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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 projects 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 concept. What makes it really interesting, is the interpretation of smartness, which is unique in each project.

While the central government is making policy decisions, 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-defined 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’, making this project so refreshing to see.

The guidelines on promoting innovative smart solutions under Smart Cities Mission, AMRUT, and Swachh Bharat Mission include smart meters & management, leakage identification, preventive maintenance, 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-BioTechnology (SBT) based Sewage Treatment Plants in Mumbai, is on the same lines. This ‘green engineering’ concept is developed by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) indigenously after two decades of research. The report is available on the ‘Smart Cities Mission’ website. I welcome editorial contributions from water professionals on these topics.

As the urban development picks up the pace with Smart Cities Mission, it would be even more satisfying to see our rural water infrastructure also getting smart water solutions in near future. Water is a basic 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 supply & sewage departments of municipal corporations. 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 specific groups within the overall water community and create avenues for them to come together and brainstorm on important issues. This -by invite only- forum will focus on issues faced by the corporations around water supply, sewage, and STPs.

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CONTENTS COLUMNS

Vol 01 No 2 January 2018 Pages 60 Chairman of the Board

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Viveck Goenka Sr Vice President - BPD

Neil Viegas Editor

Mayur Sharma* DESIGN

WATER WISE

By WaterAid KNOWING OUR WATERS

By Australian Water Partnership (AWP)

MARKET

National Design Editor

Bivash Barua Assistant Art Director

Pravin Temble

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POST EVENT - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GROUND WATER

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POST EVENT - RIVER REJUVENATION CONFERENCE

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POST EVENT - IWA WATER AND DEVELOPMENT CONGRESS & EXHIBITION 2017

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MAPPING WATER TECHNOLOGIES TO THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Chief Designer

Prasad Tate Senior Designer

Rekha Bisht Graphic Designer

Gauri Deorukhkar DIGITAL TEAM Head of Internet

Viraj Mehta Web Developer

Dhaval Das Senior Executive - Online

Pushkar Worlikar Executive - Online

Salil Sule SCHEDULING & COORDINATION

Santosh Lokare Photo Editor

Sandeep Patil MARKETING

Kailash Shirodkar

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

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Mohan Varadakar PRODUCTION

CASE STUDY

MARK AS CLASSIFIED LAKESIDE SOLUTION REDUCES MAINTENANCE IN DC

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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 system, intake structures and

other allied works for conveying 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 mitigation. The scope includes supply, laying & commissioning of the distribution network, construction of clear water reservoirs, elevated storage reservoirs and house service connections.

Jacobs Completes CH2M Acquisition EW Staff USA JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP Inc. has announced the completion of its acquisition of CH2M via a cash and stock transaction. Jacobs formed an Integration Management Office (IMO) early in August to begin integration planning following the announcement of the proposed CH2M acquisition.

“This is a transformative step-change that brings together the industry’s foremost 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 billion-a-year opportunity for it, expected to grow at a 4 to 5 percent compounded annual rate, presenting significant potential to extend CH2M’s

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leadership in design, management and lifecycle services for government and industrial clients, including operations and maintenance, and resiliency services mitigating climate threats. Jacobs is expected to benefit by expanding 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, critical 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 cultural foundations of both organizations”, said Steve Demetriou.

Jacobs appointed the former CH2M director, Barry Williams, to serve as a director of Jacobs.

In another development, the Transportation Infrastructure and Water & Effluent Treatment businesses 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 investigation, design & construction of roads, drains, culverts, water supply, sewerage, sewerage treatment plants, utility ducts for power & ICT, reuse

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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 for land pooling schemes in

Zones - 6, 7 and 10 areas of Amaravati Capital City.

The Thames Tideway Tunnel Benefits from a Digital Strategy and Saves 32% on Design Mayur Sharma USA MOTT MACDONALD PROVIDED leadership on the UK’s largest-ever water industry infrastructure project by enabling a going-digital strategy 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 sewerage overflows into the River Thames, improve water quali-

ty, and create new infrastructure that lasts at least 120 years while meeting strict European environmental standards.

By adopting Bentley’s BIM methodology, Mott MacDonald ensured 3D digital engineering models would provide the immersive environment to support the planning and design phases.

