
Gwalior City (Jun. 2017).
• For Water ATMs: in
Guwahati (Jun. 2017); Road
Side Drinking Water Kiosk
(Phase-I) in Belagavi City
(Dec. 2017), Water in
Gandhinagar (Nov. 2017).
• For Sewerage System:
(Complete) Jammu &
Kashmir (Aug. 2017);
(Underground) Sewerage
for Solapur City under
AMRUT Mission (Nov.
2017) along with Storm
Water Nallah in Ajmer (Oct.
2017).
• For Installation of Water
Quality Monitoring
(WQM) System in Vellore
(Nov. 2017).
Out of the 90 Smart Cities
selected so far, 77 have incor-
porated Special Purpose
Vehicles (SPVs). To measure
the ‘quality’ and ‘impact’ of
various ongoing smart city
projects, the centre will hold a
contest, carrying total prize
money of Rs. 50 lacs. The
Housing and Urban Affairs
Ministry has circulated a con-
cept note and guidelines on
'India Smart Cities Awards
Contest, 2017' to all States and
Union Territories.
As per the latest update till
5th January 2018, from Smart
Cities Mission, Ministry of
Housing & Urban Affairs for
visible and impactful projects,
16 projects worth Rs. 187
crore have been completed, 35
projects worth Rs. 1,569 crore
are under-progress, and fur-
ther tenders have been issued
for 17 projects worth Rs. 1,200
crore.
For Smart Water, 8 proj-
ects worth Rs. 710 crore have
been completed, 17 projects
worth Rs. 486 crore are
under-progress, and further
tenders have been issued for
20 projects worth Rs. 1,430
crore.
In total, 2,864 projects
worth Rs. 1,35,958 crore are in
various stages of implementa-
tion, while 148 projects worth
Rs. 1,872 crore have been com-
pleted and for Smart
Solutions - 13 projects worth
Rs. 241 crore have been com-
pleted, 43 projects worth Rs.
2,834 crore are under-
progress, and further tenders
have been issued for 25 proj-
ects worth Rs. 2,756 crore.
Sources:
Smart Cities Mission,
Ministry of Housing & Urban
Affairs, Government of India
SMARTNET- Initiative of
the Ministry of Housing and
Urban Affairs, GoI
About the Author
Surya Dev Prakash is a
Management Consultant work-
ing in Smart Cities projects.
Surya Dev Prakash
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 COVER STORY

We Support Smart CityProjects

through Products and Services as
well as Financial Stewardship
Prakash Chandrakar is the Managing
Director & Vice President, Energy
Business, at Schneider Electric-
India. In an interaction with Mayur
Sharma, he shared his thoughts on
Schneider’ role in the smart cities
ecosystem, digitalization of water &
wastewater networks, and India’s first
integrated green-field smart city
project in Naya Raipur.

How will you define “smart
water for smart city” for
our readers?
Prakash: “Smart water”
refers to water and waste-
water infrastructure that
ensures this precious
resource – and the energy
used to transport it – is man-
aged efficiently. A smart
water system is designed to
gather meaningful, actionable
data about the flow, pressure,
and distribution of a city’s
water. Further, it is critical
that the consumption and
forecasting of water use are
accurate. Smart water system
primarily reduces NRW (Non-
Revenue Water) in city’s
water distribution through
advance analytics.
How do you see Schneider’
role in the smart cities
ecosystem of India? How
important is the smart
cities market to you?
Prakash: As one of the
world’s leading companies in
energy management and
automation, which are pivotal
for Smart Cities, we believe
Schneider Electric has an
important role to play in
India’s Smart Cities’ ecosys-
tem. Given our deep domain
expertise and experience in
building such cities globally,
the Smart Cities’ market in
India is of immense impor-
tance to Schneider Electric.
We contribute as a technology
provider as well as imple-
menting in the space of grid,
water, surveillance, ICT, com-
mand and control center.
Digitalization of water &
wastewater networks
would be integral to smart
city projects. How do you
support it?
Prakash: Schneider
Electric has a plethora of
products and services for dig-

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italization of water and waste-
water networks that can sup-
port Smart City projects. But
this is only one part of the
story. The other is funding.
One of the biggest obstacles to
any capital-intensive project
is access to funding.
As cities and municipali-
ties seek to achieve smarter
water for the reduction in
NRW (Non-Revenue Water)
which is a major challenge,
numerous options are avail-
able to help them get going.
An effective path is via lever-
aging Energy-Saving
Performance Contracts
(ESPCs). These are a form of
a public-private partnership –
a financial model that capital-
izes on the flexibility and
resources of the private sec-
tor to pay for energy-saving
capital upgrades using future
energy savings. The initial
investment is provided by the
private financial community,
and services are delivered by
Energy Service Companies
(ESCOs). The financier is paid
from the accrued energy sav-
ings, with the ESCO guaran-
teeing the savings amount.
Therefore, we can support
such projects through its
products and services as well
as financial stewardship.
Tell us about India’s first
integrated green-field
smart city project in Naya
Raipur. What are the vari-
ous water management
systems involved in it?
How will the NRDA (Naya
Raipur Development Au-
thority) smart city solu-
tion be different from simi-
lar projects in other cities?
Prakash: NRDA wants
Storm Water Project for a Waterfront City- Lusail,Qatar
Schneider Electric’s solution provides flexibility throughout the lifecycle of a storm water project.
Case Study
Lusail City is a new water-
front city under construction
in Qatar that is intended to be
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Naya Raipur to be the first
integrated city and aims to
develop four pillars of the
Smart City across the institu-
tional, physical, social and
economic infrastructure.
Through this it aims to
deliver critical services such
as 24x7 supply of quality
water, metering of water con-
nections, complete automatic
generation of utility bills by
application system, enhanced
city security & safety, citizen-
based mobile apps & city por-
tals, including increased situ-
ational awareness, leak detec-
tion system and other
advanced analytics like online
hydraulic modelling asset
management system to
achieve a high level of opera-
tional readiness and substan-
tial rise in the efficiency of
operators and management.
Schneider Electric will be
responsible for executing the
entire gamut of the integrated
Command & Control Centre
and its overall incorporation
covering transportation, sur-
veillance, citizen applications,
end-to-end Smart Grid solu-
tions, end-to-end Water
Management System, inte-
grated Building Management
System and Asset
Management. This transfor-
mation will be supported by
connected products of more
than 100,000 IO points, edge
control, applications, advance
analytics, and services.
The state-of-the-art archi-
tecture by Schneider Electric
and cyber security technolo-
gies is open, scalable and
interoperable. Schneider
Electric shall leverage
advances in IoT, mobility,
sensing, analytics, and cyber-
the biggest domestic real
estate development in the
country. It covers an area of 35
million square meters (377
security technologies to make
Naya Raipur a true Smart
City.
What is EcoStruxure™ for
the water resource solu-
tions? How does it help a
water & wastewater net-
work?
Prakash: Under
EcoStruxure™, SE provides
specific solutions to address
challenges facing the water
and wastewater industry.
These include efficient mod-
ernization of aging infrastruc-
ture; reduction of energy and
operational costs; enablement
of better management of the
ramifications of increasing
regulations; enhanced
resiliency and response to
emergency situations; adap-
tion of technology to address
the changing workforce; and
ensuring public health, safety,
security and reducing NRW.
For example, SE’s desalina-
tion and wastewater treat-
ment businesses deliver clean
water to communities world-
wide. Moreover, SE helps you
do it safely and efficiently.
SE’s decision support system
(DSS) allows one to predict
effects of weather on urban
drainage systems, city streets
and receiving waters. As
nations worldwide battle the
vagaries of climate change-
induced erratic weather pat-
terns, including cloudbursts,
flash floods and record-break-
ing rains, SE’s efficient water
and wastewater solutions can
help mitigate the impact,
reduce the damage and save
precious lives.
Where do you think, we are
lacking in our storm-water
million square feet) and is
located north of Qatar’s capi-
tal city of Doha. The vision for
the project is to establish a
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and flood management
programs? How can you
help in proactively ad-
dressing this issue?
Prakash: The storm-water
and flood management sys-
tems in many cities across
India were built decades ago
or during the British era.
Naturally, their carrying
capacity was meant for the
low population numbers of
those days, not the millions
residing in cities today.
Clearly, outdated systems
meant to manage a liter can-
not manage gallons.
We could help by complete-
ly overhauling these systems
and replacing them with
smart water management and
wastewater infrastructure
systems, some of which have
been referred to above.
What is a favourite smart
city (water) pilot or project
you’ve seen recently?
Prakash: Schneider
Electric is currently develop-
ing greenfield integrated
smart city of Naya Raipur,
where it is executing the
entire gamut of Command
and Control Centre along with
the overall integration of key
infrastructure covering trans-
portation, surveillance, citizen
applications, end-to-end
smart grid solutions, end-to-
end water management and
building management sys-
tems.
The aim is to deliver criti-
cal services like24 x 7 supply
of quality water, metering of
water connections, complete
automatic generation of utility
bills by application system,
enhanced city security & safe-
ty, citizen-based mobile apps
distinctive 21st-century iconic
city that celebrates the unique
cultural and geographical her-
itage of Qatar and the Gulf
and city portals including
increased situational aware-
ness to achieve a high level of
operational readiness and
substantial increase in the
efficiency of operators and
management.
Apart from this, Schneider
Electric has also partnered
with Anglian Water which is
the largest water supply and
water recycling utility in
England and Wales by geo-
graphic area. It covers over
10,000 square miles from
Humber to the Thames estu-
ary and from
Buckinghamshire to
Lowestoft, servicing approxi-
mately 6 million customers.
Anglian Water implemented
Schneider Electric’s
StruxureWare SCADA Expert
ClearSCADA solution, which
they refer to as the Integrated
Remote Intelligence Service
(IRIS) system. Its mission is
to deliver continuous and sus-
tainable services that include
providing safe, clean water,
keeping water bills affordable
and ensuring that the long-
term environmental needs of
the region are met.
As part of water manage-
ment system at Anglian
Water, implementing teleme-
try and integrated leakage
and pressure management
system can support 50,000
points/connections. The func-
tioning of this modern day
technology will enable to
reduce the leakage level to
4.97 m3/km/day, which is one
of the best in the world. The
asset management system is
helping more than 300 staff
and around 27,000 leaks have
already been found and fixed
in one year.
Region.
Qatar Kentz was employed
as the engineering contractor
for the Lusail City storm water
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An Artist’s Vision of the Completed Lusail City
pumping station project that
consisted of six water pump-
ing stations situated at various
locations around the city. Two
are storm water pumping sta-
tions that will handle storm
water and road drainage, two
are irrigation pumping sta-
tions that will handle treated
sewage and two others are
reservoir pumping stations.
The Challenge
Qatar Kentz was looking
for a single supplier that could
provide an integrated solution
FACT SHEET
Project Type: Storm
Water and Reservoir Station
Location: Qatar
Applications: Process
Control and Monitoring
System
System Components
• Modicon Quantum redun-
dant PAC system
• Unity programming soft-
ware
• Vijeo Citect SCADA
• Connexium managed
switches
• iMCC switchgear panels
• TSXETG3000 gateway
• Gutor UPS
Customer Benefits
• High system reliability
and availability
• Integrated solution from
single supplier
• Open communication
across the system
• Continuous, reliable oper-
ation
• Safe mode shut down
24 January, 2018
for the design, detailed engi-
neering, supply and site serv-
ices for PACs, SCADA sys-
tems, variable frequency
drives (VFDs), Guptor UPS
system and LV switchgear
panels, all under an extremely
tight deadline.
It was also critical to
source a solution that would
provide 24/7 availability of the
system with remote monitor-
ing and control. They required
a highly functioning system
that was also cost-effective.
The Solution
Schneider Electric’s was
awarded the project because
its proposed solution complied
with the project’s stringent
specifications.
Schneider Electric’s sys-
tem included the design, engi-
neering, fabrication, factory
testing, inspection integration,
testing and supply of PAC
local control panels for storm
water, irrigation and reservoir
pumping stations.
All seven systems have an
HMI mounted on the PAC
panel along with an engineer-
ing work-station with Vijeo
Citect SCADA software with
1500 tags.
The engineering work-sta-
tions and printers, all located
in the control room, allow the
operator to remotely manage,
monitor and command the
entire plant through graphical
displays.
The storm water pumping
stations handle storm water
and road drainage. Each storm
water pumping station has a
control system for its facilities.
a unique advantage that other
suppliers could not offer by
giving Qatar Kentz a single
point of contact for the entire
project thereby simplifying
and streamlining the entire
process.
Open Communication Main Architecture
Across the System
The iMCC switchgear pan- in the event of a power outage
els consist of IEDs (Intelligent in the PAC section.
Electronic Devices) such as Safe Mode Shut Down
power metering units, motor In the event of an unex-
protection relays, soft pected power outage at the
There are also five storm
water pumps on a duty/stand-
by basis. The pumps are con-
trolled and monitored by a
PAC in response to the wet
well levels as measured by
ultrasonic level transmitters.
A Gutor Uninterrupted
Power Supply (UPS) system
offers a necessary battery
backup of eight hours to help
ensure trouble-free operation
of the PAC unit in the event of
a power outage in PAC section.
The irrigation pumping
stations handle treated
sewage effluent. Each of these
has three irrigation pumps on An Aerial View of the Lusail City Development
a duty/assist/standby basis
equipped with VFDs. starters, and VFDs. All these pumping stations, it takes 10
At the reservoir, there are IEDs communicate with the minutes for an MOV to close in
three feed pumps on a Quantum Hot-standby PAC Safe mode. Provisions have
duty/assist/standby basis. through the TSXETG3000 been made to ensure Safe
Pumps are equipped with gateway. mode shut down of field valves
VFDs and the speeds are Continuous, Reliable by supplying a separate three-
mounted together to ensure Operation phase Gutor UPS unit with a
that the two running pumps The power supply for the 10-minute backup facility. This
operate at the same speed. PAC panels is fed through the has effectively addressed
Gutor UPS which offers a nec- some of the customer’s “pain
The Benefits essary battery backup of eight areas,” as well as complying
hours to help ensure trouble- with stringent project specifi-
High System Reliability free operation of the PAC unit cations.
and Availability through
“
Increased Robustness
The high availability net-
work architecture increased
the robustness and fault toler-
For the Lusail city project, we were eager to
ance of the system. The Vijeo work with a partner who is able to support us
Citect server is on a redun- at all stages of the project: from the design
dant Modbus TCP/IP commu-
nication with the Hot-standby
specifications to the after-sales
PACs ensuring continuous maintenance services.Above all, we needed
operation for the monitoring, a partner who could stay flexible all along the
controlling and report genera-
tion of the system.
lifecycle of the project.
Integrated Solution from
Thomas Cowen
Single Supplier Qatar Kentz
Schneider Electric offered
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COVER STORY

Leveraging Technologyto Create

Smart & Sustainable Citizen-
Centric Cities
Deepak Garg is the Founder and
Chairman at Smart Energy Water
(SEW). He drives the overall
strategy, product innovation and
technology roadmap for the
organization. A passionate
entrepreneur, Deepak has built
high-powered business and teams
who are continuously developing
innovative forward thinking
platforms to address the key
challenges of energy and utility
industry. SEW delivers award-
winning cloud platforms with focus
in areas customer engagement,
mobile workforce, energy efficiency,
water conservation, analytics,
smart homes, electric vehicles and
smart cities. In a recent interaction
with Mayur Sharma, he talks about
how technology can be leveraged to
manage urban water infrastructure
and build smart cities with a
renewed focus on citizen
engagement.

