The Problem
By not actively monitoring your water network you are not only wasting the most precious resource. There are high direct costs for water utilities:
- Additional emergency repairs
- More time spent dedicated to searching for leaks
- Unnecessary production, distribution and diversion of water (which include using more chemicals)
- Unnecessary production, distribution and diversion of water (which include using more chemicals)
- Sub-optimal planning of pipe renewal
But also indirect costs:
- Additional deterioration of water resources
- Delivery interruptions
- Traffic disruptions
How we solve it
A modern measurement strategy for a water distribution network requires you to collect real-time data from all parts of the network, not only where you already have access to electricity and fiber optics. With the Fenix Hub this is no longer a problem, you can simply pick the most strategic locations to measure at and add a measurement node as the Fenix Hub powers all the locally connected sensors. This allows you to acquire a higher sensor density, to a much lower investment cost compared to using grid connection for power.
Multiple Fenix Hub versions are applicable in this application, 150, 200 and 250. Combine the Fenix Hub 200 with the D100 energy harvesting device and you get a flexible wireless system which doesn’t require electricity or fiber cables.
The system utilize the future-proof communication technologies Narrow-Band IoT, LTE-M and LoRa-WAN which enables wireless communication from the inside of manholes, without any adaptation to the manhole cover.
Power the IoT with water flow
The D100 turbine harvests the energy from the water flow in the pipelines and means that you can collect data from any part of the water network. Embedding energy harvesting to you IoT solutions gives you superior performance in terms of data collection and connected sensors.
Plug & Play-monitoring with online pressure sensors
Monitoring your drinking water network has never been easier. With the new mobile pressure monitoring system from Aqua Robur, you can continuously monitor pressure changes in the pipeline network and receive pressure readings directly at Aqua Robur’s IoT Portal, your SCADA-system and/or your asset management platform.
Make use of available access points for a Plug & Play-installation. With a quick and flexible installation you can also move it around to the locations where you need it. This enables you to:
- Validate your hydraulic models for your water network and learn how the pressure in your system changes over time.
- Optimize pressure to decrease wear of the pipelines and reduce energy consumption
- Get notified when sudden pressure changes occur
Are you ready to take your system to the next level?
Want to learn more about how Aqua Robur’s award-winning solutions can help you solve your problems and improve your processes?