For this GBP 4 billion project, Mott MacDonald and the CVB JV venture leveraged Bentley applications for design and construction. The adoption of BIM methodology, which

included 3D collaborative software, enabled better communication among project disciplines to make informed decisions. Using ProjectWise, team members could access all deliverable information 80% faster than on similar projects. This advantage reduced total number of deliverables on the project. Using Bentley Navigator, project participants could review models, secure approvals, identify issues, and reduce rework. This helped complete design-time six 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 EXCELLENT third quarter of 2017, specialty chemicals company LANXESS is still on course for the highest earnings in its history.

Global sales increased by 25.1 percent or EUR 483 million to EUR 2.4 billion. A year earlier, they amounted to EUR 1.9 billion. EBITDA pre exception-

als improved by 35 percent to EUR 347 million, compared with EUR 257 million in the prior-year quarter. The contributions from the acquired Chemtura businesses as well as higher volumes had a particularly positive effect. The EBITDA margin pre exceptionals in the third quarter of 2017 stood at 14.4 percent, which was considerably above the value of 13.4 percent reported in the prioryear period.

“LANXESS is in full swing.

Our clear strategic focus on high-margin specialty chemicals is increasingly paying off, and in operational terms, we are performing very well in our new setup. It is particularly pleasing that all the regions and all our specialty chemicals segments are seeing considerable earnings growth,” said Matthias Zachert, Chairman of the LANXESS Board of Management.

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Evoqua’s Geomembrane Technologies to Help Control Odors at Canadian WWTP

Xylem to Acquire Pure Technologies Ltd

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A LARGE WASTEWATER treatment plant (WWTP) in Western Canada has selected Evoqua’s Geomembrane Technologies for an odor control project. The WWTP treats millions of liters of wastewater annually - and with that comes the accompanying foul odors.

After a competitive bid process, a design/build team including Evoqua’s Geomembrane Technologies was chosen to provide a solution to the odor problem.

Geomembrane Technologies’ portion of the project includes

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 environment for plant workers.

The covers will capture hydrogen sulfide so it can be removed.

In total, 24 retractable covers will be provided to the plant by Geomembrane Technologies, as well as some non-trafficable removable panel covers for scum collection channels. The covers

range in size from 22-28 ft (6.78.5 m) wide and 24-32 ft (7.39.8 m) long. The customdesigned 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 control odors from wastewater treatment at the plant, as well as improve working conditions for plant operators,” says Geomembrane Technologies GM Victor Cormier. The company.

The project is expected to be complete in spring 2018.

XYLEM INC., A GLOBAL water technology company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all the issued and outstanding shares of Pure Technologies Ltd. for CAD $9.00 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of USD397 million.

Pure provides unique diagnostic and analytics solutions and services based on proprietary technologies to address key water and wastewater infrastructure challenges. It is a leader in intelligent leak detection and condition assessment solutions for water distri-

bution networks, a rapidly growing market driven by the increasing adoption of digital solutions to improve utilities’ capital and operating efficiency.

“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 analytics and software-as-a-service capabilities,” said Patrick Decker, Xylem President & Chief Executive Officer.

Novozymes and Grundfos Kick Off Collaboration for Clean Water EW Staff Denmark THE WORLD’S LEADING expert in enzymes and microorganisms, Novozymes, and Grundfos, the global leader in advanced pump technologies have entered into open innovation collaboration.

The partnership takes place on HelloScience.io, an

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online universe launched by Novozymes, where entrepreneurs, startups and others can connect with industry.

“This is a great opportunity. Partnering with Grundfos opens new possibilities for Novozymes, the HelloScience platform and its users. Until now, we have been able to connect the startups and academics, who are part of this network, with our knowledge

about enzymes and microorganisms, 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 & Technology at Novozymes.

Four specific challenges will be posted online, allowing all in the HelloScience community to pitch their ideas on

how to secure clean water for more people - and receive sparring, input, and assistance from both Novozymes and Grundfos. The two companies seek solutions to remove polluting chemicals from water and improve cleaning of wastewater. That includes better filtering, less sludge, and recovery of phosphate, a precious nutrient, from wastewater.

“This is an excellent chance to see what we can do in combination with Novozymes. Adding biotechnology to what we can do in, for instance, digital dosing might very well open brandnew possibilities for e.g. water treatment. We need new partnerships”, 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

S. Varadarajan

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 assistance to BRLF amounting to Rs.2.50 crores spread over a period of 4 years. The total estimated cost of this watershed

project is around Rs. 352.00 crores. Out of this outlay, MGNREGA Department, Govt. of West Bengal would contribute 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 objectives are - restoration of degraded land and soil enrichment, in-situ water harvesting, making communities climate resilient, with productivity enhancement and community asset creation through employment generation.