26 January, 2018 EXPRESS WATER


How will you define ‘smart
water for smart cities’ for
our readers?
Deepak: According to a
report from World Health
Organization - most of the
world's population today lives
in cities, and this proportion is
expected to grow continuous-
ly. As cities around the world
experience this exploding
population growth, the need
to ensure they can expand
sustainably, operate efficient-
ly and maintain a high quality
of life for residents becomes
more humongous than it is
today. Considering the pres-
ent stress levels on our envi-
ronment, almost half the
world's population is project-
ed to be living in areas of high
water stress by 2030. These
statistics emphasize the sig-
nificance of “smart water for
smart cities” and thus it goes
without saying that it is
impossible to fulfil the vision
of smart cities without the
implementation of smart
water infrastructure. A city's
water distribution system
must be sound and viable in
the long term to maintain its
growth. Thus, the concept of
“smart water for smart cities”
must address the challenges
of water scarcity, technologi-
cal and financial viability of
water treatment, and avail-
ability of safe, potable water to
the citizens. There must be
adequate provisions for ensur-
ing quality supply, leakage
identification, detection of
contaminants, avoiding water
waste, improving water usage
efficiency and reduce non-rev-
enue water. These operational
and process efficiencies can
be easily achieved if water
utilities can get relevant,
actionable information and
insights basis meter data and
flow analysis. Thus, smart
technologies such as cloud,
mobile, big data, analytics and
Internet of Things (IoT) offer
a huge array of opportunities
to actualize the concept of
“smart water for smart
cities”.
How do you see Smart En-
ergy Water (SEW)'s role in
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the smart cities ecosystem
of India? How important is
the Indian smart cities
market to you?
Deepak: The essence of
any smart city is its citizens.
Technology can be a facilita-
tor to improve operational
aspects of cities, but a citizen-
centric approach is an indis-
pensable requisite for govern-
ments and implementation
agencies looking forward to
building smart cities. This
implies that a smart city must
leverage technology to
enhance the quality of life of
its citizens, improve commu-
nication between citizens and
the government, and reduce
operational costs. Considering
the economic opportunities,
social upliftment and better
quality of life that Indian cities
promise, there is a massive
migration of rural population
into the cities. This undoubt-
edly strains the existing city
infrastructure & limited avail-
ability of resources such as
energy and water. To address
these challenges by building
smart cities that are techno-
logically-enabled while being
citizen-centric is the need of
the hour. We at Smart Energy
Water (SEW) are working
with global utilities, govern-
ments, and implementation
agencies to provide innovative
solutions with a focus in areas
of citizen engagement, water
conservation, energy efficien-
cy, demand response, smart
homes, electric vehicles, ana-
lytics, etc. Given the forward-
thinking initiatives taken by
the Government of India
(GoI), such as Digital India,
Smart Cities Mission and
National Water Mission, there
is a huge opportunity to lever-
age latest technologies and
achieve a sustainable growth
for the betterment of the soci-
ety at large. This provides
companies like ourselves lim-
itless opportunities to con-
tribute by playing an active
role in the smart city eco-sys-
tem.
Our platforms can help
actualize the vision of smart
cities by increasing citizen
awareness and their partici-
pation through effective
engagement.
Through in-built analytics,
we enable utilities to send
proactive targeted communi-
cation & programs to citizens
thereby educating and moti-
vating them to improve water
use efficiency.
Our solutions provide user
friendly interface to control
home appliances and help
conserve water, thus address-
ing multiple aspects of smart
cities - smart water, smart
energy, smart mobility, smart
citizens, and smart gover-
nance.
Tell us a little about how to
make cities smarter. By
that, I mean using technol-
ogy to make ‘water infra-
structure’ more respon-
sive.
Deepak: As the hopes and
expectations of the global
community are riding high, so,
it’s welcoming to see that the
global economies and world
leaders have finally come on
the same page with regards to
handling global environmen-
tal concerns, and unleashing
investments towards building
a sustainable future. By sus-
tainable future, I mean smart
water and energy infrastruc-
ture that helps in the efficient
use of these valuable
resources. It is high time that
all stakeholders including gov-
ernments, policy-makers,
industry experts, academi-
cians and citizens, all come
together to ensure that the
cities that we build are not
just the epitome of develop-
ment, but of sustainable devel-
opment. Technologies such as
Through Smart
H2O app, we look
forward to helping
billion of global
citizens conserve
water and BE
WATER HEROES.
SMART WATER SMART CITIES
The concept of smart water for smart
cities must address the challenges of
water scarcity, identify means to reduce
water waste and non revenue water, and
provide safe potable water to citizens.
cloud, mobility, big data, ana-
lytics, IoT can help us digital-
ize our water infrastructure
and improve the inherent
business processes, increase
operational efficiencies,
engage citizens to increase
their awareness and proactive
involvement in reducing
water waste. Thus, the best
way to make our cities
smarter is by adopting tech-
nologies that not only digital-
ize the infrastructure but also
bridges the communication
gap between agencies and cit-
izens so that they can collabo-
rate and achieve a water and
energy sustainable future.
Can you provide me with
examples of successful im-
plementations of mobile-
based platforms for water
utilities?
Deepak: Till date, our
most successful project imple-
mentation globally has been at
one of the largest water utili-
ties in Virginia. The utility had
a large customer base serving
to millions of customers.
While the utility was making
all possible efforts to improve
its operational efficiency, but,
it also wanted to improve cus-
tomer service levels and
increase customer satisfac-
tion. We realized the need to
engage customers of the utili-
ty such that it would trans-
form the dynamics of utility-
customer relationship and
leverage it to achieve the big-
ger cause of water sustainabil-
ity. Thus, we worked closely
not just with this utility, but
several others that realized
the importance of customer
engagement to improve busi-
ness processes, boost service
levels and acquire a collabora-
tive approach to achieve
water sustainability.
SEW has deployed its
award winning cloud plat-
form, Smart Customer Mobile
(SCM®) for several global
water utilities. Thus, the plat-
form provides the customers
an ability to track usage, mon-
itor and manage their bills,
payments, leakages, compare
usage against similar house-
holds, and connect with cus-
tomers in real time. SCM®
facilitates the utilities address
majority of customer engage-
ment scenarios aimed at pro-
viding rich customer experi-
ence through multi-channel
integration, real-time commu-
nication and personalized dig-
ital engagement.
What is SCM®? How can it
help municipal corpora-
tions and water utilities in
India?
Deepak: SCM® is a digital
customer engagement web
and portal platform that pro-
vides self-service capabilities
to utility customers. It facili-
tates a real-time, two-way
communication between the
utility and its customers,
aimed at delivering effective
customer engagement, while
enhancing operational effi-
ciency and reducing complex-
ity and costs of customer serv-
ices operations.
India has its distinct set of
challenges with regards to
water availability and water
management. On one hand,
extreme climate conditions
create hydrological challenges
and crisis such as droughts,
on the other hand, the expo-
nentially increasing popula-
tion strains the limited avail-
ability of water. Considering a
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major part of the economy is
still agrarian, dependencies
on water resources for domes-
tic as well as commercial pur-
poses is very high. Thus, a
major challenge for water util-
ities and municipal corpora-
tions is to ensure availability
of safe and potable water for
citizens while maintaining
adequate supplies for com-
mercial use. The water-scarci-
ty is further aggravated by
inadequate infrastructure as
millions of gallons of water is
lost to aged infrastructure –
burst pipes, leakages, illegal
connections and non-revenue
water.
Our platform allows water
utilities and city bodies share
water usage data with cus-
tomers in real-time.
Customers can also compare
their consumption with their
neighbours and be informed
about how they can improve
water use efficiency. It can be
used to send leakage alerts,
notifications and saving tips
to the customers. The city
bodies & utilities can create
One of our most
successful smart
water projects was
for a large water
utility in North
America that
serves millions of
customers.
and roll out personalized
water conservation programs
to targeted customer seg-
ments. Thus, educating utility
28 January, 2018
customers and making them
aware to proactively save the
resources, provide them use-
ful data insights helping them
reduce their water footprint
and thus, making better choic-
es and informed decisions
footprint about water conser-
vation.
Tell us about your project -
Smart H2O App. How does
it help in fighting the
drought-like situations?
Deepak: SEW has devel-
oped a platform called Smart
H2O, which is aimed at facili-
tating a proactive collabora-
tion between water utilities
and citizens to reduce water
waste. It is a user-friendly app
that is freely available to all
citizens. It is particularly
effective in water-scarce areas
because it can be easily down-
loaded by common citizens
who can then use it report
leakages, thefts, violations and
water waste to their utilities
or water boards. Our smart
H2O app. is more than a water
conservation app as it helps
enables a close collaboration
between citizens and water
utilities to be actively involved
in saving water. The app has
converted millions of con-
sumers into water heroes -
providing them an easy-to-use
tool needed to establish them-
selves as water-saving advo-
cates.
Through our app Smart
H2O, we look forward to help-
ing billions of global citizens
to conserve water and “BE
WATER HEROES”. We want
to provide them a tool that
helps them proactively part-
ner with their utilities, munic-
ipal boards and government
agencies to improve water
usage efficiency and curb any
water waste. This is a new
beginning, where Smart H2O
is yet another leap towards a
global sustainable future.
What other new technolo-
gies, besides these, are you
developing at SEW?
Deepak: Our vision at
SEW is to tap advance tech-
nologies and innovate solu-
tions that can help build ener-
gy and water sustainable
future-proof smart cities. Our
products are forward think-
ing, user-friendly and help
utilities streamline customer
service processes, simplify
customer interactions, and
reduce operational cost while
improving customer engage-
ment metrics. We provide
best-in-class platforms with
mobile and web interface
Smart technologies
such as cloud,
mobile, big data,
analytics and
Internet of Things
(IoT) offer a huge
array of
opportunities.
which make them self-intu-
itive and enabled with self-
service capabilities. We keep
on adding value through regu-
lar product improvisations
and enhancements that deliv-
ers value and a novel experi-
ence for the users through
customer analytics, detailed
interaction metrics, business
intelligence (BI) for customer
contacts.
Will you be customizing
solutions for the complex
Indian market?
Deepak: All our platforms
have been developed with
technologies and interfaces
that they cater to specific
requirements of global utili-
ties. Thus, they can be easily
deployed across geographies
with minimal configuration
and customization. The key
highlight of our platforms is
that they can be seamlessly
integrated with any of the
existing back-end systems of
utilities, thus, requiring mini-
mal effort and investment in
deployment. We closely work
with global clients to under-
stand their specific needs and
align our platforms according-
ly. Considering our innovation
and development team is con-
tinuously working on under-
standing the needs, trends,
challenges and best practices
prevalent in different mar-
kets, we are fully prepared to
cater to the complexities of
the Indian market.
What is a favorite smart
city pilot or project you've
seen recently?
Deepak: One of our most
successful smart water proj-
ects was for a large water util-
ity in North America that
serves millions of customers.
The huge customer base of
the utility offered an opportu-
nity as well as a challenge
because while the successful
implementation helped SEW
establish product’s compe-
tence and uniqueness, at the
same time it challenged our
team to work harder to
achieve successful deploy-
ment. However, SEW com-
pleted successful deployment
of SCM® in record time with
seamless integration with
existing back-end systems of
the utility. Thus, we were able
to help the utility in effectively
engaging its customers and
partnering with them to
improve water use efficiency,
reduce water waste and
proactively take up water con-
servation measures.
Finally, what do you want
city-leaders and Smart City
CEOs to know about Smart
Energy Water (SEW)?
Deepak: At SEW, our
focus has always been on cus-
tomer-centricity and enabling
digital transformation
through technologies like
Mobile, Cloud, IoT, artificial
intelligence, machine learning,
robonomics, etc. Since innova-
tion is core to our business
and an important driver of
our business at Smart Energy
Water (SEW), we have
designed our platforms which
are innovative and address
the key global challenges of
Energy Sustainability &
Water Conservation. The solu-
tions have inbuilt smart data
analytical capabilities that
provide utilities with critical
business insights basis the
consumption data, usage pat-
tern and trend analysis.
Through the successful
deployments and implementa-
tions of our cloud based plat-
forms, Smart Customer
Mobile (SCM®) - #1 Digital
Customer Engagement
Platform, Smart Mobile
Workforce (SMW®) - #1
Mobile Workforce
Management Platform,
Analytics Smart Water IQ
(SiQ™) - #1 Cloud Analytics
Platform for Water and
Energy Utilities, we have
enabled the digital transfor-
mation of several global utili-
ties that help them realign
their business models through
effective customer engage-
ment.
The key highlight of our
platforms and implementa-
tions is that these can be easi-
ly customized, configured and
replicated according to the
specific requirements of busi-
nesses. The technical compe-
tency of our team is our
strength as we have on-board
industry experts with several
years of experience in technol-
ogy, and energy and utility
sector. They bring with them
insights, experience, and
know-how of global best prac-
tices that can be easily emu-
lated in the Indian market.
We have a very strong
partner eco-system that help
us further augment our deliv-
ery capabilities. We at SEW
are embracing the year 2018
with a positive outlook on
growth and development and
hopeful to help global utilities
to actively partner with their
customers because together
we can fulfil the vision of
smart, secure and sustainable
cities.
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SUEZSupports Bangalore Infra
The Water Supply and Sewerage Board of Bangalore has selected SUEZ for the improvement of
wastewater infrastructures for 2 million inhabitants of Vrishabhavathi valley’s district.
BANGALORE, KNOWN AS
the Indian Silicon Valley, has
experienced a growth of 45% of
its urban population in a span
of five years, crossing the 12
million population mark in
2016.
This rapid urban rise com-
bined with the development of
business activities has led to
an explosion of the demand for
drinking water supply and
sewage disposal. To meet these
challenges, BWSSB relies on
SUEZ’s expertise and tech-
nologies.
During the first three years,
the Group will design and build
a new wastewater treatment
plant with a capacity of
150,000 m3/day. Equipped with
activated sludge process (bac-
terial treatment), the plant will
treat effluents to achieve an
optimum discharge quality
into the Vrishabhavathi River
in accordance with the most
recent standards of the Indian
authorities, requiring, in par-
ticular, a total nitrogen content
of less than 10 mg/L. The
group will also rehabilitate the
existing plant with a capacity
of 150,000 m3/day. The com-
mon sludge treatment plant
for the two treatment plants
will be equipped with SUEZ’s
Degrémont® technologies
(Sedipac™ and Digelis™) that
will recover the biogas pro-
duced into electricity in order
to make the plant self-suffi-
cient.
SUEZ has been supporting
the city of Bangalore for 20
years in its water resources
management. The group has
built, and now operates drink-
ing water plants with a total
capacity of 1.5 million m3/day
and wastewater treatment
plants with a capacity of
175,000 m3/day. Since 2013,
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SUEZ has also improved the “The long partnership
drinking water supply to between SUEZ and BWSSB is
500,000 inhabitants by using based on a common commit-
helium gas to reduce signifi- ment to offer quality drinking
cantly water leakages on the water and wastewater services
network. to Bangalore’s inhabitants. It
Shyam J Bhan
EXPRESS WATER EXCLUSIVE
Please elaborate on the technologies which will be used in
this project?
Mr. Bhan: The group will equip the new wastewater treat-
ment plant of a capacity of 150,000 m3/day with activated sludge
process with Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) to produce
treated effluents complying with the most recent standards of the
Indian authorities, requiring, in particular, a total nitrogen con-
tent of less than 10 mg/L.
The common sludge treatment plant for the two wastewater
treatment plants will be equipped with SUEZ’s Degremont® tech-
nologies (Sedipac™ and Digelis™) that will recover into electrici-
ty the biogas produced in order to make the plant self-sufficient:
• Sedipac™ is a modular compact footprint primary clarifier
with lamellar modules. It works at high clarification rates, from
10 to 25 m/h and without reagents.
• Digelis™ is a single stage mesophilic (between 35°C and 37°C)
Anaerobic Digestor for sludge coming from the urban waste-
water treatment plant. It can incorporate highly efficient
sludge mixing system (Unconfined Central Drop Gas Mixing, or
Cannon Gas Mixers) and accurate regulation of temperature to
achieve very high process efficiency and maximum biogas pro-
duction for cogeneration.
SMART WATER SMART CITIES
illustrates the Group's ability Bangalore but also Mumbai,
to provide reliable and locally- New Delhi, and Kolkata”, says
tailored solutions to the grow- Marie-Ange Debon, SUEZ
ing challenge of access to Group Deputy Chief Executive
drinking water and sanitation Officer in charge of the
in large municipalities such as International Division.
How can SUEZ help other smaller cities of India in similar
projects, especially in the light of ongoing Smart-Cities
projects in India?
Mr. Bhan: SUEZ’s first commitment is to participate in the
modernization of India’s water infrastructure. The group is sup-
porting major metro cities and smaller cities to improve their
water network and distribution, minimize non-revenue water, and
substantially improve customer service and revenue generation.
Today, all urban water infrastructures and utilities share striking-
ly similar issues, important among them being ageing water net-
works, escalating demand, and rising customers’ expectations.
Despite common challenges, most cities lack a unified approach
to these challenges and a plan for the future. As an experienced
world-class operator, SUEZ has the expertise that integrates
competencies and technologies required for managing and opti-
mizing distribution networks, leakage management, smart net-
work systems and infrastructure condition diagnosis and assess-
ment. It also includes ensuring water quality in distribution sys-
tems.
Regarding leak management, for example, SUEZ has intro-
duced its latest Helium Leak Detection technique in India. It is
well adapted for cities of developing countries where intermittent
supply, low pressure, non-metallic pipes and noisy environment
make detection with traditional techniques difficult and ineffi-
cient. The technique needs no pre-localisation for leak detection,
is highly accurate and finds more leaks compared to another
technique in a network with a high percentage of physical losses.
The group is already supporting cities like Pune (water treat-
ment plant of 500 million liters per day - wastewater treatment
plant of 77 million liters/ day - 24/7 water supply project in
Pimpri, Chinchwad), Trivandrum (water treatment plant of 74
million liters/ day), Kozhikode (water treatment plant of 174 mil-
lion liters/ day), Nagpur (water treatment plant of 120 million
liters/ day).
The group is closely following the development of smart cities
market in India. This sector is evolving and SUEZ’s global expert-
ise will certainly be of interest to cities grappling with challenges
of urban management. Overcoming environmental challenges
requires collective mobilization: it needs governments, local
authorities, operators, and people to work together to manage
resources more efficiently. For our customers, we will continue to
show our ability to adapt to meet the new challenges. Our group,
as always, will be on the forefront to respond to our customers
with a new strategic ambition: making resource management a
new driving force for shared development and growth.
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Potential in Sharing the Technical

Know-howand Helping Implement
Smart Pumping Solutions
Sanjeev Sirsi is the Head - Water Utility,
at Grundfos Pumps India Pvt Ltd. He
handles the Water Utility business for the
company in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
and Maldives. Sanjeev has more than 21
years of industry experience covering
marketing, sales, design and project
management. He has been involved in
the initialization of innovative products in
solar and water supply products for
Grundfos in India and focuses on water
and energy conservation. During his
interaction with Mayur Sharma, he
shared his thoughts on smart cities
projects, 24x7 water supply, efficient
urban sewage and flood management
systems, etc.

How will you define “smart
water for smart city” for
our readers?
Sanjeev: There is no uni-
versally accepted definition
for a Smart City. The concept
of Smart City varies from city
to city and country to country,
depending on the level of
development, willingness to
change and reform, resources
& aspirations of the urban res-
idents. A smart city would
have a different meaning in
India than, say, in Europe.
Even in India, there is no one
way of defining a smart city.
For Grundfos, with its core
competency to provide smart
and intelligent pumping solu-
tions, Smart City is an area
where it can showcase the
right pumping technologies
for saving energy, reducing
water wastage, using renew-
able power source to power
pumping system and having
an informed intelligent auto-
mated system, which would
help plug unnecessary waste-
ful expenditure on repair and
maintenance.
How do you see Grundfos'
role in the smart cities
ecosystem of India? How
important is the smart
cities market to you?
Sanjeev: For Grundfos,
there is a potential in terms of
sharing the technical know-
how and helping companies
and governments implement
smart pumping solutions in an
efficient and effective manner.
Grundfos worldwide has expe-
rience and expertise in provid-
ing smart water pumping solu-
tions, be it water distribution
system, flood control system,
etc.
Our range of smart pump-
ing solutions with remote
monitoring systems would
help the smart cities get con-
stant equated pressure in
water supply with a possible
reduction in NRW, low energy
bills in terms of pumping
water to state a few. From the
market perspective, Smart
Cities will help Grundfos to
position itself as a champion of
sustainability. Keeping the
need and requirement of the