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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 investigations and decontamination, environmental impact assessments 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 current 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 management (SIAH), Paris region (France), for the contract to extend and bring up to standard 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 particular increase the plant’s treatment capacity from 350,000 to 500,000 Population Equivalent (PE).

The MEO project will benefit from the latest technological advances made by Veolia, in particular in biological wastewater treatment by using the HYBAS™ process, which combines AnoxKaldnes™ biofilm technology and activated sludge in the same tank.

Compact and robust, the

HYBAS™ process achieves excellent treatment performance while keeping construction 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 technical 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.

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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 presence,” 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 movement we actually initiated some years ago.”

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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 corresponding 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 wining 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 position to declare good benefits Subhash Sethi to our shareholders.”

Hanovia and BersonSUEZ 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 company 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 company has more than 150 years of combined experience in developing and applying UV technology and has thousands of installations within industrial and municipal water treatment applications globally.

The Hanovia UK facility will be the global headquarters for the combined company, 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 company’s Asia headquarters, serving industrial and now municipal markets.

Aquionics, the brand name for both Hanovia and Berson products in America, will also be retained. The new Aquionics office in Charlotte, North Carolina, will head the Americas operation, serving both industrial and municipal markets.

EW Staff China SUEZ AND SOLVAY have won the contract to treat brine from reverse osmosis desalination at Wanhua Chemical Industry Park in Yantai (Shandong). This contract is part of an alliance between SUEZ and Solvay which was formed to jointly develop and market Advanced Oxidation

processes (AOP’s) within China to meet stringent environmental standards.

Wanhua Chemical is supplied with water by a reverse osmosis desalination plant.

The contract provides a treatment line for the brine produced by desalination process.

With a capacity of 24 000 m3/day, this line will treat brine to achieve a quality discharge into the sea, in accor-

dance with most recent standards of chemical industry, requiring in particular a total TN content of less than 15 mg/L, TOC= 20 mg/l, BOD = 10 mg/l, SS = 10 mg/l, TP = 0,5 mg/l2, etc. This treatment line will be equipped with SUEZ’s patented technologies (Densadeg, Biofor DN, Oxyblue, Flopac, Ozonia® XF) as well as the AOP. It will start operation in October 2018.

Itron Completes Acquisition of Silver Spring Networks EW Staff USA ITRON, INC., A world-leading 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

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strengthens its ability to deliver a broader set of solutions, increase the pace of growth and innovation in the smart city and industrial IoT markets, and provide customers with greater choice and flexibility when deploying technology to improve their operations 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 president 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 integrated and reported as a new business 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 infrastructure project experience at a key moment, as the company expands geographically with new technology 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 infrastructure 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 infrastructure 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

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resource management and infrastructure planning and design. Monaco takes over the role from Frank Dudek, who served as the firm’s only president since founding the company in 1980.

Dudek stays on as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the employeeowned firm, one of the largest environmental consulting firms headquartered in California.

Monaco managed the environmental permitting for the Carlsbad, CA Seawater Desalination Plant, the largest operational desalination facility in the USA.

KSB Aktiengesellschaft

DR. STEPHAN TIMMERMANN

DR. STEPHAN TIMMERMANN 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 various roles for the Munichbased 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 doctorate 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

Metso Corporation

NICO DELVAUX

RAMONCITO SALDUA FERNANDEZ

President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Maynilad Water Services RAMONCITO SALDUA FERNANDEZ will be leading 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 completed 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.

Metso's President and CEO NICO DELVAUX has decided 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 business plans and organizational changes that have been decided during the fall have the Board's full support and everybody in Metso will focus on executing these plans going forward. 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-alifetime 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 strategy."

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 experience 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.

International Water Association

DIANE D’ARRAS

The International Water Association has announced the re-election of DIANE D’ARRAS as the President of the

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 reelection, 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

main role is to provide a platform for water professionals 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 international association of water professionals in October 2016.

She is currently Global VP for Professional Relations in Suez Environnement.

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Flowrox

IVL Flow Control

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With an innovative built-in design, IVL Flow Control’s new C-Valves offer leading-

Flowrox has entered the Industrial Internet of Things

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 efficiency and capacity-to-footprint ratio by making use of the vessel’s existing seawater 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 NonContacting Radar Level Transmitters. The new antenna has been developed specifically for demanding applications, such as reactors, mixers, and solids, and is ideal for handling corrosive media and high condensation levels. All wetted parts are made from PTFE to maximize corrosion resistance.