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smart cities in mind, Grundfos
has technologically advanced
pump solutions like Demand
Driven Distribution, S Pump,
and Grundfos Remote
Management. Since all these
pumps are true to the needs of
a smart city, they are also
innovative, cutting-edge tech-
nology and user-friendly.
Smart cities need to en-
sure 24x7 uninterrupted
water supply. Tell us, in de-
tail, about Grundfos’ De-
mand Driven Dis-
tribution
pressure control
system.
S a n j e e v :
Demand-Driven
Distribution is
aimed at providing
equated pressure
supply to all con-
sumers in a net-
work and in the
process, reduce
energy bills, reduce
water leakage in the
system, reduce
stress on pipes
which would possi-
bly defer investments on pipe
replacement and repair costs.
Grundfos’ Demand Driven
Distribution is a solution
aimed at addressing the water
pressure issues, directly at the
consumer’s end. This solution
Smart Cities Secure Water Supplies While Risks Loom
In a survey, 65% of municipalities expected ‘substantive risks’ to their water supplies. These
risks included water scarcity, declining water quality, flooding and an inadequate or aging
water infrastructure.
By Anne Nielsen
They are fixing leaks in
Johannesburg, topping up
groundwater in Salisbury,
Australia, and flushing toilets
with sea water in Hong Kong.
Municipalities around the
world are also adjusting water
pressure to minimize loss and
make their distribution sys-
tems more efficient.
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is based on multi-pump opera-
tion at proportional pressure,
where the system is designed
to supply precisely the flow
needed at the pressure
required, with many pumps
running at best efficiency
point, instead of one big pump.
In this process, no extra ener-
gy is used that eventually
helps in reducing the carbon
footprint. The Demand-Driven
Distribution system is an inno-
vative water management
pumping solutions aims at
minimising cost and energy
and limit water losses in a
24X7 water distribution sys-
tem by effective pressure con-
trol.
An efficient sewage system
would be another key as-
These are just a few exam-
ples of how cities are getting
smart about managing their
water supplies. There are
plenty more in a Water
Resources Group (WRG)
report, which addresses the
problem of urban dry out.
"The City of Copenhagen,
facing dwindling water sup-
pect. Do you have intelli-
gent products for the
same?
Sanjeev: Grundfos pump-
ing solution for wastewater/
sewage application thinks
beyond just power savings. It
looks at providing efficient
pumping solutions throughout
the sewage treatment process-
es of collection, transfer, treat-
ment, and discharge.
With state of the art
patented ‘S – tube’ impeller for
submersible raw sewage
pumps not only ensure 160
mm solid
passage with
hydraulic
efficiencies
up to 83%
but also han-
dle a consis-
tency of 3%.
As these
pumps are
installed
i n s i d e
s e w a g e
t a n k s ,
remote mon-
i t o r i n g
through sen-
sors is the only option to mon-
itor the health of the pumps.
Grundfos design consists of
built-in temperature sensors,
moisture sensors, and thermal
switches which enable the
pump to provide data and act
plies, has cut its annual water
consumption in half since the
1970s by techniques ranging
from sophisticated equipment
to find leaks in its network to
installing water meters at
households. “Without individ-
ual water meters, a consumer
has no incentive to save,” says
Planning Manager Jens
SMART WATER SMART CITIES
intelligently depending upon
the actual site conditions.
For Sewage Network, we
have specially designed On-
line Sewage prefabricated
remote monitored pumping
stations, which would help
reduce the capital cost
involved in expensive civil
works and space.
Where do you think we are
lacking in our stormwater
and flood management
programs? How can you
help in proactively ad-
dressing this issue?
Sanjeev: We have recently
experienced heavy downpour
leading to flooding in many
major cities like Chennai,
Mumbai, Bengaluru, etc. We
need to design a systematic
approach rather than just a
standard desilting or any
knee-jerk approach. The sys-
tematic approach would be to
sensitize our municipal bodies
with the help of consultants/
urban planners, etc.
Identify the low lying or
flood prone areas way ahead of
the monsoons and have a
short-term and a long-term
approach. The short-term
approach can be having
mobile dewatering pumping
station in place especially in
the low lying, under passes,
etc., well in advance. The long-
Andersen of the Greater
Copenhagen Utility
Company."
Water Risks are Mounting
The need for action to
secure future water supplies is
clear enough.
“The issue of water is
paramount, and the pressure
term ones are the flood control
stations designed and execut-
ed by local bodies and consult-
ants like the ones in Mumbai.
Grundfos has solutions for
both short and long term - The
mobile dewatering unit has
dewatering pumps, generator
all housed in a canopy mount-
ed on a trailer with crane and
accessories for pumps in
place.
On the long-term ones,
Grundfos in India has success-
fully executed along with 7
years O&M a major flood con-
trol station in Mumbai that not
only included 8 numbers of
pumps with the discharge
capacity of each pump - 6000
liters per second pumps con-
trol and SCADA/ Automation,
etc. Grundfos has also execut-
ed 4 projects (Pumps plus
SCADA/ Automation) with
the Kolkata Municipal
Corporation of nearly the sim-
ilar capacities.
Digitalization of water &
wastewater networks
would be integral to smart
city projects. How do you
support it?
Sanjeev: As a part of its
business ethics, Grundfos con-
siders the entire pumping sys-
tem. Grundfos optimizes the
way pumps’ measurement and
communication units work
“
Collaboration across
the value chain is
essential to building
resilient cities.
Tao Bindslev
Group Vice President, Head -
Water Utility Business,
Grundfos
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 COVER STORY
Private Companies with
Specialized Knowledge Have a
Role to Play in Helping Cities
Overcome their Water Supply
Challenges. “Collaboration Across
the Value Chain is Essential to
Building Resilient Sities,” Says Tao
Bindslev, Grundfos Group VP.
Photo Courtesy: Christian
Andersson.
on cities is increasing,” says
Seth Schultz, Director of
Research of the C40 Cities
Climate Leadership Group, a
global network of large and
innovative cities taking action
to reduce carbon emissions
and climate risks. Among
other things, he cites a recent
C40 survey of major cities
around the world in which 65%
of these municipalities are
expecting ‘substantive risks’
to their water supplies. These
risks include water scarcity,
declining water quality, flood-
ing and an inadequate or aging
water infrastructure.
Copenhagen has Almost
Cut Water Consumption in
“
Without individual
water meters, a
consumer has no
incentive to save.
Jens Andersen
Planning Manager - Greater
Copenhagen Utility Company
Jens Andersen, Photo Courtesy
Christian Andersson.
32 January, 2018
Half
One city that has success-
fully met the challenge of
diminishing water supplies is
Copenhagen. The Danish capi-
tal has managed to reduce its
yearly water consumption
from 100 million m3 in the late
1970s to 55 million m3 today.
“That’s a reduction by
almost half,” says Planning
Manager Jens Andersen of the
Greater Copenhagen Utility
Company. Water metering is
one of many strategies that
has helped the city to reach
this remarkable achievement,
he notes.
“Without individual water
meters, a consumer has no
incentive to save. But after we
installed meters, we could see
over a period of years that
consumption was reduced by
an average of 15%.”
Leaky Pipes Cause Aston-
ishing Water Losses
Like many other water-
wise cities, Copenhagen has
done much to reduce leaks,
which can cause astonishing
water losses. The WRG
describes situations in which
40% or more of the water that
is pumped into a distribution
grid is lost before it ever
reaches the consumer.
“Our leakage losses are
now down to just 7%,” says
Jens Andersen. “Thanks to
some highly advanced listen-
ing equipment, we’ve become
better at finding the holes in
our pipes. We’re also better at
renewal planning, so we can
prioritize the oldest and most
heavily used areas of the grid.”
Water-saving campaigns,
rising water prices and a
growing awareness of the need
for conservation have also
helped reduce consumption,
he adds. Meanwhile, the city
continues to search for new
water sources and has entered
a water-sharing agreement
with the city of Roskilde, 34
kilometers to the west.
‘Smart’Technologies Take
Off the Pressure
According to the WRG
report, many cities have also
found that if they simply
“
The issue of water is
paramount, and the
pressure on cities is
increasing. Unless
you have the data,
you won’t know that
you have, say, a 25%
leakage.And if you
can’t measure it, you
can’t manage it.
Seth Schultz
Director of Research - C40
Cities
reduce water pressure in the
grid, they also reduce leakage
and minimize wear and tear
on aging pipes.
To this end, ‘smart’ tech-
nologies such as the Demand
Driven Distribution pressure
control system developed by
Grundfos can save both water
and money by delivering opti-
mal water pressure at any
given time, says Group Vice
President Tao Bindslev, who
heads up the company’s Water
Utility business.
“This system can automati-
cally monitor grid use pat-
terns with remote sensors and
adjust the water pressure
accordingly using a Grundfos
software algorithm,” he says.
“This reduces both water
and electricity consumption
by up to 20%, and water pipes
will last longer because they
are less likely to crack.”
The return on investment,
says Tao Bindslev, is “very
short. In some cases down to a
year.”
Saving Up for a Non-Rainy
Day
Some cities have managed
to address two problems at
once by harvesting storm
water and storing it under-
ground, essentially saving up
their water for dry spells.
In the Australian city of
Salisbury, for example, storm
water is led into an engineered
wetland that filters and cleans
the water naturally before it
is pumped into the aquifer 164
meters underground. From
here, the rain water can later
be pumped up for irrigation
and industrial uses, according
to the WRG.
This solution not only helps
prevent flooding, it can also
replenish ground water that
has become dangerously low
in many areas like Salisbury.
Compared to storing water in
an above-ground reservoir, it
also eliminates water loss
from evaporation.
Private Enterprise has a
Role to Play
Private companies with
specialized knowledge such as
Grundfos also have a role to
play in helping cities overcome
their water supply challenges,
says Tao Bindslev.
“Collaboration across the
value chain is essential to
building resilient cities,” he
notes. “Grundfos is working
with city designers and con-
sultants at every point in the
water cycle on creating sus-
tainable urban designs for
water management systems.”
Money and Ecology are Ma-
jor Hurdles
Water-wise solutions
abound, but so do the hurdles.
Financing large water projects
is one of the main issues – not
least in developing countries,
says Seth Schultz.
“Just collecting informa-
tion and data on leakage can
be difficult and costly in some
third world cities, where
records are still mostly on
paper,” he says.
“Unless you have the data,
you won’t know that you have,
say, a 25% leakage. And if you
can’t measure it, you can’t
manage it.”
Ecology is also a hurdle. In
Copenhagen, for example,
Jens Andersen reports that it
is becoming more difficult to
get permission to drill for
water in new areas outside the
city. Communities worry
about the consequences of
removing more and more
water from their ecosystems,
he says.
S-tube Impeller
There is no ‘Distant Oasis’
A study by the US environ-
mental group Nature
Conservancy is skeptical of
expensive water projects.
It contends that cities need
to re-think the practice of
establishing new water
sources in faraway rivers and
reservoirs. Ultimately, there is
no ‘distant oasis’ that can
solve a city’s water problems.
Instead, the study points to
conservation as the most sus-
tainable and cost-effective way
to address water shortages.
One of the most effective ideas
of all, the authors argue, would
be for municipal water man-
agers to sit down with farmers
and work out some mutually
beneficial ways to conserve
irrigation water. For example,
massive amounts of water
could be freed up for urban
use if cities would compensate
farmers for establishing more
efficient irrigation technolo-
gies such as lined canals and
improved delivery systems.
The farmers, meanwhile,
would benefit from the sub-
sidy and experience increased
productivity.
Cities are Ready
Despite the obvious chal-
lenges, Seth Schultz is con-
vinced that cities are both will-
ing and able to make the
changes that are necessary for
a sustainable, water-scarce
future. “The good news is that
the city mayors actually have
very strong powers in the
water sector, as such cities
have the ability to make
changes in this area. They are
already ramping up their
activities dramatically,” he
says. “So yes, I’m very opti-
mistic. But I also know how
much more needs to happen.”
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The Internet of Things (IoT)
Starts with a Sensor
The Internet of Things (IoT) always starts with a sensor. After all, things cannot capture
states or carry out actions unless they are fitted with sensors.
By Keller AG
The Internet of Things
(IoT) always starts with a
sensor. After all, things
cannot capture states or
carry out actions unless
they are fitted with sen-
sors.
IoT is already a widely
known and to some extent
controversial term. Yet, the
Internet of Things is all
around us every day, whether
we realize it or not. If a com-
pany uses automatic, inde-
pendent processes in its orga-
nizational measures, we call
this a “smart factory” or
“Industry 4.0”. No matter the
sector, the sensor is ultimately
the most important supplier
of data and thus the key com-
ponent of the IoT process.
When fitted to an object, dif-
ferent sensors can be connect-
ed to local and global commu-
nication networks. The final
step in the process is to ana-
lyze the data on networked
computers or in a cloud. IoT
processes are highly cus-
tomized and are undergoing
continuous development.
Automatic Flash Flood
Warning for Swift Protec-
tion against Hazards
Flash floods are sudden
and unpredictable. Within
minutes, floods can rise over
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the banks of streams and onto
the roads, sweeping away
cars, devastating houses, and
killing people.
Although weather services
usually issue warnings before
severe weather hits, many
towns are poorly prepared for
flash flooding. This is hard to
believe since most regions
have detailed special maps
that deliberately highlight the
danger zones so that the
places at risk can prepare
accordingly. However, these
maps are rarely to be found in
town halls, fire stations or the
emergency services, which is
why people largely fail to take
proactive measures.
Moreover, the special maps
are relatively roughly drawn;
obstructive buildings and
roads acting as channels are
not always shown. So, while
the maps may identify a prob-
lem, they provide no viable
solution.
Which is why an IoT solu-
tion is capable of identifying
dangers early and reliably
raise the alarm for imminent
flooding is essential. This
means emergency services
can be notified automatically,
in a matter of seconds, so the
appropriate measures can be
taken promptly, even in the
most remote corners of the
region.
KELLER’s GSM-2 remote
transmitter forms part of
warning systems like these.
The GSM-2 is a combination
of an autonomous data logger
and a remote transmitter in
one device. When combined
with a pressure transmitter or
a level sensor, it reliably trans-
mits water levels and pres-
sure data via the GSM mobile
phone network by SMS, e-
mail or FTP to those responsi-
ble in order to issue flood
warnings before tragedy
strikes.
Reliable Flash Flood Alert
The U.S. National Weather
Service records weather-
related fatalities, defined by
the particular weather condi-
tion. In 2013, the NWS report-
ed 82 fatalities over 21 states
related to flash and river
flooding. Of these 82, 45%
occurred in a vehicle, likely
Remote Data Transmission Unit
and Data Logger GSM-2
trying to cross flooded road-
ways.
Life-Threatening Weather
Conditions
In one case in a municipali-
ty in southern California, a
vehicle was swept away
resulting in the death of the
driver. The incident occurred
on a bridge, which is frequent-
ly washed over by flash flood
waters during periods of
SMART WATER SMART CITIES
heavy rain, surprising unsus-
pecting motorists. A subse-
quent lawsuit cost the city
nearly US$ 500,000 in the set-
tlement.
Inefficient Manual Solutions
At the time of the accident,
city workers were tasked with
driving to the roadway site to Level Probe 36 X W
visually monitor for roadway
wash over conditions. When ty to send remote alerts to
wash over appeared immi- maintenance workers making
nent, a crew would erect bar- them aware of the imminent
ricades to block the roadway. roadway wash overs regard-
However, as rain/flash flood less of the time of day.
events often occurred After consulting KELLER
overnight, or at times when America, a system including
workers might not be avail- the GSM and an Acculevel
able, this method proved submersible level transmitter
unreliable. Unpredictable con- was specified for installation
ditions made it difficult to at key locations prone to
ensure that operating proce- flooding. KELLER America
dures be strictly followed. City
maintenance managers recog-
nized that an automated solu-
tion must be implemented to
reliably alert them to immi-
nent roadway wash-overs.
Flood Alert by GSM
After extensive online
research, city officials identi-
fied the KELLER GSM i GSM Software
remote data transmission unit
as a possible solution. This provided technical support for
GSM unit operates by trans- the setup, installation, and
mitting water level or pres- programming of the system,
sure data over GSM cellular allowing the responsible city
networks. Level data can be workers to receive an SMS
collected via a variety of alert indicating rising water.
instruments, which provide After the implementation, the
either standard analog (4- city transitioned from manu-
20mA, 0-5 VDC, 0-10VDC, ally placed, temporary barri-
etc.) or digital RS485 i / SDI12 cades to permanent swinging
i outputs. The primary advan- gates, which close when flash
tage of this system is the abili- floods occur.
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 COVER STORY

We Believe that Smart City

Technologyhas the Power to
Transform India
Pratap Padode is the Founder and
Executive Director of Smart Cities
Council India. He pioneered equity
research in India by launching
India’s most successful specialized
equity journal, ‘Dalal Street Journal’
as its co-founder. He is the founder
of ASAPP Info Global Group. He has
also launched the India Readiness
Guide which is a custom framework
for India’s city planners. Mayur
Sharma recently talked to him
about his views on Smart Cities
Mission - an urban renewal and
retrofitting program by the
Government of India, and how the
Smart Cities Council looks at its role
in smart city projects.

How will you define “smart
water for smart city” for
our readers?
Pratap: When defining
“smart water for smart cities”
we must first explain why
such an intervention is neces-
sary. Smart Water systems
are needed in order to make
an effective use of water
resources, and provide an effi-
cient water infrastructure to a
country that experiences
droughts and shortages of
water every year. For exam-
ple, using intelligent water
systems, technology is used to
make an effective use of water
resources by increasing the
number of pathways for water
circulation. These systems
improve the efficiency of
water resources in a region by
combining IT with different
water treatment systems to
make effective use of water.
The intelligent water system
has an essential role in coping
with water shortages through-
out the world and also for the
development of the ideal
smart cities of the future.
Effective ways of supplying
water to afflicted cities can
include the production of
water by seawater desalina-
tion and use of recycled water,
and by managing the overall
circulation of water around
the city efficiently.
The concept of an intelli-
gent water system is essential
for integrating water treat-
ment systems with informa-
tion and control systems for
the ultimate efficient-based
utilization of water.
What stands in the way of
rapid adoption of smart
cities technologies?
Pratap: A few issues that
stand in the way of a rapid
adoption of smart cities tech-
nologies are:
• The integration of formerly
isolated legacy systems to
achieve citywide efficien-
cies can be a significant
challenge. It requires a
tremendous amount of time
and resources to determine
the existing city’s weak
areas that need utmost con-
sideration, e.g. Achieving a
100% efficient distribution
of water supply and sanita-
tion.
• According to the Ministry
of Urban Development

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(MoUD), the total amount
of investment required to
complete India’s smart
cities mission exceeds Rs. 5
lakh crore over the next 20
years. This translates to an
annual requirement of over
Rs. 30,000 crores. The
financing for these projects
is thus a major obstacle to
the rapid adoption of smart
cities technologies, as one
needs to see how these proj-
ects can all be financed
using the governments’ pre-
ferred Public-Private
Partnerships (PPP) model.
• The successful implementa-
tion of smart city solutions
needs effective horizontal
and vertical coordination
between various institu-
tions providing various
municipal amenities, as well
as effective coordination
between the central govern-
ment, state governments,
and local government agen-
cies on various issues relat-
ed to financing and sharing
of best practices and serv-
ice delivery processes.
Many cities chosen under
the Smart Cities Mission
have yet to set up a formal
authority to oversee their
smart city projects, thus
The Singapore
government is
doing a particularly
good job with the
policy to promote
smarter and more
sustainable cities.
There, they refer to
it as a ‘Smart
Nation’, rather than
a collective mission
of smart cities.The
country has a
‘technocentric’
vision for future
progress.
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contributing to the slow
progress of smart city tech-
nologies in India.
You promote cities with
three values: livability,
workability, and sustain-
ability. Please explain.
Pratap: At Smart Cities
Council India, we envision a
world where digital technolo-
gy and intelligent design have
been harnessed to create
smart, sustainable cities with
high-quality living and high-
quality jobs.
Thus, we promote cities
that embody our three core
values of livability, workability,
and sustainability as a guide-
line, so as to work to create a
clean and healthy environ-
ment, facilitate infrastructure
development, and provide
services without stealing from
future generations.
How are the Indian cities
making progress under
smart cities mission?
Which are the leading
cities, and why?
Pratap: According to a
report released by the
Minister of Urban and
Housing Affairs, Mr. Hardeep
Singh Puri, 148 projects have
been completed till date under
India’s Smart Cities Mission.
Besides this, 407 projects
have started work, and anoth-
er 237 projects are in the ten-
dering stage. So while things
have progressed slowly until
now, there are very encourag-
ing signs that India’s Smart
City Mission will be success-
ful. Further 82 out of 99 cities
now have functional Special
Purpose Vehicles, who moni-
tor, assess and implement
their cities smart city proj-
ects. Furthermore, the state
and central governments have
created an efficient system for
the flow of money, so that
SPVs are not hindered by
financial problems. India may
not finish transforming 100
cities into smart cities by
2020, but the mission is very
much on track – providing
smart technologies to 100
cities by 2020. Cities such as
Pune, Surat, and Ahmedabad
have notably fared well under
India’s Smart Cities Mission.
In Surat, under Smart
Cities guidelines, the city has
already completed projects
that have improved public
transport connectivity across
the city, increased the number
of buses and their usage, and
reduced travel time through
dedicated BRT corridors
managed through IT
Management Systems. The
city has also built a control
center that provides a 360-
degree view of the key func-
tions for managing the city.
The center enables city offi-
cials to better allocate
resources, adopt preventative
maintenance measures, and
proactively manage issues
that affect the quality of life
for citizens in Surat.
How do you evaluate the
performance of a water &
wastewater company in
smart city projects?
Pratap: To evaluate the
performance of various Indian
water & wastewater compa-
nies in smart city projects,
Smart Cities Council India
uses a methodology that looks
at three core parameters to
form its criteria. It looks upon
the current status of perform-
ance and service delivery of
water in cities, and its pre-
paredness to transform.
Secondly, we look at the
state of technology solutions
used, and the interventions
proposed by companies to
improve these technologies.
Lastly, we look at the contri-
bution made by these water
and wastewater companies,
before assigning data vectors
to these quantities in order to
evaluate their performance in
smart city projects.
What is the ‘Indian Readi-
ness Guide’? Does it help
urban planners, in terms of
water management?
Pratap: The India
Readiness Guide is a concep-
tual roadmap to address
growth strategies, by focusing
on universal principles that
unite key areas of a city. It was
assembled with input from
SMART WATER SMART CITIES
The total amount of investment required
to complete India’s smart cities mission
exceeds Rs. 5 lakh crore over the next 20
years.This translates to an annual
requirement of over Rs. 30,000 crores.
The financing for these projects is thus a
major obstacle to the rapid adoption of
smart cities technologies.
many of the world’s leading
smart city practitioners – the
members and advisors of the
Smart Cities Council India
and the Smart Cities Council.
The Guide was formed to
help cities create a vision for
their future, and to help them
build an action plan to get to
that better future. It helps
people to understand how
technology will transform the
cities of tomorrow, and how
people can contribute to
enhancing and realizing this
transformation. It suggests
goals to aspire for, the features
and functions to specify, the
best practices to gain the
maximum benefits, and the
collaborative environment
needed to envisage and assim-
ilate all aspects of smart cities
together. The India Readiness
Guide is intended for mayors,
city managers, city planners
and their staffs. It helps cities
help themselves by providing
objective, vendor-neutral
information to make confi-
dent, educated choices about
the technologies that can
transform their city.
What are the most suc-
cessful “smart water tech-
nology initiatives” you've
seen globally? Could these
be easily replicated in In-
dian cities?
Pratap: One of the most
successful smart water tech-
nology initiatives I’ve seen
globally has been the Sensus
Advanced Metering
Infrastructure (AMI) solution
from Sensus, by Xylem.
The Sensus AMI solution
helps utilities and co-ops build
a smarter infrastructure that
can support multiple applica-
tions. The solution consists of
advanced metering for water,
electricity, gas and lighting
applications, all connected by
a singular, centralized system.
The network securely trans-
mits and receives data to help
utilities and co-ops make bet-
ter decisions now and in the
future. What often begins as
smart metering can develop
into a more robust grid mod-
ernization effort that supports
wide-ranging system meas-
urement and control.
Such a system can be repli-
cated in Indian cities – albeit
not as easily. It would require
a growing investment in
smart city projects by private
companies in India, similar to
the significant interest in such
technological projects in the
United States. Furthermore,
it would require a government
regulation that would allow
the monitoring of public and
private utilities by a central
authority, rather than by
smaller local bodies.
India is definitely headed
in the right direction in order
to complete its Smart Cities
Mission, but a complete tech-
nological overhaul would
require foreign expertise and
investments, as well as a coun-
trywide motivation to make
India a global leader in smart
cities technology.
Can you cite any govern-
ments doing a particularly
good job with policy to pro-
mote smarter and more
sustainable cities?
Pratap: The Singapore
government is doing a partic-
ularly good job with the policy
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ods to track the “health” of the What is so fascinating panies and local and state gov-
water system under hand- about this project, is that it ernments in India to showcase
pumps in rural, poor regions addresses a basic issue for the potential of smart city
of the developing world, using rural communities around the technology in India and bring
One of the most successful smart water low-cost sensors mounted in world in a cost-effective, yet it to the forefront of the coun-
technology initiatives I’ve seen globally the pump handles. At scale, efficient manner. The simple tries agenda. We believe that
this has enabled the hand- monitoring of hand-pumps smart city technology has the
has been the Sensus Advanced Metering pump infrastructure across can not only decrease the power to transform India, and
Infrastructure (AMI) solution from Sub-Saharan Africa to begin workload of those who yet are working tirelessly to
transforming into a large- walk miles just to get their achieve that dream.
Sensus, by Xylem. scale, distributed network for families drinking water, but Subsequently, Smart Cities
to promote smarter and more tric’ vision for future monitoring water supplies. also maximize the use of clean Council India is proud to host
sustainable cities. There, they progress, which aids the gov- This project addresses the ris- water and bring the wastage the ‘Smart Urbanation 2018’,
refer to it as a “Smart Nation”, ernment’s powerful push to ing concerns about shallow down to almost nothing. India’s leading platform for
rather than a collective mis- make Singapore smart. groundwater quantities in government and private
sion of smart cities – a master many countries and is also rel- What will be your role in stakeholders to dialogue and
plan for development, to What is a favourite innova- evant to the sustainable devel- helping Indian cities get derive decisive ways to outline
become a global technology tive smart city pilot or wa- opment of drinking water sup- smart in next 5 years? India’s urban reality and
leader. This is driven by the ter project you've seen re- ply in rural areas in many Pratap: The aim of the future strengthened with the
Singapore governments cently, outside of India? parts of the world. Smart Cities Council India is technological revolution.
deregulated economic struc- Pratap: Recently, there Additionally, the introduc- to provide the latest updates Now in its 5th year, the
ture and tech-powered infra- was a project undertaken tion of information technology about what is happening on Summit, a highly interactive
structure. The countries jointly by the University of in hand pump management is the smart cities development conference and expo, show-
many incubator spaces, gov- Oxford’s Department of revolutionary for intensifying front, gather and disseminate cases cutting-edge technolo-
ernment contract incentives, Engineering Science and and enhancing the resolution resources, collate industry gies, real-world solutions and
and coding programs entice School of Geography and the of shallow groundwater moni- data and showcase achieve- proven strategies that India
start-ups and entrepreneurs. Environment. Their project toring in a sustainable man- ments in this segment. needs to build more livable,
The country has a ‘technocen- uses machine learning meth- ner. We work with private com- workable, sustainable cities.

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 SMART WATER SMART CITIES

Aarhus Vand Eyes India's Smart

Cities Projects
Aarhus Vand is looking at India's Smart Cities project to lend its expertise in setting up
integrated sewage treatment plants with a focus on generating power. To start with it is
looking at Udaipur in Rajasthan to provide its domain expertise.

Raw Water Intake at Jaisamand
Water Treatment Plant in Udaipur.
The Supply of Drinking Water
should be Based Primarily on
Surface Water. This Water Comes
from Lake Jaisamand,
Approximately 50 km off Udaipur.
AARHUS MUNICIPALITY
AND Aarhus Vand have
signed a 4-year cooperation
agreement with India on the
management of water in the
city of Udaipur. It is a co-oper-
ation at authority level the
purpose of which is to pave
the way for Danish exports of
water technology solutions.
The co-operation between
Udaipur and Aarhus was offi-
cially initiated in November of
2016 when the Mayor of
Aarhus, Jacob Bundsgaard,
visited Udaipur and signed a
cooperation agreement. The
cooperation covers water
management in Udaipur, and
the intention is also to support
activities in the State of
Gujarat through a so-called
water hub between Gujarat
and Denmark.
Overall, the cooperation
agreement must support
increased relations between
India and Denmark, con-
tribute to poverty eradication,
improved regulation in the
field of water and furthermore
support the export opportuni-
ties of the Danish water sector
in India.
The cooperation is
financed by development
funds through the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Denmark
and supported by a growth
consultant, who has been
employed at the Embassy in
Udaipur since August 2017. In
A Newly Established Pumping
Station at Fateh Sagar Lake,
Udaipur
June 2017, representatives
from Aarhus Municipality and
Aarhus Vand visited Udaipur
to identify the areas to be cov-
A Bridge by the Lake Pichola in
Udaipur
water loss is great, and if a
stable water supply is to be
established, it is necessary to
reduce the water loss.
Gas and Energy Produc-
tion at the Wastewater
Treatment Plant
Today, one wastewater
treatment plant in Udaipur
treats 25 million liters of
wastewater per day, which is
about 30 percent of the city's
wastewater. In coming years,
the intention is to establish
treatment of the city’s entire
wastewater. Gas production
has not been established, and
due to insufficient supply
from the public electricity net-
work, the current wastewater
treatment plant is operated on
generators. Therefore, the
plan is for a future treatment
plant to produce energy based
on the resources contained in
the wastewater.
Restoration of Lakes
Udaipur is a tourist desti-
nation - especially because of
the beautiful lakes and the
many palaces and temples
located by the lakes.
Unfortunately, the lakes are
not in a good condition due to
the discharge of untreated
wastewater and litter.
Therefore, cooperation has
been planned on the waste-
water structure, separation of
rainwater harvesting and
wastewater, monitoring and
possible restoration of lakes.
Aarhus Vand is a Danish
public limited company owned
by Aarhus Municipality. Its
activities comprise rainwater
disposal (including climate
adaptation projects), produc-
tion and distribution of drink-
ing water, transport and
purification of wastewater,
emptying of private holding
tanks as well as safeguarding
a balanced and healthy water
cycle. It recovers, treats and
distributes 15 million cubic
meters of drinking water and
purifies more than 30 million
cubic meters of wastewater
every year at 9 waterworks
and four wastewater treat-
ment plants.

ered by the cooperation.

Following the discussions with
the Indian partners, coopera-
tion will be sought in the fol-
Today, one wastewater treatment plant in lowing areas: The cooperation agreement must
Udaipur city treats around 25 million Reduction of Water Loss support increased relations between
liters of wastewater per day, which is Udaipur wants to establish India and Denmark, contribute to poverty
a stable water supply all
about 30 percent of the city's wastewater. round the clock. Today there eradication, improved regulation in the
In coming years, the intention is to is only pressure on the drink- field of water and furthermore support
ing water system a few hours
establish treatment of the city’s entire daily, and in some places not the export opportunities of the Danish
wastewater. even on a daily basis. The water sector in India.

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 COVER STORY
What do Water
Customers Think?
Customer engagement is enabling the water industry to plan for the future of resilient and
smart utilities.
By Arup
AROUND THE WORLD, the
water industry is proactively
engaging with customers to
help define how utilities can
become more resilient and
more efficient, and to provide
the basis of responsive policy
for uncertain futures.
Resilient and Efficient
“Governments and regula-
tors globally are working with
water companies to help them
become more resilient in
response to global mega-
trends such as climate and
demographic change,”
explains Ian Gray, who leads
Arup’s water asset manage-
ment work. “At the same time,
customers and shareholders
want companies to mitigate
familiar shock events, such as
flooding and drought.”
How can water companies
balance these demands in an
already challenging business
environment?
In Wales in the UK, Dwr
Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW)
created a business strategy,
for the next 35 years, that mit-
igates the risks posed by
shocks and stresses both old
and new. To inform the strat-
egy, we worked with Welsh
Water to create a resilience
framework based on the best-
practice approach we devel-
oped with The Rockefeller
Foundation in our City
Resilience Index.
38 January, 2018
who managed the project.
“These included factors such
as more extreme weather
caused by climate change, and
the need to upgrade infra-
structure affordably.”
In addition, the team also
incorporated the Welsh
Government’s Wellbeing of
Future Generations Act. This
showed how DCWW could
contribute to the outcomes for
the people of Wales that the
act identifies – such as creat-
ing a resilient Wales. This cre-
ated a much broader under-
standing of customer benefits
“
than what would have been
possible had the review
focused on just the water
Water systems are the lifeblood of a city and are increasingly coming company. The framework uses
under strain.The question we’re tackling is how we can understand a maturity matrix to assess
the current resilience of the
the resilience of urban water systems to increasing shocks and business and identify different
stresses.To build the resilience of any city, the challenge is to actions to improve it along
recognize and understand the complexity of its urban water with the investment required.
These scenarios form part
systems, environment and interconnection with communities and of DCWW’s Water 2050
stakeholders across the water basin.We are establishing a Vision, which Arup helped to
framework to assess the water resilience of cities in a holistic and deliver.
The Water 2050 Vision is
pragmatic way now out for consultation with
Dr. Mark Fletcher customers. By the end of July,
Global Water Leader, Arup DCWW had already received
more than 2,000 responses to
an interactive survey of cus-
DCWW’s previous safe drinking water and to that customers had told tomer attitudes to water and
research had shown that its protect the environment. Our DCWW were important to environmental issues. The
customers place particular team incorporated these them onto the likely shocks answers to this will help it pri-
emphasis on the reliability of needs into the resilience and stresses that we’d worked oritize investment, including
essential services. Above all, framework. with Cardiff University to resilience, over the coming
they want DCWW to provide “We mapped the things identify,” explains Louise Ellis, decades.
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Arup and The Rockefeller Foundation Collaborate to Help Cities
Cope with Shocks and Stresses to Urban Water Systems
The River Brenig, Tregaron in the county of Ceredigion, Wales UK
Arup, with support from
The Rockefeller Foundation,
is establishing a framework to
help cities better prepare for
and respond to shocks and
stresses to their water sys-
tem. Climate change and
rapid urbanization are placing
an increasing strain on water
resources, with cities expect-
ed to experience increasingly
frequent flooding and water
shortages.
The first phase, due to run
until January 2019, will see the
development of the City Water
Resilience Framework
(CWRF), giving cities of all
sizes a guide to understanding
and measuring the resilience
of their water systems. The
Valve Tower on the Upper Neuadd Reservoir, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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ambition is to create a global
standard for water resilience
assessment that informs plan-
ning and investment deci-
sions.
The framework will recog-
nize the complexity and scale
of urban water systems and
consider all elements of the
water cycle. The ultimate aim
is to increase the influence of
cities in driving change and
bringing together stakeholders
from across a water basin area
to deliver better outcomes.
The project is aligned with
The City Resilience Index
(CRI), developed by Arup
together with The Rockefeller
Foundation. The CRI articu-
lates the resilience of an urban
SMART WATER SMART CITIES
With the support of The Rockefeller
Foundation,Arup developed the City
Resilience Index - a new way to
understand and champion resilience in
cities.The City Resilience Index is helping
cities understand and measure their
capacity to endure, adapt and transform.
Recently,Arup announced it is
collaborating with The Rockefeller
Foundation to establish a framework to
help cities better prepare for and respond
system in an accessible, evi- to shocks and stresses to their water
dence-based and measurable
way to inform planning, devel- system. Climate change and rapid
opment and investment deci- urbanization are placing an increasing
sions. The Index has under-
pinned the 100 Resilient Cities strain on water resources, with cities
programme, pioneering the expected to experience increasingly
concept of resilience world-
wide and leading to cities frequent flooding and water shortages
around the world seeking to
improve their resilience. new knowledge and practical identify key vulnerabilities,
Dr. Mark Fletcher, Arup tools to enable cities to assess but also to improve their deci-
Global Water Leader said: and plan for resilience. Our sion-making so they can pre-
“Water systems are the aim is not only to help cities pare for a changing future.”
lifeblood of a city and are
increasingly coming under
strain. The question we’re
tackling is how we can under-
stand the resilience of urban
water systems to increasing
shocks and stresses. To build
the resilience of any city, the
challenge is to recognize and
understand the complexity of
its urban water systems, envi-
ronment, and interconnection
with communities and stake-
holders across the water
basin. We are establishing a
framework to assess the
water resilience of cities in a
holistic and pragmatic way.”
Dr. Fred Boltz, University
of Massachusetts Amherst,
CWRF Steering Group Chair
said: “This work will plug a
gap in our understanding of
the complexities of urban
water systems. It will develop Tools Developed Included a Best Practice Resilience Framework
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Building Resilience in a Cityis the

Workof a Generation
Michael Berkowitz is the President
at Rockefeller Foundation. He
joined the foundation in August
2013 to shape and oversee the 100
Resilient Cities. Previously, he has
worked at Deutsche Bank, most
recently as the Deputy Global Head
of Operational Risk Management
(ORM). Here, he talks about the
concept and project of ‘100 Resilient
Cities’, its economic challenges and
smart water technologies, in an
interaction with Mayur Sharma.