Signal quality metric diagnostics provide dirty anten-

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(IIoT) era by bringing to market a new generation of SMART SOLUTIONS™ that offer a new way to control, operate and visualize equipment and entire facilities by means of a 3D user interface. The newest innovation is Flowrox Smart Expulse™, a pulsation dampener with a smart option. This solution quiets the banging noise by settling 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 operation and innovative features.

The DXmic finds water leaks in the most challenging envi-

ronments. The high-quality microphone enables accurate location of leaks on-site.

The colour touchscreen is easy to operate and has multiple signal, memory and frequency displays. Digital features, such as auto-filtering and frequency analysis, allow microphone to be used in most challenging environments. The unit is supplied in a robust carry case, which can also be used as a charging station for the system.

edge advanced pressure management - and eliminate the need for a costly and time-consuming bypass in water supply networks. 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-person operation, requiring no lifting equipment. As well as being easy to install (no excavation required) and very easy to maintain, it significantly reduces the health and safety issues caused by working in a confined 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 systems on the market. “The

custom-designed mixedbed system not only prevents 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 has launched Vorelodos Aerobic Digesters under its Sanitaire brand that decreases energy consumption by up to 90% percent, promoting more sustainable wastewater treatment operation. It combines equipment, controls and services to future-proof wastewater treatment plants by ensuring they meet current and future US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) effluent and biosolids regulations, while simultaneously reducing operational costs.

The significant energy reduction means that, in

larger plants, the system effectively pays for itself within one year. It combines Xylem’s biological treatment process expertise with the company’s best in class product application expertise; Sanitaire aeration, decanting and process controls; Flygt mixing and pumping, and YSI and WTW instrumentation.

The digester is suitable for newly constructed conventional activated sludge plants or upgrades to existing plants over 0.5 million gallons per day (MGD), as well as oxidation ditch upgrades and aerobic digester aeration retrofits.

Mueller

Pentair

To meet the higher pressure requirements of today’s water infrastructure systems, all 2- to 12-inch Mueller UL/FM Swing Check Valves are now rated at 350 psig

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 compact elements are widely used in the treatment of all kinds of wastewaters. This

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, lifting rings, PN16 drilling, bosses for bypass connections, and a drain plug.

new size offers more highefficiency 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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WATER SECURITYISSUES IN THE PERIURBAN 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 availability, 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 forever 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 variability. While a majority of peri-urban areas are coming up because of the expansion of the metropolises, a number of small towns are emerging in predominantly rural locations due to the surplus investment 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 inhabitants. This also creates an informal market around the poor and migrants as periurban areas expand in population, 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 indepth 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 different stakeholders ranged from being a tourist hub like Goa to an industrial hub like Chennai and to a farmers’ 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 important to realize that periurban areas are dynamic spaces where settled societies and moving populations are in constant influx.

There exist staple categories of caste, occupation and gender-based hierarchies but they come under constant duress with newer categories of migrants versus 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 workingclass migrants. Many of these spaces witness different kinds of residential patterns based on the changing economic profile, thus leading to a diverse set of tensions among populations living cheek by jowl.

However, as argued by Prof Dinesh Abrol, faculty member 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 Water 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 private tanker operators to RO (Reverse Osmosis) water suppliers, government or large private sector suppliers 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 suppliers.

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 programme 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 periurbanization in its wake?

Emerging Need for a Formal Institution of Governance Right from Gram Panchayats to municipalities, there exist too many institutional arrangements for this space, with different services being delivered through different bodies. In such a chaotic anarchy, nobody seems to take ownership to deliver services. The challenge is further

complicated when we realize that perhaps there could not be a single model of institutional governance, given the varying nature of these spaces. More importantly, the perennial question is existence of institutionalized spaces for ensuring people’s participation in the planning of these services, 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 governance becomes critical when large-scale extraction of resources is underway.