Why the increasing atten-
tion everywhere to 100 Re-
silient Cities? What is this
project all about?
Michael: 100 Resilient
Cities - Pioneered by The
Rockefeller Foundation
(100RC) is dedicated to help-
ing cities around the world
become more resilient to the
physical, social, and economic
challenges that are a growing
part of the 21st century.
Globally, we are experiencing
the convergence of three
mega-trends: globalization,
urbanization and climate
change. For the first time in
history, more than 50% of the
earth’s population lives in
cities and three-quarters of
the world’s GDP is concentrat-
ed in cities. These cities are
increasingly connected and
interdependent and they are
For the first time in all increasingly susceptible to
the effects of climate change.
history, more than All of this makes our cities
50% of the earth’s vulnerable. 100RC helps cities
prepare for both fast and
population lives in slow-moving disasters includ-
cities and three- ing sudden and unexpected
disruption such as earth-
quarters of the quakes, floods, disease out-
world’s GDP is breaks, etc. but also the
stresses that weaken the fab-
concentrated in ric of a city on a day to day or
cities. cyclical basis. Examples of
these stresses include high
unemployment; an overtaxed
or inefficient public trans-
portation system; endemic
violence; or chronic food and
water shortages. By address-
ing both the shocks and the
stresses, a city can better
respond to adverse events and
is more capable of delivering
basic functions in both good
times and bad, to all popula-
tions. To date in India our
cities have created more than
60 actionable initiatives to
improve the lives of residents
and strengthen the city for the
future.
These initiatives address a
range of issues from water
security, to mobility to health-
care to affordable housing.
What is the role of a CRO
(Chief Resilience Officer)
in this project?
Michael: The CRO is an
innovative, senior position in
city government that acts as
the city’s point person for
resilience building, helping to
coordinate all of the city’s
resilience efforts.
CROs are an important
part of how we’re trying to
solve two major problems
cities face:
• First, cities are complex

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systems made of an array of
smaller, distinct actors like
government agencies, local
businesses, and offices of
international organizations;
and they often don’t com-
municate or interact with
one another as much as
they should;
• Second, the solutions cities
develop are often not treat-
ed as scalable knowledge.
Cities regularly solve prob-
lems that already have been
addressed by other cities,
when instead they could be
modifying solutions and les-
sons learned in other cities,
tailoring them to be more
cost-efficient and effective.
They do this by working
across government depart-
ments to help cities address
and understand their own
complexities; bringing togeth-
er a wide array of stakehold-
ers from the public, private
and community level; leading
the Resilience Strategy
process to develop a roadmap
for strengthening the city in a
holistic and inclusive way; and
encouraging the city to make
plans and decisions using a
resilience lens. Our global net-
work of CROs works together
to problem solve, develop best
practice and share solutions
that can be scaled for use in
multiple cities.
What is the role of public
and private sectors?
Michael: We recognize the
challenges our cities face can’t
be solved by the public and
philanthropic sector alone. To
build a truly resilient city, the
public and private sector
must work together and they
must also work with civil soci-
ety, non-profit organizations,
academic institutions and
community groups.
Each sector has a role to
play as an important part of
building resilience is breaking
down silos and encouraging
collaboration. Private sector
organizations bring the best
and brightest experts and
tools to our cities. In order to
foster this kind of collabora-
tion we have developed a set
of strategic partnerships with
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global industry leaders and
innovators, including curating
a platform of resilience-build-
ing tools and services from the
private, public, academic, and
non-profit sectors. More than
100 organizations have agreed
to donate more than USD 250
million in goods and services
to the cities in our network
including Indian company
Navigem. These engagements
help cities better define their
problems and let the private
sector develop better solu-
tions and services that can be
scaled across markets.
For example, in Bangkok,
Dutch company Deltares is
working with the city to help
them create a long-term vision
for water management that
takes into account how the
city has grown, its current
infrastructure needs and gaps
and the expected impacts of
climate change.
Have you selected any
cities in India for this proj-
ect? What was the proce-
dure and criteria to select
those cities? What is the
outcome so far?
Michael: We have four
cities in India in the 100RC
network: Chennai, Jaipur,
Pune and Surat. All of the
cities in our network were
selected through a global com-
petition that took places in
three stages over three years.
As we had over 1100 appli-
cations to join the network we
had to work very carefully to
develop a set of criteria for
selecting cities and this
process evolved over each
round of admissions.
We wanted a mix of differ-
ent kinds of cities with differ-
ent kinds of challenges in dif-
ferent geographies. We also
looked for city leadership that
was progressive and commit-
ted to participating in the net-
work and putting the city
through the resilience strate-
gy process. Each city also had
to have a reason for joining - a
recent shock or increasingly
problematic stress that moti-
vates it to want to do this
work. And finally, we wanted
each city to have something to
SMART WATER SMART CITIES
pal government silos and
encourage inter-department
collaboration, there also needs
to be collaboration across bal-
By 2030, India is expected to have 87 ance sheets so that the city
cities with a population exceeding 1 knows it is getting the most
out of every dollar spent.
million and is expected to add 300 million
urban residents to cities by 2050.This What are the most suc-
cessful “smart water tech-
creates an expected USD 1.5 trillion nology initiatives” you've
infrastructure demand per year for the seen globally, and could
these be easily replicated
next decade. Each of the four Indian cities in other cities?
in our network is also a ‘smart city’and we Michael: Many of the most
successful water initiatives
want to use these four as pilots for what it that we’ve seen at work in our
can mean to be both Smart and Resilient network can be replicated and
our cities are studying how to
in India. adapt these solutions for local
offer to the network - an Committee to advise 100RC use. In Rotterdam for exam-
expertise it could teach as well on policy and advocacy strate- ple, they have developed
as knowledge gaps it wanted gies and help us identify and water parks that serve as
to fill by learning from other prioritize key urban issues. water retention ponds in wet
cities. Surat, which joined the weather and as public parks
network in the first wave of What are the economic when it’s dry - easing the pres-
admissions in 2013, became challenges for resilient sure on drainage systems and
the first city in India to release cities? improving social cohesion. In
a comprehensive Resilience Michael: Building New York, the city is working
Strategy in April 2017. Since resilience in a city is the work on what it calls the ‘Big U’ - as
then we have been working of a generation. It takes time sea wall with public parkland
closely with the CRO and the and requires forward-thinking and community spaces incor-
Commissioner to implement a investment. Cities do not have porated - that will protect
number of projects with a the luxury of solving singular lower Manhattan from sea
focus on cleaning up the River problems but rather need to level rise. In Singapore, they
Tapi and improving last mile invest more wisely so that are converting concrete
connectivity to make the city’s solutions can deliver multiple drainage canals into streams
public transport system more benefits and solve multiple and parkland improving water
effective. Chennai and Pune problems with single inter- management, biodiversity and
have CROs on board and will ventions. While this can be adding more green space for
release preliminary resilience cost efficient in the long run, it social cohesion and improved
assessments shortly and often requires higher invest- health outcomes. In Jakarta,
Jaipur is currently interview- ment up front and this can be the city is studying how com-
ing CRO candidates and will difficult for city leaders, budg- munity-scale waste water
appoint one in the first quar- et planners and investors treatment facilities can give 8
ter of this year. Membership alike. As much as the CRO million more residents access
in the 100RC network is works to break down munici- to piped sewerage.
already bearing fruit for these
cities. A delegation from Surat
attended a network learning
exchange in Rotterdam and
now these two cities have a
deep connection that has led In Surat, we are working with the city on a
to collaboration on water and
waste management. In early major clean up and improvement of the
2016, Chennai hosted a water River Tapi and its waterfront.This will not
management workshop to dis-
cuss best practice manage- only improve access to clean drinking
ment of the Pallikarani Marsh water, it will also strengthen the
to protect the city from flood-
ing. Our Indian cities are also relationship Surtis have with their river
taking a lead globally. Earlier improving transportation and health
this year, Pune Commissioner
Kunal Kumar joined our glob- outcomes and helping to protect the river
al City Leaders Advisory for future generations.
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this number will only grow. one thing that is clear is that from the 100 Resilient
Another city we often cite cities need to make smarter Cities project?
as a model for good gover- investments that will yield Michael: There is a huge
nance is Rotterdam in the financial and resilience bene- opportunity for cities in India
We have four cities in India in the 100RC Netherlands. As a low-lying fits in long term. In order to to be both Smart and
coastal city, Rotterdam has achieve this, some of the cities Resilient. India’s cities are
network: Chennai,Jaipur, Pune and long faced water challenges in our network have been suc- growing faster than almost
Surat. Surat became the first city in India and has become expert at cessful in applying for grants anywhere else in the world. By
water management. However, from national governments or 2030, India is expected to have
to release a comprehensive Resilience as a port city with an incredi- issuing bonds. Some of the 87 cities with a population
Strategy in April 2017. Chennai hosted a bly diverse population, cities in our network have exceeding 1 million and is
Rotterdam also began to used the city resilience frame- expected to add 300 million
water management workshop in 2016 to develop social cohesion chal- work to re-orient the entire urban residents to cities by
discuss best practice management of the lenges. The city has found city budget to ensure spend- 2050. This creates an expect-
many ways to tackle its water ing addresses priorities in a ed USD 1.5 trillion infrastruc-
Pallikarani Marsh to protect it from and social issues together and holistic and inclusive way. ture demand per year for the
flooding. Pune Commissioner Kunal has even begun to export their In India, this will mean next decade. While this is an
expertise to other cities. Just close collaboration between enormous challenge, it also
Kumar has joined our global City Leaders last year, Rotterdam and city, state and national gov- presents an opportunity to
Advisory Committee to advise 100RC on Surat signed a series of MOUs ernments to ensure that reimagine India’s cities using
to work together on water and spending priorities and the smart, resilient infrastructure
policy and advocacy strategies and help waste management chal- impact on cities are genuinely and innovative, data-driven
us identify key urban issues. lenges. In late 2017, Santiago understood and informed by solutions. Each of the four
de Chile hosted a network solid analytics and account- Indian cities in our network is
While many of these solu- In Cape Town, we are working exchange for several cities ing. Ultimately, any city that also a Smart city and we want
tions don’t necessarily rely on closely with city leadership to including Jakarta, Sydney, can find a way to monetize the to use these four as pilots for
cutting edge technology, new better understand the impact Miami and Manchester to dis- resilience dividend will be suc- what it can mean to be both
and innovative technology is of and help the city prepare cuss best practice metropoli- cessful in finding funding for Smart and Resilient in India.
essential for gathering and for the dams potentially run- tan governance and collabora- thoughtful, well-designed Part of this is about using data
understanding the data neces- ning dry in April should cur- tion across metro-regional projects that make the city to inform both problem fram-
sary to know that you’re rent drought interventions boundaries. This rich more resilient. ing and solution development
developing the right solution not succeed. Here in India, in exchange will provide further but it’s also about investing for
and making the right invest- Surat we are working with the insight for the rest of our net- India has planned to de- multiple benefits and design-
ment. This is where we can city on a major clean up and work in terms of best practice velop its 100 Smart Cities ing smart solutions that pro-
see the difference that new improvement of the River governance approaches to over the next few decades. tect the city’s most vulnerable
technology can bring to solu- Tapi and its waterfront. This embedding resilience into the What can these cities learn populations.
tions that have been tried and will not only improve access to fabric of cities.
tested around the world. clean drinking water, it will
also strengthen the relation- How should the city plan-
“Water safety and secu- ship Surtis have with their ners finance their city de-
rity” is a major issue nowa- river improving transporta- velopment initiatives?
days. Do you address it? tion and health outcomes and Michael: Deep, strategic
Michael: Water safety and helping to protect the river for collaboration between More than 100 organizations have agreed
security is a major issue for future generations. resilience and finance practi- to donate more than USD 250 million in
most cities in the world. Over tioners is crucial for a truly
70% of all the cities that Can you cite any govern- resilient city. It is vital to inte- goods and services to the cities in our
applied to be in the 100RC ments doing a particularly grate resilience into opera- network including Indian company
network cited water - either good job with policy to pro- tional and financial decision-
too much, too little, or both - mote more resilient, more making processes. This Navigem.These engagements help cities
as a key concern and reason sustainable cities? means bringing key financial better define their problems and let the
for wanting to join the net- Michael: One model many and resilience stakeholders to
work. Nearly all of the 36 City cities look to instructively is the table to align planned private sector develop better solutions
Resilience Strategies that Singapore. As a small island expenditure with desired and services that can be scaled across
have been released to date with little to no natural resilience outcomes.
contain initiatives that resources, the government In order to secure funding, markets. For example, in Bangkok, Dutch
address the city’s relationship has had to be extremely pru- resilience practitioners and company Deltares is working with the city
with water in some way. Our dent in how it manages devel- city planners need to be able
cohort of Platform Partners opment, land use and to quantify the economic to help them create a long-term vision for
includes about 20 organiza- resources and it has made a value of potential investments water management that takes into
tions that deal with water, cli- concerted effort to build a in resilience which will allow
mate change and related risk clean, green and healthy city. them to prioritize and cost- account how the city has grown, its
mitigation. In Rotterdam we More than 30% of the city is justify resilience-building current infrastructure needs and gaps
held a network learning covered in green space and interventions.
exchange on best practice with new policies intended to While there is no one right and the expected impacts of climate
water management strategies. encourage vertical greening, solution for every city model, change.

42 January, 2018 EXPRESS WATER

 SMART WATER SMART CITIES

Tech Update: Upgrades in SUEZ

InSight System
InSight’s secure, cloud-based interface uses data and analytics to ensure assets operate at
higher levels of reliability, efficiency, and output.

IN A NUTSHELL

• Latest InSight release offers

improved data management and
reporting capabilities to enable
water treatment professionals to
better manage an entire fleet of
assets and plants.
• New Geomapping technology
provides enhanced visibility and
transparency into key metrics.

prise, plant or even asset level.

Ralph Exton
INCORPORATING MODERN DIG-
ITAL design trends and best prac-
tices, the latest InSight release from
SUEZ offers users greater visibility
and transparency into the operations
they manage - whether at an enter-
Improved visualizations - includ-
ing a new geomap feature - and sim-
plified navigations aim to make
InSight easier to use, while expanded
reporting and file management fea-
tures enable sharing and analysis of
key data points at all levels of an
organization.
“As one of our core digital solu-
tions, it’s crucial that InSight contin-
ues to evolve to meet the dynamic
needs of our customers and the water
industry as a whole. Offering faster
and more comprehensive access to
data and reporting, the latest InSight
upgrade helps users to make better
business decisions, eliminate
unplanned downtime and lower oper-
InSight's Asset Fleet View has been Enhanced to Provide At-a-Glance of the Overall Health
of Both Plants and Assets, Offering Users Real-Time Visibility into Performance.
ating costs,” said Ralph Exton, Chief New data-oriented views provide
Marketing Officer, SUEZ - Water easy access to the information used
Technologies & Solutions. on a daily basis.
The new enhancements to InSight
include four main capabilities: Multi-site Reporting
InSight’s expanded multi-site
Geomap and Asset Fleet View reporting capability provides a new
New dashboards provide level of visibility and transparency to
enhanced views of all the assets man- an organization.
aged and key performance indicators
across multiple plants. Enhanced File Management
Users are offered additional struc-
Modernized User Interface and ture and flexibility within the file
Navigation management feature of InSight.

InSight's Geomap Feature Displays a Map View of the Location of Plants and Assets as well An Example of the Trending Feature in Action, Monitoring Asset Performance Over a
as Important Metrics Such as Overall Health and Other KPIs Monthly Period.

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 COVER STORY
PUB Breaks Ground for
Conveyance System of Deep
Tunnel Sewerage System Phase 2
An integral component of DTSS Phase 2, the enhanced deep tunnels convey every drop of
used water for treatment and further reclamation into NEWater.
PUB, SINGAPORE’S
NATIONAL water agency,
recently held a ground-break-
ing ceremony for the
enhanced conveyance system
of the Deep Tunnel Sewerage
System (DTSS) Phase 2 to
mark the start of construction
works. Officiated by Guest of
Honour, Minister for the
Environment and Water
Resources, Masagos Zulkifli,
the ceremony was held at the
site of DTSS Phase 2’s first
tunnelling shaft.
44 January, 2018
The deep tunnels in Phase
2 will connect to the existing
deep tunnels in Phase 1 serv-
ing the eastern part of
Singapore and the public
sewer network to create one
seamless integrated system.
The whole of Singapore will be
served by the DTSS when
Phase 2 is complete by 2025.
Used water will be conveyed
from the DTSS via gravity to
three centralized water recla-
mation plants for treatment,
before it undergoes further
purification to produce
NEWater, or discharged into
the sea.
Constructing the DTSS
Phase 2
To be built using the tun-
nelling method, this massive
100km used water conveyance
network for DTSS Phase 2
will run largely under the Ayer
Rajah Expressway (AYE),
crossing undersea at Tuas
Bay and ending at deep inlet
shafts within the future Tuas
Water Reclamation Plant. 19
Tunnel Boring Machines will
be used to dig at depths of
between 35 meters to 55
meters below ground and
under the sea to create 40 km
of deep tunnels and 10 km of
link sewers. The remaining
50km of link sewers will be
constructed using a micro-
tunnelling method known as
pipe jacking.
The conveyance system in
Phase 2 will incorporate
advanced technologies to
enhance its operations and
maintenance. Engineered for
an operational life expectancy
of 100 years in a corrosive
sewer environment, the deep
tunnels will be lined for corro-
Under DTSS Phase
2, a NEWater
factory to be
integrated with the
Tuas WRP will be
built to facilitate
water recycling,
contributing to the
goal of increasing
NEWater supply
from 40% to up to
55% of total water
demand in long-
term.
sion protection – especially
against microbiologically-
influenced corrosion, with an
additional water-tight mem-
brane coating the tunnel sec-
tion running undersea. The
deep tunnels will also be the
first project in Singapore to
use air jumpers in the opera-
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Concrete Segmental
Tunnel (Primary Lining)
Inner Secondary
Lining (MIC*
Resistant Concrete)
HDPE Lining
*MIC - Microbiological Induced
Corrosion
tions of its air-flow manage-
ment system.
Advanced maintenance
features of the deep tunnels
include the use of embedded
fibre optics for remote sens-
ing and monitoring of struc-
tural integrity, and tunnel
shafts innovatively designed
with gates to isolate tunnel
sections for used water flow
diversion, enabling safe main-
tenance access with no dis-
ruption to used water con-
veyance.
“The construction of the
conveyance system for DTSS
Phase 2 will pose a new set of
exciting challenges for us, as
we look forward to dig deep to
navigate through a variety of
ground conditions in the
Jurong Formation as well as
tunnel beneath existing
underground infrastructure
and even under the sea. The
Integrating DTSS Phases 1 and 2
DTSS is a more cost-effective
and sustainable way of meet-
ing Singapore’s used water
needs and securing NEWater
supply for the future than sim-
ply renewing and expanding
the existing conventional used
water infrastructure. PUB
will continue to harness
advanced technologies to
enhance Singapore’s used
water management system
and ensure its water sustain-
ability for the future", said Mr
Yong Wei Hin, Director of
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Concrete Segmental
Tunnel (Primary Lining)
Inner Secondary Lining
(MIC* Resistant Concrete)
Water proof Lining
HDPE Lining
DTSS Phase 2, PUB.
What is the Deep Tunnel
Sewerage System (DTSS)?
A superhighway for used
water management, the DTSS
is a core water infrastructure
which provides a cost-effec-
tive and sustainable solution
to support Singapore’s contin-
ued growth and meet its long-
term needs for used water col-
lection, treatment, reclama-
tion and disposal.
The DTSS uses deep tun-
nel sewers to convey used
water entirely by gravity to
centralised WRPs located at
the coastal areas. The used
water is then treated and fur-
ther purified into ultra-clean,
high-grade reclaimed water
called NEWater, with excess
treated effluent discharged to
the sea.
DTSS Phase 1, comprising
the North and Spur Tunnels,
the associated link sewers, the
Changi WRP and outfall, was
completed in 2008. A
NEWater factory, located on
the rooftop of the Changi
WRP, was built in 2010 to
facilitate large-scale water
recycling.
The DTSS Phase 2 con-
veyance system comprises the
South Tunnel which conveys
domestic used water, the
Industrial Tunnel for non-
domestic used water and
associated link sewers.
Expected to complete by 2025,
DTSS Phase 2 will extend the
deep tunnel system to cover
the western part of Singapore,
including the downtown area
and major upcoming develop-
ments such as Tengah Town
and Jurong Lake District.
Under DTSS Phase 2, a
NEWater factory to be inte-
grated with the Tuas WRP
will be built to facilitate water
recycling, contributing to the
goal of increasing NEWater
supply from 40% to up to 55%
of total water demand in the
long-term. Tuas WRP will also
be co-located with NEA’s
Integrated Waste
Management Facility
(IWMF), to harness potential
The
implementation of
entire DTSS will
result in a 50%
reduction in land
taken up by used
water
infrastructure.The
land freed up by
DTSS is equivalent
to about 214
football fields.
synergies.
The completed DTSS will
also streamline the used
water network with three cen-
tralized collection and treat-
ment points: Changi WRP in
the east, Kranji WRP in the
north and Tuas WRP in the
west.
Once Phase 2 is in place,
the existing conventional
WRPs at Ulu Pandan and
Jurong, as well as intermedi-
ate pumping stations, will be
progressively phased out and
the land freed up for higher
value development. The
implementation of the entire
DTSS will result in a 50%
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reduction in land taken up by
used water infrastructure
once it is fully completed,
from 300 hectares in the
1990s to 150 hectares in the
long term. The land freed up
by DTSS is equivalent to
about 214 football fields.
The DTSS Phase 2 deep
tunnels will incorporate the
following innovative and
advanced features:
Microbiological-
Influenced Corrosion (MIC)
- Resistant Concrete
A secondary lining of
Microbiological Influenced
Corrosion (MIC) - Resistant
Concrete and High Density
Polyethylene (HDPE) is used
to protect against corrosion,
particularly from bacteria and
other micro-organisms pres-
ent and from gaseous fumes in
the sewer environment. For
tunnel sections that under-
cross the sea, an additional
water-proof membrane layer
is installed between the con-
crete segment and the sec-
ondary lining to minimise any
water ingress into the tunnel.
These linings ensure the
longer term life-span of the
tunnel.
Remote Sensing and
Monitoring via Embedded
Fiber Optic System
Fibre optic cables will be
cast into the concrete primary
lining around the deep tunnel
to enable remote monitoring
of the long-term structural
integrity of the tunnel, critical
when other construction
works are underway in the
vicinity, or during other events
such as seismic activity.
Advanced Features of New DTSS Superhighway
Isolation Gates
Shafts are designed with
gates to be lowered into the
deep tunnels, temporarily iso-
lating the tunnels in the event
that repairs are required.
During which, the incoming
used water flow will bypass
the isolated part of the tunnel
via the link sewer network and
rejoin the tunnel downstream.
The gates allow for the tunnel
to be dry and safe for man
access.
Air Jumpers as Part of
Air Flow Management
DTSS Phase 2 is the first
project in Singapore to use
Air Jumpers (AJs) to min-
imise the number of Odour
Control Facilities (OCFs) as
part of Air Flow Management.
AJs are installed at ground
level along the tunnel length
to manage air-flow within the
tunnel. The AJs help to push
odorous air rising from the
deep tunnel back down, where
it flows to the OCFs down-
stream, located away from
residential areas. The odorous
air is then treated before
being released.
About PUB, Singapore’s
National Water Agency
PUB is a statutory board
under the Ministry of the
Environment and Water
Resources. It is the national
water agency, and manages
Singapore’s water supply, water
catchment and used water.
PUB has ensured a diversi-
fied and sustainable supply of
water for Singapore with the
Four National Taps (local catch-
ment water, imported water,
NEWater, desalinated water).
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 COVER STORY
Water Recycling Plant Design
Reduces Water Consumption by
62 Percent
Bentley Software helps ensure water-efficiency by recycling up to 62 percent of an Australian
township’s wastewater for non-potable use.
By Aidan Mercer
Googong’s Water Recycling Plant will Meet the Water Demand of 18,000 Residents and Ensure Sustainability by only Using the Equivalent Water
Needed for 6,500 People.
Creating a Water-Efficient
Culture
Googong is a pristine site
located in New South Wales,
less than 20 kilometers south-
east of Canberra, Australia’s
national capital. Googong
Township Proprietary
Limited (GTPL), a newly
formed partnership, is devel-
oping the area into a self-con-
tained community comprising
schools, parks, shops, busi-
nesses, and 6,200 homes for
18,000 residents. Given that
severe water restrictions and
46 January, 2018
the construction of expensive
desalination plants in recent
years have not sufficiently
relieved the New South Wales
region from the effects of a 10-
year drought, GTPL incorpo-
rated a water recycling plant
into the Googong greenfield
development project.
Googong retained MWH
Global to facilitate the plant
design based on its expertise
working on some of the
world’s largest and most sig-
nificant water and natural
resource projects.
GTPL wanted a design that
used membrane bioreactor
technology (MBR) as the
foundation for an integrated
water cycle with a dedicated
water recycling plant that
would meet water demand
and ensure sustainability by
only using the equivalent
water needed for 6,500 peo-
ple. To begin the cycle MWH
had to tap into the main sup-
ply line to Canberra for fresh
potable water, and feed that
water into assigned potable
water storage tanks in
Googong. That water then
would be gravity fed from the
tanks to Googong residences
for drinking and showering.
Wastewater, runoff water
from the properties, and rain-
water were also needed to be
collected and pumped into the
water recycling plant to be fil-
tered and disinfected. This
water was then sent to the
water recycling storage tanks
to be gravity fed back to the
residences for irrigation, toilet
flushing, and household wash-
ing. Facing complex chal-
lenges from difficult terrain
and tight deadlines, the proj-
ect team required precision
engineering to deliver the
project on time and on budget.
To overcome these challenges,
MWH utilized global
resources and implemented
an integrated and collabora-
tive design approach using
Bentley software.
Optimizing Information
Mobility
Harnessing resources from
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane,
and Pune, India, MWH
required collaborative soft-
ware to seamlessly integrate
workflows among the multi-
site design teams. “Being a
multi-national company, we
don’t always have the skills we
need in our home office.
Therefore, we do a lot of draft-
ing in our Pune, India, office.
We used ProjectWise® to con-
trol the models and drawings,”
explained MWH head CAD
designer Terry Sowden.
Implementing an integrated
design approach using
Bentley Navigator allowed
MWH to simultaneously deliv-
er drawings and models with
managed version control, and
capitalize on the time differ-
ence between Australia and
India to keep the project mov-
ing along the tight schedule.
MWH used 3D modeling
from concept through detailed
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design, including earthwork,
roads, structures, piping, and
mechanical equipment.
Information mobility kept
design and construction on
schedule. The team used auto-
matic signoff to issue draw-
ings and models, and i-models
kept data integrity to the
client on site. MWH used 3D
models, via Navigator and i-
models, in review meetings
and two-day workshops
involving all stakeholders
early in the design process.
This provided MWH with
valuable insight on where to
locate valves and pumps and
how they would operate as
part of the plant under vari-
ous scenarios.
With this information, the
design team could identify
and address operational,
maintenance, construction,
and clash and dimensional
issues at the 3D model review
stage before beginning con-
struction. This saved signifi-
cant time that might other-
wise be spent making costly
changes later in the process.
Accurate Modeling Estab-
lishes Freshwater Connec-
tion
With Googong’s fresh
FACT SHEET
Organization: MHW Global
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Project Objectives
• Deliver a water treatment plant using
MBR technology with an integrated water
cycle.
• Reduce potable water consumption for the
new greenfield community.
• Minimize wastewater discharge to the
environment by substituting recycled
water for household use and urban irriga-
tion.
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photos. On day five, the final
spool slotted in perfectly, and
there were a lot of relieved
and happy faces,” stated
Sowden.
Overcoming Terrain and
Site Restrictions
Another challenge facing
MWH was managing the site
constraints of the Googong
area. Located on a six-meter
potable water being fed from a sloping terrain overlaying rock
single water line to Canberra, formations, the AUD 7 million
MWH had just a six-day tie-in water treatment project
window to tap into the city’s required optimum cut-and-fill
water supply before the sup- ratios to minimize costly rock
ply to Canberra was threat- excavation for the under-
ened. Precise modeling was ground piping and services.
crucial to establishing the MWH used PlantWise® to lay
DN1800 pipe connection with- out the yard piping separated
in this time constraint. The in three strata with services
spool pieces for the pipe that on top, process piping in the
were designed based on the middle, and drainage on the
plant model and they had to bottom. Working with many
be absolutely millimeter per- gravity-fed pipes that required
fect and had to fit within the a 300 millimeter separation
inconsistent incline of the between each pipe and numer-
pipe. With four circumferen- ous pipe crossings, MWH
tial welds required to attach needed to accurately define
the spools, each taking six the location of the directional
hours to complete, there was changes within the model and
no room for error. MWH accommodate changes in real
relied on Bentley software to time from construction crews
create intelligent collabora- already onsite.
tive models enabling the team With the Export
to streamline design and Coordinates function in
analysis and ensure accuracy Bentley PlantWise, MWH was
to fit the spools and keep the able to input thousands of
project on schedule. coordinates for each separate
Within the six-day tie-in pipe and automatically export
period, each day was predicat- that information to an Excel
ed on the success of the prior spreadsheet. Using this func-
day’s work, with the fifth day tion accelerated information
being the most crucial as the sharing allowing design and
final spool was to be fitted. construction to occur simulta-
“There were a lot of nervous neously. “While we were still
people monitoring the designing, the construction
progress on site and through people were on site actually
• Ensure timely delivery and operation to
coincide with township development.
Products Used
• ProjectWise, AECOsim Building Designer,
InRoads, Bentley Navigator, PlantWise,
and LumenRT
ROI
• The water plant design will reduce the
community’s potable water consumption
by 62 percent.
• Identifying operational, maintenance, con-
struction, and design issues using 3D mod-
eling enabled MWH to meet an aggressive
deadline and minimize risk.
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constructing this. We were
able to make the changes in
the model and then have the
Excel spreadsheet quickly
updated,” explained Sowden.
In addition to sub-terrain
“
It’s a great pleasure to
recognize the
outstanding team
piping, the above-ground facil- that delivered the
ities had a limited footprint
imposed by the developers to Googong Water
allow more space to accom- Recycling Plant, which
modate homes as well as to was delivered to a
minimize noise to the resi-
dences. The above-ground high standard and on
pumps needed to be shielded a tight time frame.The
by the bioreactor wall from client has voiced
the homes for noise preven-
tion and had to maintain an appreciation, noting,
equivalent gap on all sides for in particular, the
maintenance purposes. 3D stakeholder
collaborative modeling was
essential to meeting these challenges through
requirements, and enhanced which the MWH team
communication among the helped them to
designers and constructors to
ensure plant integrity. navigate.
Advancing Water Manage- Marshall Davert
ment President,
With an integrated design MWH Global
approach using ProjectWise
(collaboration and model
control), Bentley plant design helped identify clashes, mini-
applications (piping design), mize changes during con-
AECOsim Building Designer struction, and reduce opera-
(BIM), InRoads® (civil design), tional costs. The real payoff,
and Navigator (3D model however, is that wastewater
reviews), MWH delivered its from Googong homes is now
drawings on time and met the treatable and the new inte-
project deadline. The project grated water cycle will reduce
delivery team brought life to potable water consumption by
the 3D plant models using 62 percent.
LumenRT, Bentley’s immer-
sive visualization software,
integrating fly-through anima-
tions and presenting the
water-efficient design during
township consultations. The
3D visualizations helped instill
Googong’s residents with a
richer understanding of proj-
ect intent and revealed where
the plant would situate in the
greenfield development.
Bentley’s collaborative
software enabled MWH to
work closely with construc-
tors, providing valuable infor- Aidan Mercer
mation including material
take-offs, tabulated 3D coordi- About the Author
nates, and spool piece equip- Aidan Mercer joined Bentley
ment lists to minimize con- in 2010 and is currently
struction costs. Engaging Industry Marketing Director for
operations, construction, water and wastewater, electric
maintenance, and design staff and gas, communications, and
during the model reviews government.
January, 2018 47
 COVER STORY

GETSMART: INTELLIGENT3D
ENGINEERING MODELS FOR WATER &
WASTEWATER TREATMENTPLANTS
The complexity of water and
wastewater treatment plant design
requires a geographically diverse,
multi-disciplined team involving
collaboration across consulting
firms, contractors, and owners. The
steady transition to 3D and
intelligent, multi-discipline models
is empowering organizations to
capitalize on the use of digital
engineering models to achieve data
integrity and continuous
information flow throughout the
operational life of these assets.
Shaun Severin - an industry
consultant with Bentley’s Design
Modeling Group, shares insight on
the demands and directions of this
evolving design engineering
discipline, in an interaction with
Mayur Sharma.

What is driving the de-
mand for scalable and
open 3D design models?
Shaun: There is growing
emphasis on applications that
can plan, design, operate, and
maintain water and waste-
water treatment infrastruc-
ture more intelligently, specif-
ically applications that include
support for the electrical,
mechanical equipment,
mechanical and structural
piping, supports and hangers,
HVAC, structural steel, and
reinforced concrete. Open
data models simplify data
sharing and expedite projects
because existing designs,
models, and associated data
and catalogs can be reused.
Ultimately, the efficiencies
established in a successful
design process should result
in intelligent digital engineer-
ing models that allow informa-
tion to be preserved, aug-
mented, and validated from
preliminary design through
successive lifecycle stages.
This results in lower risk,
improved asset performance,
and reduced costs. Decreases
in design and construction
costs through greater engi-
neering efficiencies should be
enabled by clash detection,
design review, cost estimation,
online vendor equipment, pip-
ing and electrical components
catalog, material manage-
ment, and construction plan-
ning, sequencing, and moni-
toring.
And, yes, we find that open
data standards accommodate
standard data formats and
integrity so that these digital
engineering models retain
their integrity into the han-
dover process - a critical fac-
tor for a treatment plant since
handover demands absolute
engineering accuracy. This
detailed information becomes
the driver of a highly intelli-
gent, consistently accurate
model that supports excel-
lence in form, function, and
output during the entire oper-

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ating life of a water or waste-
water treatment plant.
Have measurable benefits
been achieved to the de-
gree that an industry best
practice has emerged for
these “intelligent” design
projects?
Shaun: In order to capital-
ize on the value of digital engi-
neering models, users have
determined by consensus that
their plant design and analysis
solution must have several
vital capabilities. Through
their successful project imple-
mentations, users have
proven that intelligent model-
ing is effective, not only from
preliminary design through
construction and operations,
but also as a way to retrofit
designs, to visualize facility
configurations, and to stream-
line workflows. Here are the
system capabilities that are
mandatory for successful
results:
• Multi-discipline Plant
Design: The ability to inte-
grate plant design disci-
plines to produce high
integrity multi-discipline
plant models and utilize
interactive 3D design for
civil, structural, mechanical
equipment, piping electrical
raceway, and HVAC plant
systems. Combining physi-
cal plant design with
schematic design allows for
the comparison of 2D and
3D plant models. The model
facilitates the production of
detailed material take-off
reports for all plant com-
modities.
• 3D Interference Analysis:
Increases accuracy with
automatic clash detection
across 3D piping, structure,
equipment, electrical, and
HVAC.
• Plant Electrical Systems
Design: Intelligent
schematics increase the
speed and quality of plant
electrical systems design. A
3D electrical layout can be
performed against a 3D
plant model referenced
from common plant design
applications.
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• Plant Instrumentation
Systems Design: Design
and model plant instrumen-
tation systems integrated
with piping and mechanical
process equipment designs.
Utilize schematic data dur-
ing design for in-line instru-
mentation devices.
• P&ID Deliverables
Generation: Rapidly create
intelligent P&IDs with com-
ponents verified against
project piping specifica-
tions. Generate reports with
critical project information
including the valve, line, and
equipment lists that can be
exported to Microsoft
Excel, or connected to a
plant project database for
project-wide reporting.
• Intelligent Isometric
Production: Extract iso-
metrics from multiple 3D
sources and automatically
produce isometrics. The
tagged component informa-
tion contained within the
isometrics may be linked to
asset information systems
so rich engineering data is
available over the complete
project lifecycle.
Are you seeing economic
metrics that support these
system demands?
Shaun: To cite a specific
example: Bentley’s Promis.e
application was deployed for
the electrical design of an
automated water quality mon-
itoring and control system as
part of a project to redirect
the water supply of
Khabarovsk, Russia to an
underground source. The
application enabled the proj-
ect developer to store all proj-
ect data in a connected data
environment to provide all rel-
evant professionals access to
the latest documentation and
facilitated selection of the best
possible water quality moni-
toring equipment. The out-
come was that design work
was completed 50% faster,
documentation quality was
70% greater, errors were lim-
ited, project costs shrank, and
the workflow process was eco-
nomical and simplified.
We have been hearing a lot
about intelligent P&IDs
providing an index for
managing tags in the facil-
ity and across applica-
tions. Can you elaborate?
Shaun: Advanced applica-
tions make it possible to
design and model plant instru-
mentation systems that are
integrated with piping and
mechanical process equip-
ment designs. These applica-
tions also expedite designs
with accurate 3D models of
raceways, duct banks, and
cable trenches. Additionally,
structural disciplines can take
advantage of intelligent mod-
eling for precise detailing of
reinforced concrete, metal
work, and steel structural
projects. Any change in a 3D
model can trigger an automat-
ic update of design drawings,
documentation, schedules,
and fabrication details. The
3D model also takes automatic
receipt of any 2D drawings.
Even for plant upgrades and
retrofits, there is a need to
reuse legacy P&ID drawings,
to create intelligent P&IDs for
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managing tags in the facility, and share design data, ana-
and to use reality modeling lyze costs, and accelerate
with point clouds and photo- project delivery.
graphs to capture existing
plant conditions. Much is said about collab-
oration in the design
What about modeling phase. Do collaboration,
structural components? work sharing, and reality
Shaun: In intelligent modeling lead to added
design applications, the types benefits in the handover
of structural components that and operation phases?
can be modeled are not limit- Shaun: A truly collabora-
ed. These structural compo- tive, integrated, multi-disci-
nents include beams, pline plant design and analy-
columns, braces, slabs, walls, sis solution brings applica-
footings, rebar, stairs, circular tions together in a symbiotic
stairs, handrails, ladders, steel working relationship where
connections, and foundations. the whole reflects, and is
Drawing capabilities include greater than, the sum of its
steel fabrication and rebar parts. In this scheme, designs
placing drawings that can be are coordinated, work is
tailored to user standards. As shared, and plant infrastruc-
an example, Southern Water ture is modeled in a comple-
took this approach when it mentary digital design space.
needed to incorporate front- The 3D models and asset
end engineering services as a information that result from
core component of its plan to this process remain invaluable
provide more efficient water in guiding decision-making
and wastewater treatment when the project moves into
service to four jurisdictions in the operations phase.
South-eastern England. Since Furthermore, this kind of
the interoperability of the cho- integration syncs critical engi-
sen software palette gave the neering disciplines and relat-
utility a basis for managing ed plant systems and exploits
FEED (front-end engineering spot-on engineering data for
design), it could establish a foolproof design performance
common platform to gather simulation. The implications
A truly collaborative, integrated, multi-
discipline plant design and analysis
solution brings applications together in a
symbiotic working relationship where the
whole reflects, and is greater than, the
sum of its parts.
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Asset Lifecycle Information Management
(ALIM) must be considered a best
practice in asset management as it
provides a managed and structured
framework that preserves and sustains
the creation, collation, dissemination, and
sharing of information about assets.
for data rising out of the van-
guard modeling technologies
are enormous. Now, all the
information obtained and
aggregated during the design
stage has a profound effect on
the lifelong successful per-
formance of any project.
What, specifically, is con-
sistently optimized
through the deployment of
a multi-discipline plant de-
sign and analysis solution?
Shaun: Here is a partial
list, based on input from our
users’ experiences, that out-
lines optimized results:
• Piping stress can be ana-
lyzed and simulated for hot
and cold operating condi-
tions.
• 3D interference analysis
can detect and resolve
clashes across 3D piping,
structure, equipment, elec-
trical and HVAC systems
prior to construction, and
can reduce false clash
results.
• Intelligent schematics can
produce better electrical
system designs in less time.
• Existing plant condition
data can be captured, ana-
lyzed, and put in context to
model brownfield projects
and improve their overall
quality and integrity.
• Thoroughly dynamic, flexi-
ble modeling quickly
reveals a wealth of possible
design options for infra-
structure components,
regardless of what form,
size, or complexity they pos-
sess.
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Could you cite a couple of
examples to validate opti-
mization metrics that have
already been achieved?
Shaun: Let me give your
readers two excellent exam-
ples as cases in point:
In the first example,
ProjectWise, Bentley
Navigator, AECOsim Building
Designer, Bentley Raceway
and Cable Management, and
OpenPlant PID were deployed
on an expansion project to
increase the capacity of a
wastewater treatment plant
in Burlington, Ontario and to
implement tertiary capacity.
Keeping the existing plant
open during the expansion
was a necessity. The solution
involved creating a 3D model
of the existing plant that
incorporated drawings that
spanned almost half a century
and ensured proper integra-
tion of specific assets into new
intelligent design models.
These models shared consis-
tent data definitions across 13
facilities as well as the under-
ground network of piping and
utilities. Numerous tangible
benefits transpired: a 25 per-
cent reduction in modeling
costs; coordination time cut
by at least 50 percent; model
quantities generated in 75 per-
cent less time; and - perhaps
best of all - Bentley
Navigator’s role in the installa-
tion of a temporary waste
thickener saved an estimated
USD 1 million in CAD costs by
allowing the existing plant to
remain partially in service.
In another case, MWH
used ProjectWise, Bentley
Navigator, AECOsim Building
Designer, OpenPlant, and
AutoPLANT to achieve col-
laborative development of 3D
digital engineering models
and involve operational teams
in the design of a new thermal
hydrolysis plant at the
Seafield Wastewater
Treatment Works in
Edinburgh, Scotland. To
achieve the project’s primary
goal of improving the treat-
ment of sludge before it enters
the digestion system, all
pipework and cabling had to
be run above ground and the
new plant had to be built in a
confined space while main-
taining existing plant opera-
tions. The integrated applica-
tions quickly created specifi-
cation-drive pipework, mod-
eled, and then shared the
above-ground pipework with
the pertinent project team
members. The team reviewed
pipework changes with the 3D
model and made the model
design available to all stake-
holders in order to facilitate
early-stage feedback.
Impressive outcomes validat-
ed the solution. There was a
more cost-effective design;
drawings and their approval
time were eliminated; the
draft process was completed
one month earlier than usual
because detailed pipework
drawings were unneeded;
clash detection before con-
struction was easier, and
model input from operations
and maintenance took place
during design review.
How does a multi-disci-
pline, collaborative 3D de-
sign model incorporate
and utilize BIM methodolo-
gies?
Shaun: Asset Lifecycle
Information Management
(ALIM) must be considered a
best practice in asset manage-
ment as it provides a managed
and structured framework
that preserves and sustains
the creation, collation, dis-
semination, and sharing of
information about assets.
Indeed, BS 1192-3 has been
published specifically to
extend BIM into the opera-
tions and maintenance lifecy-
cle phase of assets.
Leveraging appropriate, reli-
able, and timely data and
information across the plant
lifecycle is therefore vital for
effective best practice asset
management. The digital
engineering model delivered
from the capital project phase
can then become the back-
bone of an information man-
agement strategy, implement-
ed for any asset management
program. Being able to com-
pare the “as-operated” asset
with the digital asset held in
an information management
system enables operators to
make better decisions when
planning maintenance, in
operating assets, and in devel-
oping both strategic and tacti-
cal asset management plans.
The litany of benefits of an
enterprise-wide asset lifecycle
information management
approach that integrates BIM
and asset management to
water operators includes, but
is not limited to:
• Cost savings in design
through common modeling
and connected data environ-
ments
• Project cost savings through
engineering information
management and collabora-
tion among project teams
• Better insights into long-
term operational perform-
ance and understanding of
asset reliability
• Better understanding of the
impact of design decisions
on lifecycle performance
and costs
• Reduction in project start-
up costs and management of
construction costs
• Reduction in total expendi-
ture through optimization
and control of OPEX and
CAPEX
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POSTEVENT
INTERNATIONALCONFERENCE ON GROUND WATER
The 3-day conference looked into the synergistic policy options between various sectors
linked with water resources in the country and draw a roadmap to address these challenges
for the development goals of 2030.
By EW News Bureau