The challenge multiplies when policy frameworks begin to jostle for a commodity like land, while water, no less precious, is ignored. The study by Tathagata Chatterji and his colleague highlights a similar scenario of community ponds being converted into residential areas to match the rising demands of real estate. How do we review policy environment vis-àvis regulatory framework around extraction of water or conversion of water bodies 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 engagement 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

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KNOWING OUR WATERS

LESSONS FROM URBAN WATER REFORM,THE AUSTRALIAN STORY

By Declan Hearne, IWC for the Australian Water Partnership (AWP) Starting a Governance Reform Process Urban water supply utilities in Australia are recognized as global leaders in delivering efficiency, productivity and security of supply, as well as upholding robust environmental standards. This view is backed

by Asian Development Bank report - Asian Water Development Outlook. This tracks five key dimensions of water security, and identified Australia as delivering effective urban water services. However, this level of service has not always been the case, and the history and process of reform has not been comprehensively 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 number of utilities responded to local challenges associated with water scarcity and financial pressures, often linked with inefficient property value-based charging.

In Western Australia in thelate 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

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water shortages and financial 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 wideranging 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 success gave the national government confidence to step in and lead a second wave of reforms focused on consolidating 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 framework, federal incentives, benchmarking, and investment in water knowledge and expertise.

States adopted reforms in different ways, but they collectively led to a threestaged approach to restructure utilities and agencies: Aggregation (or disaggregation in some cases); separation of responsibilities including clarification of service delivery roles through corporatization; and establishment of professional regulators 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 established which brought reform on pricing for water storage & delivery and increased focus on demand management.

Leadership for Reforms While some regard economic 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-picking’ the best and most relevant 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 communities 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

move faster, depending on the readiness of stakeholders.

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 principles were used to engage states and territories around a shared focus, yet allowed different approaches & 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 struggling with inefficiencies, lack of clear rolls, unclear pricing structures and conflicting policy directions.

The global focus on delivering universal access under the Sustainable Development Goals recognizes 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 federations. 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 approximately 1.3 billion, some 55 times larger than that of Australia. It’s clear that the scale of the challenge facing 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 contribute to part of the Indian reform story. This does not diminish the value of considering which of those structural, institutional, organizational and individual 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 lessons can be translated into opportunities, is the next stage to drive reform that enhances policy and institutional coherence - a critical step to support the sustained 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 treatment plant of its kind in the world, it’s no surprise perhaps that they use some of the biggest grit classifiers available, with the final two of 16 newly installed units now commencing operation.

For this important yet simple technology, DC Water set the bar extremely high to ensure that its new grit classifiers 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 classifiers (installed in 2002) outstay their welcome. Rising levels of downtime, maintenance and cleaning required fresh investment.

The classifiers had structural 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 ultimately, weld it. All very laborious.

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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 particles.

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 chosen.

“DC Water was working with a simple design, which they liked, but knew needed modifying”, explained Dan Widdel from Lakeside.

“They knew it was imperative 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 Integrity With standards of construction so essential to the very detailed bid package, Lakeside (established 1928) was not only able to demonstrate 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 structural integrity of Lakeside’s work.

Unlike the previous shaftless screw design which sits on an interior liner and can wear through, Lakeside’s helical 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 provide a bed for the screw, eliminating 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 turbulence and prevents shortcircuiting 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 fabricated with hardened welding on the leading face for durability and strong-wear resistance.

Dan Widdel from Lakeside continued: “What DC Water wanted is a grit classifier that matched up to their existing classifier envelope, which differed from our standard classifier design.”

He added, “This was never a problem though because we custom-build to meet our customer’s needs. Using 3D modeling, our Engineering Department worked alongside DC Water in order to match up the grit classifiers with the existing inlet and outlet pipes to keep the installation process to a minimum while not sacrificing on the performance”.

Lakeside’s capability was one thing, but there was of course a time frame to adhere to - with the added challenge of these being amongst the largest grit classifiers that anyone can make. Delivering the new grit classifiers twoby-two over a three-month period was also geared to meet DC Water’s needs.

Maintenance is Now Much Easier “We listened very closely to DC Water’s issues”, continued Lakeside’s Dan Widdel, “and can see that mainte-

Lakeside Grit Classifiers at Blue Plains

nance is now much easier for their personnel. They have much better access, whereas previously they had limited access to maintain the unit.

And instead of all the labour to replace a plastic liner, they now have an automatic lubricator on the end of the bearing.

“Compared to before when they had cracks appearing on their old grit classifiers, they now have complete peace of mind that the new Lakeside structures are sound. In fixing one of the biggest maintenance issues at the largest treatment plant of its kind in the world, we’re confident that DC Water’s search for the right company was very worthwhile”.

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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 technology 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 forward-looking programs initiated by Government of India (GoI). Of all the cities who participated in Smart City challenge, 24x7 water has been a key priority.

Well, this is not a surprise.

Water supply in India continues to be inadequate, despite longstanding efforts by the various levels of government and communities at improving coverage.

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 continuing expansion of city limits, the challenge of delivering water in Indian cities is growing rapidly.

In addition, inadequate coverage, intermittent supplies, low pressure, and poor quality are some of the most prominent challenges plaguing water supply in the cities of India. Many large Indian cities have to source water from long distances ranging from 50 to 200 km due to exhaustion or pollution 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 consumption, 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 supply while meeting the above challenges? Every decision in a utility - be it for planning, design, operation & maintenance and management has a location or spatial information associated with it. Hence, Geographic Information System (GIS) becomes the core, integrating and indispensable 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 workflows 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, utilities 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 information about assets – from knowledge 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 information.

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 utilities 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. Longterm water utility planning typically focuses on capital improvement planning and future utility network expansion projects.

GIS supports water utility planning and analysis by transforming asset and operational data into actionable information. 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 workers that are out in the field for the majority of their work days.

These mobile workers may have many responsibilities such as meter reading, customer service, installs, maintenance, repair work, CCTV, hydrant flushing, valve exercising, etc. Mobile field workers need information that is current, 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 business systems.

Mobile GIS applications

enable field personnel to view, capture, store, update, manipulate, and analyze their networks, facilities and operational data (work order, customer complaints, and inspections). GIS gives a simple and effective solution for data visualization, exchange, collections, and updates.

Operational Awareness Operational Awareness business pattern is about having an understanding of the current state of operations at a water utility, so this is a real time or near real time understanding of how assets, utility networks, and personnel are performing and how they are affecting each other. Being operationally aware empowers water utility managers to confidently make decisions based on accurate and up to date information.

GIS supports utility operational awareness by enabling utilities to have a web map based view into the current state of operations e.g. operational dashboards. An interactive map is an easy way for utilities 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 utilities 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 interactive maps is a powerful medi-

um to communicate with the technology savvy stakeholder.

Utilities use GIS to support constituent engagement by creating and delivering static and interactive maps. For years, GIS has been used by utilities to make maps that were submitted 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, capital project coordination, service interruption incident management and transparency into utility performance.

Conclusion Water utilities need to improve the monitoring, mapping, and measurement of existing water systems, thereby informing decision-making and prioritization. In addition, infrastructure upgrades must be coordinated with other infrastructure projects, including 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 efficient and sustainable management.

About the Author Agendra Kumar is the President at Esri India.

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SMART WATER SMART CITIES

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 systems, and have high levels of Non-Revenue Water (NRW) 50 to 75%.

Smart Cities Mission envisions developing an area within 100 cities in the country as model areas based on an area development plan and pancity for ICT based smart solutions. As of June 2017, 90 Smart cities projects proposals 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 cabinet 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 solutions in water sector - Smart Cities Mission, AMRUT Mission, Draft National Water Framework Bill-2016 and National Water Policy, focus of all mission guidelines and government policy is on water supply service level improvement, reduction in non-revenue water, smart metering for better water management, conservation of water, encourage reuse of urban water, association of private parties and public-private-partnerships, 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 redressals, and similarly wastewater management consists of plant management, collection & distribution, billing, and grievances redressals. Under water supply - distribution and monitoring system through GIS, hydraulic modelling, online water quality monitoring, sustainable operations- metering and online billing, etc are some of the successful solutions which are being implemented in Indian cities which can be listed under smart water supply services. Under wastewater comes - integration 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 implementing the projects including 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 HubballiDharwad 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 retrofitting of Existing Sewerage System & Reuse of Treated Sewerage in

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 NonRevenue 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 incorporated 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 concept 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 further tenders have been issued for 17 projects worth Rs. 1,200 crore.

For Smart Water, 8 projects 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 implementation, while 148 projects worth Rs. 1,872 crore have been completed and for Smart Solutions - 13 projects worth Rs. 241 crore have been completed, 43 projects worth Rs. 2,834 crore are underprogress, and further tenders have been issued for 25 projects 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 working in Smart Cities projects.

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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 ElectricIndia. 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 wastewater infrastructure that ensures this precious resource – and the energy used to transport it – is managed efficiently. A smart water system is designed to

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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 (NonRevenue 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’ ecosystem. Given our deep domain expertise and experience in building such cities globally, the Smart Cities’ market in India is of immense importance to Schneider Electric.