AN INTERNATIONAL CON- Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Rejuvenation Arjun Ram

FERENCE was organized on
the ground water issues in
New Delhi, India with a theme
of “Ground Water Vision 2030
- Water Security, Challenges
and Climate Change
Adaptation” from December
11-13, 2017. The conference was
organized by the National
Roorkee and Central Ground
Water Board (CGWB) under
the aegis of Ministry of Water
Resources, River Development
and Ganga Rejuvenation,
Government of India.
Inaugurating the event in
New Delhi, Union Minister for
Water Resources, River
Development and Ganga
Meghwal expressed concern
that there is no proper regula-
tion on the use of ground
water. He said ground water
regulation and governance are
quite complex and need to be
tailored to suit local condi-
tions.
Union Minister for State for
Water Resources, River

“
Nowadays, water is
the most crucial
issue for our country.
Proper conservation
and storage of water
resources can
increase the
agricultural income
of the farmers,
industrial
production, and help
in employment
generation.
Scientists and
researchers should
think of innovative
methods for
recycling of water
and its further use in
irrigation and
industries.
Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister for Water
Resources, River Development
& Ganga Rejuvenation
Rejuvenation, Road
Transport and Highways and
Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari
said that Water, Power,
Transport, and
Communication are four major
sectors which contribute to the
national economy.
He said that geology of
every district and region is dif-
ferent and region-wise micro-
planning is needed. Scientists
should devise economically
and technologically viable
solutions for water storage and
conservation, he added.
In her address to the con-
ference, Union Minister for
Drinking Water and Sanitation
Sushri Uma Bharti said that
rivers are flowing for thou-
sands of years and there was
no problem. Only for the last
few decades, we are facing
problems of pollution and
scarcity. She said the sense of
responsibility has to be culti-
vated among industrialists,
farmers and the common man
who are using river water.
Water management should be
taught in schools and universi-
ties, the Minister added.
Union Minister for State for
Water Resources, River
Development and Ganga
Development and Ganga
Rejuvenation Dr. Satya Pal
Singh emphasized that an inte-
grated view of water is
required. Isolated planning on
surface water, ground water,
and river water will be a fruit-
less exercise. He hoped that an
integrated view will emerge
from this conference.
Delegates from 15 countries
attended the conference and
250 research papers were pre-
sented, including 32 Keynote
papers. The conference took
stock of present status and
challenges of ground water
management in the country
under the changing water use
and climatic scenarios and
provided a common platform
for policy planners,
researchers, professionals and
technocrats to discuss and
present their view on emerg-
ing issues related to ground
water management.
The conference has taken
place at a time when water sce-
nario in the country, especially
the ground water scenario, is
getting worse day by day.
During the past decades,
ground water usage in the
country has grown many folds
and today 80% of the rural
domestic needs and 65% of the water quality in many areas
irrigation water requirement from the geogenic source of
and 50% of industrial and contaminants such as arsenic.
urban water needs are sourced The conference discussed
from our ground water these burning issues in 10 focal
resources. Over-exploitation of themes spread over three
ground water has started days. It looked into the syner-
threatening the sustenance of gistic policy options between
agricultural activities in many various sectors linked with
key regions in country includ- water resources in the country
ing Punjab, Bundelkhand, and and draw a roadmap to
Rajasthan posing a grave address these challenges for
threat to the food security in the development goals of 2030.
future. Moreover, climate The aim of IGWC-2017 was
change is expected to alter the to provide a common platform
ground water recharge for policy planner, researchers,
regimes across the country academician, water managers,
due to increase in extreme professionals, industrialists,
rainfall events. Over-exploita- technocrats, researchers and
tion of ground water has also aspirants to discuss and pres-
started affecting the ground ent their views.
During the past decades, ground water
usage in the country has grown many
folds and today 80% of the rural
domestic needs and 65% of the irrigation
water requirement and 50% of industrial
and urban water needs are sourced from
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POSTEVENT
RIVER REJUVENATION CONFERENCE
The Art of Living organization hosted this ‘River Rejuvenation Conference’ to find ways to
tackle looming water crisis.
By EW News Bureau

December at its center in holders, policymakers and Government of India, among

Village Women Working at
Naganadhi River Project
AS PART OF the ongoing
efforts to bring about a long-
lasting and inclusive solution
to the country's water prob-
lems, the Art of Living hosted
a conference on “River
Rejuvenation” from 5-6
Bengaluru.
Organized in association
with International Association
for Human Values (IAHV), the
conference had an immense
significance as it aimed to find
scientific and sustainable ways
to address the worst water cri-
sis the country is facing in four
decades. At least 54 percent of
the sub-continent has turned
into a water-stressed dust
bowl with many rivers rapidly
drying up. Experts opine that
by 2025, the country will be
facing an acute water crisis if
no preventive measures are
taken today.
The two-day conference
saw leading national and glob-
al scientists, academics, stake-
beneficiaries deliberate upon a
roadmap for conserving exist-
ing water resources, revive
water bodies, plan for sustain-
able infrastructure for water,
and study the socio-economic
impact of the river rejuvena-
tion models that have worked
so far.
Apart from Gurudev, the
speakers at the conference
included Kiran Kumar,
Chairman, ISRO, Prof. Roger
Falconer, School of
Engineering, Cardiff
University, Ashok Dalwai,
Additional Secretary,
Agriculture, Government of
India, Aparjita Sarangi, Joint
Secretary, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
others.
The conference had ses-
sions on thought-provoking
topics such as: Status of river
basin across peninsular India,
efforts made so far in rejuve-
nating rivers in India, rele-
vance of Geospatial technology
in river rejuvenation, social-
economic impact assessment
in Kumudavathi Basin, impact Terna River in Maharashtra Before
evaluation of interventions for and After Restoration
groundwater recharge, sus-
tainable agriculture and liveli- engaged in reviving 33 dying
hood post river rejuvenation, rivers in four states
and role of the Government in (Maharashtra, Karnataka,
river rejuvenation, among oth- Tamil Nadu and Kerala), bene-
ers. fitting 3,000 villages. The con-
The Art of Living has been ference also aimed to add a
working to rejuvenate rivers major impetus to this move-
since 2013 and is currently ment for water.

“
Water is the basis of
life and we need to
protect and preserve
the sources of water.
This conference will
vastly contribute to
evolving eco-friendly
methodologies for
rejuvenating water
bodies across India.
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi
Shankar
Founder - The Art of Living
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at Vedavtahi Site

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POSTEVENT
IWAWATER AND DEVELOPMENTCONGRESS &
EXHIBITION 2017
Over four days, the event brought together over 3,000 professionals from 82 countries of the
global water community.
By EW News Bureau

THE WATER AND 82 countries of the global

Development Congress is a
global event that provides a
platform for national, regional
and international cooperation
on water. It bridges the gap
between the science and prac-
tice of water management,
connecting it with industry,
financial institutions, civil
society and policy-makers, to
deliver practical solutions
that help achieve the globally
agreed 2030 Sustainable
Development Goal vision for
water. Over four days (13-16
November 2017), the Water
and Development Congress &
Exhibition in Buenos Aires,
Argentina brought together
over 3,000 professionals from
water community. New ideas
were discussed and shared,
new collaborations fostered,
and new solutions to some of
the greatest water, waste-
water and sanitation chal-
lenges were identified.
Water Professionals were
inspired by vision for transfor-
mation of water in Argentina
outlined by Minister Rogelio
Frigerio and Under Secretary
Pablo Bereciatura. Professor
Barbara Evans, IWA
Development Award for
Water Research, reminded us
to be people focused not infra- provision around the world; renowned economist Jeffrey Sustainable Development
structure obsessed when and Marco Antonio Cevallos, Sachs introduced 3Ts: Trade Goals (SDG) commits govern-
working to deliver solutions to IWA Development Award for Resources; Transform Water ments to halving the propor-
the massive gaps in sanitation Water Practice set the exam- for Safe Use; and Traits of tion of untreated wastewater
ple for how management crops resistant to drought; and and substantially increasing

“
vision can lead water utilities
in emerging economies to
deliver vastly improved serv-
The challenge that the water sector and ices, even to the poorest in
water professionals have set themselves this society.
Guangzhe Chen, from the
week is to turn those challenges and risks World Bank, argued that busi-
into an opportunity that delivers benefits ness, as usual, was not an
well beyond the water sector - how we, as a option if we were to achieve
universal access to water and
sector, can drive the global agenda to meet sanitation and established the
the needs and expectations of billions of scale of what lies ahead - we
citizens by improving water availability, need to find US$ 114 billion per
year to reach those goals;
safety and security.This meeting has Eleanor Allen from Water for
brought extra energy and focus on how we All, asked us to explore innova-
address the challenges, manage the risks tive financing mechanisms to
meet the huge investment
and identify the opportunities. needed to reach the SDGs, and
to seek out non-traditional
Kala Vairavamoorthy
ways of funding water and
Executive Director, International Water Association (IWA)
sanitation for all; The
3Fs Finance, Fairness and
Funding; And from South
Africa, Dhesigen Naidoo high-
lighted that dealing with cli-
mate change and global water
risks requires us to relate the
SDGs to the global economy
and introduced us to the
Climate Change Grief Cycle.
We saw a shared vision of the
future from three Young Water
Leaders who proposed new
ways of achieving business and
governance resilience: we need
forward-looking solutions but
should also get inspiration
from traditional methods, from
public-private partnership
models to thinking a hundred
years ahead infrastructure
finance models.
Target 6.3 of the
recycling and safe reuse by
2030. In collaboration with
OFID, IWA launched the
Wastewater Report 2017 - the
theme for UN-Water World
Water Day in 2017. The report
aims to illustrate the waste-
water challenge and reuse
opportunity in eight cities
across the globe, presenting a
roadmap to 2030 and identify-
ing priorities and benefits to
meeting SDG target 6.3.
With over 100 exhibitors,
including country and themat-
ic pavilions, the exhibition
again proved to be a valuable
networking place in the con-
gress, where exhibitors and
delegates exchanged solutions
and innovations to inspire
global change.

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WISE ON WATER
MAPPING WATER TECHNOLOGIES TO THE
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Looking forward to 2018, BlueTech Research Chief Executive Paul O’Callaghan anticipates
circular economy thinking and explains why his team is good at picking successful water
technologies.
By BlueTech Research
THE CIRCULAR ECONO-
MY originated in the solid
waste sector but is now
extending into water and
wastewater, which is why it
has been chosen as the head-
line theme for BlueTech
Forum 2018. It is the sustain-
able alternative to the make-
use-dispose linear economy
we all know and posits the
ambitious aim to eliminate the
need for the use of materials.
In practical terms, this
means keeping resources in
use for as long as possible,
extracting the maximum
value from them whilst in use
and recovering and regenerat-
ing products and materials at
the end of each service life.
The first stage of achieving a
circular economy then is to
avoid using things in the first
place.
The word ‘dematerialize’
has come into use and in a dig-
ital age, we have opportunities
to dematerialize in new ways.
An obvious example is a CD -
it is no longer necessary to
manufacture CDs because
music can be stored and
accessed digitally on our
smartphones.
Optimization
In water distribution, an
example might be the opti-
mization of energy consump-
tion. By piping water at lower
pressure, not only is less
54 January, 2018
power required, but less
water is lost to leaks so not as
much treated water is
required. Another benefit is
that less damage is caused to
pipeline infrastructure, so
again, consumption of
resources is reduced in
terms of pipe repair and
maintenance.
Engineers need the scope
to design systems from cradle
to grave so that the recovery
opportunities are fully antici-
pated, whether it is product,
materials or upcycling. We
need to work across sectors so
that waste materials from one
industry can identify an outlet
in another.
Environmental Operating
Solutions Inc (EOSI) is a US
company with a technology
“
The jockey is the
inventor or founder,
but the technology
can reappear and go
on to succeed with a
different rider.
Technologies like FO,
sludge gasification,
and advanced
pharma treatment
are slow growth
areas and generally
speaking the winners
are those that stay
the distance.
Paul O’Callaghan
Chief Executive, BlueTech
Research
that epitomises this approach.
Working closely with industri-
al clients, EOSI takes by-prod-
ucts like glycerin from the
waste disposal line and con-
verts them into MicroC, a
product that can be used as a
carbon source in denitrifica-
tion at wastewater treatment
plants. This offsets the use of
methanol, a fossil fuel based
product.
Massachusetts-based
Cambrian Innovation recov-
ers energy and water from
brewery wastewater, which
they do through an innovative
business model called a Water
Energy Purchase Agreement
(WEPA). Cambrian con-
structs, installs, owns and
operates the client’s waste-
water treatment system while
the client pays for the service
by the gallon.
Reducing Consumption
Increasingly BlueTech’s
analysts are observing a man-
date for companies, particu-
larly on the industrial side, but
also in the municipal sector, to
move in a very clear way to
the circular economy. This
means reducing the consump-
tion of raw materials, carbon-
based fuels, energy and water
across the production process
and ultimately, eliminating
waste.
At BlueTech Forum, we
have a strong track record of
bringing together sustainabili-
ty champions from global cor-
porate leaders such as
GlaxoSmithKline, Procter &
Gamble, Nestle, L’Oreal,
Unilever, Coca-Cola and
Barrick Gold Corporation. In
2018 we continue that tradi-
tion, providing a platform at
our event in Vancouver for
those companies to describe
their in-house initiatives to
address water risk through
circular economy strategies.
Companies are invited to
share their innovation needs
as well as success stories that
demonstrate where they want
to get to. Mapping to those
needs are the technology com-
panies, handpicked by
BlueTech Research’s team of
experts, that also form an
important part of BlueTech
Forum.
Successful Innovation
The analysis we have car-
ried out internally shows that
the success rate of BlueTech
Forum’s showcase innovation
companies is over twice indus-
try average. We used two met-
rics to identify ‘successful’
companies – those whose
turnover hits US$10M per
annum or if they’re acquired
through non-distressed acqui-
sition.
The BlueTech Research
Innovation Tracker provides a
live, online tool to track the
most important innovative
technology companies in the
water sector and we randomly
selected 84 of those tracked
companies that were founded
between 2000-2004.
Our analysis showed that
12.5% succeeded, 20% failed
and 67.5% are still operation.
Of those successful 12.5%, the
breakdown showed that 8%
were acquired and 4.5% were
doing turnovers in excess of
US$10M.
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We then looked at 50 com-

panies our analysts had hand-
picked for the Innovation
Showcase at BlueTech Forum
over the last seven years,
which mapped to key industry
trends that we had anticipated
in 2010-2014. This research
showed a much higher rate of
success than the average, at
27.5%. Of these, 15% were
acquired and 12.5% achieved
turnovers of US$ 10M or more.

Analyzing Failure
While we were pleased to
see the success rates were
above average, we were also
equally interested to see that
our failure rate was also high-
er than the industry average -
35% failed.
What we took from this,
was that the companies we
picked tended to either make
it or not, but they did not hang
around the middle. When we
looked more closely at the
data, we found that in a num-
ber of cases, the technologies
had gone on to succeed, but in
somebody else’s hands.
For example, MaxWest had
a gasification technology, but
the investor called time and
the asset was sold in a dis-
tressed state to PHG. The
technology lives on with
plants in Tennessee and
Massachusetts under devel-
opment.
Forward Osmosis (FO)
specialist Hydration
Technologies Innovations
shut down, but the founder
opened a new company - Fluid
Technology Solutions (FTS) -
and the same FO technology
is now being applied success-
fully to projects in China. M2
Renewables ran out of money,
the assets were sold, but the
same microscreen technology
is now available from Hydro
International and somehow
throughout these changes, the
investor, Sail Ventures, has
managed to hang on in there.
When you get into success
and failure, it is necessary to
define whose perspective you
are talking from – and what
we see is that the technology
appears to be the real winner
in all of this, not necessarily
Jodi Glover, Chief Executive of RealTech, Briefs Delegates on Her Award-Winning Technology at the BlueTech Forum Innovation Showcase
the founder or the investor. I
call it the selfish water tech-
nology gene. The technology
moves forward inexorably and
is indifferent to the interest of
the investor.
Promising Technologies
From our own perspective,
BlueTech is pretty good at
picking companies - that is
shown by our 27.5% - but we
are even better at picking
promising technology areas.
We are finding that even if
given technologies pass
through the hands of their
founder or another company,
eventually they are succeed-
ing.
Companies are unpre-
dictable. There are many
uncontrollable elements in
place including the relation-
ships between investors and
founders and management
and it takes time for a technol-
ogy to make that journey.
Often the person to benefit
from an innovation is not the
person who started it – it is
the person who happens to be
holding it seven years down
the line when it really starts to
kick into gear. Failure to capi-
talize on a technology can be
down to overly ambitious tar-
gets and mismatching expen-
diture to revenue.
My advice is to take a rea-
sonable time horizon on
investment and development
of a technology and pace your-
self. It is like picking a horse -
you decide which race to be in
first - FO perhaps - then you
pick your horses.
The jockey is the inventor
or founder, but the technology
can reappear and go on to suc-
ceed with a different rider.
Technologies like FO, sludge
gasification, and advanced
pharma treatment are slow
growth areas and generally
speaking the winners are
those that stay the distance.
While speed and agility
may be key at the start of the
journey, patience and tenacity
are often rewarded in the mid-
term stayer. An early exit may
be a good strategy for a start-
up company, but once it has
more than five full-scale com-
mercial plants in operation it
is necessary to maximize the
return on value creation and
balance risk-reward with
time.
The Innovation Showcase
is part of BlueTech Forum,
which takes place in
Vancouver, Canada on 6-7
June 2018.
BlueTech Forum
The BlueTech Forum is a
boutique industry event which
brings together the world’s
leading water technology
companies, entrepreneurs,
investors, and executives from
leading research centers to
network and hear cutting-
edge presentations on market
trends and insights.
The event focuses on
strategic investment opportu-
nities in industrial water and
wastewater including mining,
oil & gas and food & beverage.
This high level event explores
technology trends in water
reuse, decentralized treat-
ment, energy and resource
recovery, smart water, water-
as-a-service and innovative
business models.
Attendees learn about the
emerging technologies neces-
sary to future-proof their
technology portfolio, will
understand how macro driv-
ers link with themes to create
technology market opportuni-
ties and identify the best the-
matic areas for strategic
investment and acquisition.
Attendees can also partici-
pate in intelligence briefings
led by market sector experts,
network with industry peers,
help identify solutions and
concierge facilitated network-
ing.
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 CASE STUDY
Marseille Uses the Potential of the
Mediterranean for Heating and
Cooling Buildings
The Euros 35 million Thassalia marine geothermal plant project is the first of its type in
Europe and will provide a sustainable energy source for 500,000m2 of buildings - currently
the largest urban renewal operation in Southern Europe.
By Bryan Orchard
DEVELOPING NEW SUS-
TAINABLE, ecologically
acceptable technologies for
heating and cooling domestic
and commercial premises has
been challenging the
resources of many energy
companies around the world.
Harnessing the potential of
the sun, sea tides and cur-
rents, the wind and heat
trapped deep beneath the
earth’s surface have all proved
to be successful technologies
to varying degrees. To these
can be added the thermal
energy of the sea.
The sea provides enor-
mous potential as an energy
source for the world’s popula-
tion that lives within 100-kms
of a coastline. This has not
gone unnoticed by the ENGIE
Group which has developed
energy from tides and cur-
rents around the world. Now
it has turned its attention to
56 January, 2018
turning the calorific energy of
the Mediterranean Sea into
space heating and cooling,
with the construction of a gen-
eration plant in Marseille har-
bour. Called the Thassalia
Marine geothermal project,
the Euros 35 million plant is
the first of its type in Europe
and will eventually provide a
sustainable energy source for
500,000 m2 of buildings in the
new Eco-Cité
Euroméditerranée, currently
the largest urban renewal
operation in Southern Europe.
The new Eco-Cité
Euroméditerranée occupies
480 hectares in the heart of
the Marseille, between the
commercial port, the Old Port
and the TGV station and
offers housing, shops, hotels,
restaurants, commercial
premises, public services and
cultural facilities. The devel-
opment of the Thassalia plant
is central to the Eco-Cité
Euroméditerranée being
given HQE (High Quality
Environment). As a referral
project for renewable energy
due to the recovery of about
70% of the marine
thermics/frigories, Thassalia
has an extremely high energy
efficiency coefficient com-
pared to an equivalent infra-
structure equipped with
stand-alone heating air condi-
tioning units. The result is a
Courtesy of ENGIE Group (Seawater Circuit, Priority Pump: KSB Mega CPK 250-400 Noridur® Anti-corrosion
Steel, Fluid: Seawater, Nominal Flow: 720 m3/h, Nominal HMT: 48 mCE, Suction Pressure: 3 bar, Rotation
Speed: 1500 rpm, Yield: 80%, Power: 160 kW)
70% reduction in greenhouse 2014, the plant was inaugurat-
gas emissions for the eco-city, ed on 17 October 2016.
plus a 40% reduction in elec- The basic premise of the
tricity consumption and 65% project concerns the creation
reduction in water consump- of a hot and cold water net-
tion. work throughout the
Euroméditerranée perimeter.
The Thassalia Plant It is innovative in several
The development of the ways. Firstly, Thassalia is a
Thassalia plant by the Engie thermo-refrigeration plant
Group commenced in 2010 that delivers heating and cool-
and brought to together the ing, where most often the net-
expertise of its subsidiaries works in France are separate.
ENGIE Coffley and Secondly, energy is drawn
Climespace. Working with from seawater, and lastly it is
ENGIE Group right from the the first European project to
very start was KSB France, circulate heating and cooling
which supplied pumps, valves throughout the whole of an
and the engineering resources eco-city of this magnitude.
of its services agency based in
Aix-en-Provence. How it Works
Operationally launched in Central to whole operation
of the plant and distribution
network are pumps, which is
where the know-how and
products of KSB was essen-
tial. The thermal plant is sup-
plied with seawater pumped
from a depth of 7m by six cor-
rosion-resistant Norstur®
KSB CPKN pumps, each
equipped with a 160 kW vari-
able speed motor, for a total
flow of 1000 lt/s. The problem
of corrosion by warm seawa-
ter is peculiar to this project,
with the pumped water reach-
ing up to 25°C in summer and
its permitted discharge tem-
perature being 30°C. The
parts of the pump in contact
with the fluid have therefore
been made of special Noridur®
duplex steel (KSB design,
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 CASE STUDY
Courtesy of ENGIE Group (Hot Water Circuit, Priority Pump: KSB MCPK
150-500, Conveyed Fluid: Softened and Treated Water, Temperature:
90°C, Nominal Flow Rate: 345 m3/h, HMT Nominal: 110 mCE, Suction
Pressure: 3 bar, Rotation Speed: 1500 rpm, Yield: 74%, Power: 160 kW)
Uranus equivalent B6).
Noridur® is used for highly
corrosive and slightly loaded
products, such as warm sea-
water but also for concentrat-
ed acids and flue gases in
desulfurization processes.
For the same reasons, the
discs of AMRI Isoria butterfly
valves which perform the iso-
lation or regulation functions
of seawater intake are pro-
tected with a Halar corrosion
coating. These valves - from
DN 50 to 700 - provide both
manual and pneumatic actua-
tor operation. The sea water,
which ranges in temperature
from about 14°C in winter to
22°C in summer, supplies heat
exchangers connected to ther-
mo-refrigeration pumps
(TFP), bringing calories to
heat when the water is cold
and frigories to refresh when
it is hot. The TFPs and refrig-
eration units can then pro-
duce heat or cold as required.
It should be noted that supple-
mentary gas boilers complete
the installation in order to
guarantee continuity of serv-
ice in all circumstances.
The energy is then trans-
ported to the
Euroméditerranée buildings
for heating or air-condition-
ing, via a hot water network
(60°C) and a chilled water net-
work (5°C). The length of the
3-km network demanded pow-
erful pumping solutions with
strong HMT on both hot and
chilled circuits.
These two circuits are each
equipped with four KSB
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Mega-CPK pumps (8 in total)
each displaying a nominal
HMT of 110 mCE or 120 mCE
depending on the motors,
their power ratings ranging
from 160 kW to 355 kW. This
"secondary network" require-
ment was a determining fac-
tor in the choice of pumping
solutions. Indeed, the require-
ments of the specifications
were very high not only in
terms of height, but also in
efficiency and speed. Thus,
the Mega CPK retained yields
up to 84% at speeds of 1500
rpm and 1750 rpm.
An alternative to this
arrangement would have been
to consider a more "light"
solution in terms of pump
sizes, making them easier to
install and less expensive.
However, in this case, there
was no pump sufficiently pow-
erful enough to provide the
required HMT alone, so it
would have been necessary to
resort to pumps in series.
Such a mode of operation
would have been riskier in
terms of reliability for the
operator, so this option was
finally discarded.
In addition to these pump-
ing duties, the auxiliary cir-
cuits are equipped with
Etanorm pumps operating at
650 m3/h for 30 mCE and
with a power of 75 kW and
Etaline pumps for the heat
exchangers and recycling
duties. Furthermore, 150
AMRI Boax B valves, with
manual or pneumatic control
ranging from DN 100 to DN
600 were also installed.
Benefits
Significant "collateral"
benefits must also be credited
to marine thermal energy. On
the environmental front, the
centralized production of cold
favors a reduction of the heat
island effect in the city, a fac-
tor that would have been cre-
ated a multiplication of indi-
vidual units. Moreover, in a
refrigeration network, the
roof terrace surfaces are
cleared due to the removal of
cooling towers on the top of
the buildings. Their removal
also limits noise pollution and
drastically reduces the risk of
bacterial contamination,
legionella being just one
example.
At the financial level, the
price of the energy produced
is about 10% lower for central-
ized cold production com-
pared to a solution using indi-
vidual units. In addition, cen-
tralization is less sensitive to
increases (if any) in electricity
and gas tariffs.
Pumping Energy Efficiency
Pumps are components of
systems that consume large
quantities of electricity and
therefore have great savings
potential. To illustrate the A
figure to illustrate the high
stakes: the annual consump-
tion of industrial pumps in the
EU is 300 TeraWatt hours (=
300,000 GigaWatt hours). By
way of comparison, France's
total electricity consumption
Ice Circuit Courtesy of ENGIE Group (Priority Pump: KSB Mega CPK 200-500, Conveyed Fluid: Softened and
Treated Water, Temperature: 9°C, Nominal Flow: 760 m3/h, HMT Nominal: 120 mCE, Suction Pressure: 3 bar,
Rotation Speed: 1750 rpm, Yield: 84%, Power: 355 kW)
in 2015 was "only" 461
TeraWatt hours. It is there-
fore understandable that the
EU has set ambitious targets
for our products through the
Energy-related Products
(ERP) Directive.
KSB's response, which can
go far beyond these objectives,
is called Fluid Future. This
"global" device functions on
many levels. With regard to
the drive, the motor of the
pumping unit can save about
10%. By working on optimiz-
ing the hydraulic efficiency of
the pumps, savings can reach
20%. By analyzing and opti-
mizing the entire circuit, the
potential can rise up to 60%!
The search for the energy
saving in a fluid transport cir-
cuit concerns both new and
existing installations. For the
latter, moreover, the results
can be spectacular. Indeed,
not only are the technical
solutions in place subject to
improvement but also it is not
unusual for the needs of the
installation to have evolved
over time (new process, modi-
fication of the network, etc).
The Fluid Future device
consists of four phases:
• Analysis of the hydraulic
system in place and determi-
nation of the load profile.
• Selection of the adapted
solution (hydraulic, drive,
automation) resulting from
the collected data.
• Control of the installation
and/or commissioning by
"KSB Service" specialists.
• Equipping the installation
with technologies that will
contribute to the energy effi-
ciency of the installation.
Examples would be the
SuPremE® reluctance motor
(IE5), PumpDrive 2 speed
controller, and PumpMeter
intelligent pressure sensor.
Summary
The current and future
residents and workers of
Euroméditerranée Éco-cité
will reap the benefits of a
heating and air-conditioning
network that is energy effi-
cient and environmentally
friendly created by a thermal
plant with an installed power
19 megawatts hot and 19
megawatts cold capability.
For KSB France, the prob-
lems which they had to over-
come involved providing
pumps and valves that would
have to resist higher than nor-
mal levels of corrosion. In addi-
tion, other key factors that had
to be addressed included pro-
viding pumps with high yields
for limiting power consump-
tion, contributing to the award
of HQE label, and minimizing
the acoustic power of pumps to
avoid "neighborhood" noise
nuisance. And finally, KSB will
provide a rapid response for
maintenance and repair
throughout the life of the plant.
About the Author
Bryan Orchard is an interna-
tional freelance journalist who
specializes in water and envi-
ronmental engineering.
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PROJECT TRACKER
NAMAMI GANGE
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Interacting with the Captains of Indian
Trade and Industry on Ganga Rejuvenation, in Mumbai
EW News Bureau
Projects worth Rs. 295
Crore Approved by NMCG
Three of these projects
pertain to sewage manage-
ment in West Bengal at an
estimated cost of Rs. 278.6
crore, one relates to sewage
management in Uttarakhand
at an estimated cost of Rs.
4.68 crore and one project
worth Rs. 11.73 crore is related
to ghat improvement works in
Varanasi. With these
approvals, all projects related
to sewage management in
high pollution load towns
along river Ganga have been
sanctioned.
West Bengal: Sewage
management works in
Kamarhati and Baranagar
Municipalities (60 MLD STP,
de-silting of sewer lines, etc.)
at an estimated cost of Rs.
172.10 crore under PPP-based
hybrid annuity mode, pollu-
tion abatement works for
river Ganga in Berhampore
Municipality (3.5 MLD STP
and sewer network) at an esti-
mated cost of Rs. 52.2 crore
and sewage management
works in Nabadwip
Municipality (9.5 MLD STP
and renovation of 10.5 MLD
STP) at an estimated cost of
Rs. 54.3 crore have been
approved.
Uttarakhand: Here, the
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15:37 Page 58
approval has been given to
one project for laying of sewer
lines in some of the uncovered
areas in Haridwar at an esti-
mated cost of Rs. 4.68 crore.
Varanasi: A project worth
Rs. 11.73 crore for repair and
retrofitting of various ghats
was approved.
STPs Under Ganga Action
Plan
Ganga Action Plan (GAP)
was launched by Government
of India for cleaning of river
Ganga in 1985. Under GAP,
1098.31 MLD sewage treat-
ment capacity was created. In
2015, Namami Gange
Programme, an integrated
Ganga conservation was
launched by Govt. of India.
Under Namami Gange
Programme Government has
sanctioned 93 sewage man-
agement projects at a cost of
Rs. 14,167.94 Crore. These
projects aim at creating 2205
MLD sewage treatment
capacity apart from rehabili-
tating 564 MLD capacity
Sewage Treatment Plants
(STP) and laying 4762 km of
sewerage network. Of these,
19 projects have been com-
pleted creating 155 MLD new
capacity, rehabilitating 17
MLD existing capacity and
343 km sewerage network. In
addition, projects in Haryana
(Panipat and Sonepat) have
created 70 MLD new STP
capacity and rehabilitation of
75 MLD existing STP capaci-
ty.
Sewage generation esti-
mated in 97 towns and cities
along the main stem of river
Ganga in the states of
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar, Jharkhand and West
Bengal is 2953 MLD. The
existing installed capacity
along the main stem of river
Ganga in towns and cities of
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar, Jharkhand and West
Bengal is 1580 MLD. 63 no. of
projects for creation of 1582
MLD capacity of STPs have
been sanctioned and are at
various stages of implementa-
tion.
84 STPs (1579 MLD) were
constructed under various
programmes (GAP, NGRBA,
and state projects) along river
Ganga main stem. It has been
reported that many of the
existing STPs are either non-
functional or underutilized
and many of them do not meet
standard norms prescribed by
Central Pollution Control
Board (CPCB). NMCG has
accordingly sanctioned up-
gradation/rehabilitation for 23
such STPs. For other 57 STPs,
the consultant has been
engaged to study these STPs
and develop Detailed Progress
Reports (DPRs) to make them
functional as per design stan-
dards.
Closure of Tanneries Along
Ganga River
National Green Tribunal
(NGT) has stated that the
State of Uttar Pradesh (UP),
UP Jal Nigam & Uttar
Pradesh State Industrial
Development Corporation
(UPSIDC) with due consulta-
tion with Director NMCG and
Central Pollution Control
Board (CPCB) will submit a
complete project report giv-
ing time bound program for
completion of the project
Over 3000 Million Litres Per Day (MLD) of
sewage is generated by the towns
situated on the main stem of river Ganga.
Against this, sewage treatment capacity
available is 1580 MLD. National Mission
for Clean Ganga has sanctioned projects
for creation of additional 1570 MLD
capacity and these projects are at various
stages of implementation.
related to augmentation and includes “Pollution abatement
up-gradation of conveyance for rivers including river
drains, Primary Effluent Ganga” as one of the objec-
Treatment Plants (PETPs), tives.
Common Effluent Treatment Further, GIZ, Germany has
Plants (CETPs) and Common been providing technical
Chrome Recovery Plant cooperation to the project
(CCRP) at Jajmau in Kanpur, ‘Support to Ganga
Banthar and Site-II in Unnao. Rejuvenation’ under the Indo
In the event, the above direc- German Bilateral
tion is not carried out in its Development Cooperation
true spirit, then the tannery and has committed an amount
industries at Jajmau shall be of Euro (€) 3 million.
directed to be shut down and The Japan International
would be shifted to a new Cooperation Agency (JICA)
industrial site. has sanctioned two loans
aggregating JPY 43.755 billion
Foreign Assistance for for the Ganga Action Plan II
Ganga River Cleaning Project (Varanasi) (GAP II)
Last year, the Ministry of and the Yamuna Action Plan
Water Resources, River Project III (YAP III) in Delhi.
Development, and Ganga World Bank has sanctioned
Rejuvenation had signed a a loan of US$ 1 billion to
Memorandum of Government of India (GOI) for
Understanding (MoU) with funding the National Ganga
the Netherlands. The area of River Basin Authority
cooperation under the MoU Projects.
Draft Ganga Law
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development, and
Ganga Rejuvenation had constituted a committee for the
preparation of Draft Act on river Ganga. The committee has
submitted draft bill titled “The National River Ganga
(Rejuvenation, Protection, and Management)” Bill, 2017 last
year. It is presently under examination by a committee con-
stituted by the Ministry of Water Resources, River
Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, under the
Chairmanship of Director General, National Mission for
Clean Ganga (NMCG).
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