We contribute as a technology provider as well as implementing in the space of grid,

water, surveillance, ICT, command 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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SMART WATER SMART CITIES italization of water and wastewater networks that can support 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 municipalities seek to achieve smarter water for the reduction in NRW (Non-Revenue Water) which is a major challenge, numerous options are available to help them get going.

An effective path is via leveraging Energy-Saving Performance Contracts (ESPCs). These are a form of a public-private partnership – a financial model that capitalizes on the flexibility and resources of the private sector 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 savings, with the ESCO guaranteeing 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 various water management systems involved in it?

How will the NRDA (Naya Raipur Development Authority) smart city solution be different from similar projects in other cities?

Prakash: NRDA wants

Naya Raipur to be the first integrated city and aims to develop four pillars of the Smart City across the institutional, physical, social and economic infrastructure.

Through this it aims to deliver critical services such as 24x7 supply of quality water, metering of water connections, complete automatic generation of utility bills by application system, enhanced city security & safety, citizenbased mobile apps & city portals, including increased situational awareness, leak detection system and other advanced analytics like online hydraulic modelling asset management system to achieve a high level of operational readiness and substantial 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, surveillance, citizen applications, end-to-end Smart Grid solutions, end-to-end Water Management System, integrated Building Management System and Asset Management. This transformation 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 architecture by Schneider Electric and cyber security technologies is open, scalable and interoperable.

Schneider Electric shall leverage advances in IoT, mobility, sensing, analytics, and cyber-

security technologies to make Naya Raipur a true Smart City.

and flood management programs? How can you help in proactively addressing this issue?

What is EcoStruxure™ for the water resource solutions? How does it help a water & wastewater network?

Prakash: The storm-water and flood management systems 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 cannot manage gallons.

We could help by completely overhauling these systems and replacing them with smart water management and wastewater infrastructure systems, some of which have been referred to above.

Prakash: Under EcoStruxure™, SE provides specific solutions to address challenges facing the water and wastewater industry.

These include efficient modernization of aging infrastructure; reduction of energy and operational costs; enablement of better management of the ramifications of increasing regulations; enhanced resiliency and response to emergency situations; adaption of technology to address the changing workforce; and ensuring public health, safety, security and reducing NRW. For example, SE’s desalination and wastewater treatment businesses deliver clean water to communities worldwide. 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 changeinduced erratic weather patterns, including cloudbursts, flash floods and record-breaking 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

What is a favourite smart city (water) pilot or project you’ve seen recently?

Prakash: Schneider Electric is currently developing 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 transportation, surveillance, citizen applications, end-to-end smart grid solutions, end-toend water management and building management systems.

The aim is to deliver critical services like24 x 7 supply of quality water, metering of water connections, complete automatic generation of utility bills by application system, enhanced city security & safety, citizen-based mobile apps

and city portals including increased situational awareness 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 geographic area. It covers over 10,000 square miles from Humber to the Thames estuary and from Buckinghamshire to Lowestoft, servicing approximately 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 sustainable services that include providing safe, clean water, keeping water bills affordable and ensuring that the longterm environmental needs of the region are met.

As part of water management system at Anglian Water, implementing telemetry and integrated leakage and pressure management system can support 50,000 points/connections. The functioning 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.

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 waterfront city under construction in Qatar that is intended to be

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the biggest domestic real estate development in the country. It covers an area of 35 million square meters (377

million square feet) and is located north of Qatar’s capital city of Doha. The vision for the project is to establish a

distinctive 21st-century iconic city that celebrates the unique cultural and geographical heritage of Qatar and the Gulf

Region.

Qatar Kentz was employed as the engineering contractor for the Lusail City storm water

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Open Communication Across the System The iMCC switchgear panels consist of IEDs (Intelligent Electronic Devices) such as power metering units, motor protection relays, soft

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in the event of a power outage in the PAC section.

Safe Mode Shut Down In the event of an unexpected power outage at the

An Artist’s Vision of the Completed Lusail City

pumping station project that consisted of six water pumping stations situated at various locations around the city. Two are storm water pumping stations that will handle storm water and road drainage, two are irrigation pumping stations 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

for the design, detailed engineering, supply and site services for PACs, SCADA systems, 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 monitoring and control. They required a highly functioning system that was also cost-effective.

The Solution FACT SHEET Project Type: Storm Water and Reservoir Station Location: Qatar Applications: Process Control and Monitoring System System Components • Modicon Quantum redundant PAC system • Unity programming software • 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 operation • Safe mode shut down

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Schneider Electric’s was awarded the project because its proposed solution complied with the project’s stringent specifications.

Schneider Electric’s system included the design, engineering, 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 engineering work-station with Vijeo Citect SCADA software with 1500 tags.

The engineering work-stations 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.

There are also five storm water pumps on a duty/standby basis. The pumps are controlled 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 a duty/assist/standby basis equipped with VFDs. At the reservoir, there are three feed pumps on a duty/assist/standby basis.

Pumps are equipped with VFDs and the speeds are mounted together to ensure that the two running pumps operate at the same speed.

The Benefits High System Reliability and Availability through Increased Robustness The high availability network architecture increased the robustness and fault tolerance of the system. The Vijeo Citect server is on a redundant Modbus TCP/IP communication with the Hot-standby PACs ensuring continuous operation for the monitoring, controlling and report generation of the system.

Integrated Solution from Single Supplier Schneider Electric offered

An Aerial View of the Lusail City Development

starters, and VFDs. All these IEDs communicate with the Quantum Hot-standby PAC through the TSXETG3000 gateway.

Continuous, Reliable Operation The power supply for the PAC panels is fed through the Gutor UPS which offers a necessary battery backup of eight hours to help ensure troublefree operation of the PAC unit

pumping stations, it takes 10 minutes for an MOV to close in Safe mode. Provisions have been made to ensure Safe mode shut down of field valves by supplying a separate threephase Gutor UPS unit with a 10-minute backup facility. This has effectively addressed some of the customer’s “pain areas,” as well as complying with stringent project specifications.

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For the Lusail city project, we were eager to work with a partner who is able to support us at all stages of the project: from the design specifications to the after-sales maintenance services.Above all, we needed a partner who could stay flexible all along the lifecycle of the project.

Thomas Cowen Qatar Kentz

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Leveraging Technologyto Create Smart & Sustainable CitizenCentric 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 awardwinning 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.

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SMART WATER SMART CITIES 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 continuously. As cities around the world experience this exploding population growth, the need to ensure they can expand sustainably, operate efficiently and maintain a high quality of life for residents becomes more humongous than it is today. Considering the present stress levels on our environment, almost half the world's population is projected to be living in areas of high water stress by 2030. These statistics emphasize the significance 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, technological and financial viability of water treatment, and availability of safe, potable water to the citizens. There must be adequate provisions for ensuring quality supply, leakage identification, detection of contaminants, avoiding water waste, improving water usage efficiency and reduce non-revenue 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”.

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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 facilitator to improve operational aspects of cities, but a citizencentric approach is an indispensable requisite for governments 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 communication 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 undoubtedly strains the existing city infrastructure & limited availability of resources such as energy and water. To address these challenges by building smart cities that are technologically-enabled while being citizen-centric is the need of the hour. We at Smart Energy Water (SEW) are working with global utilities, governments, and implementation agencies to provide innovative solutions with a focus in areas of citizen engagement, water conservation, energy efficiency, demand response, smart homes, electric vehicles, analytics, etc. Given the forwardthinking 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 leverage latest technologies and achieve a sustainable growth for the betterment of the society at large. This provides companies like ourselves limitless opportunities to contribute by playing an active role in the smart city eco-system.

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 communication & programs to citizens thereby educating and motivating them to improve water use efficiency.

Our solutions provide user friendly interface to control home appliances and help conserve water, thus addressing multiple aspects of smart cities - smart water, smart energy, smart mobility, smart citizens, and smart governance.

Tell us a little about how to make cities smarter. By that, I mean using technology to make ‘water infrastructure’ more responsive.

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 environmental concerns, and unleashing investments towards building a sustainable future. By sustainable future, I mean smart water and energy infrastructure that helps in the efficient use of these valuable resources. It is high time that all stakeholders including governments, policy-makers, industry experts, academicians and citizens, all come together to ensure that the cities that we build are not just the epitome of development, but of sustainable development. Technologies such as

Through Smart H2O app, we look forward to helping billion of global citizens conserve water and BE WATER HEROES.

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, analytics, IoT can help us digitalize 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 technologies that not only digitalize the infrastructure but also bridges the communication gap between agencies and citizens so that they can collaborate and achieve a water and energy sustainable future.

Can you provide me with examples of successful implementations of mobilebased platforms for water utilities?

Deepak: Till date, our most successful project implementation globally has been at one of the largest water utilities 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 customer service levels and increase customer satisfaction. We realized the need to engage customers of the utility such that it would transform the dynamics of utilitycustomer relationship and leverage it to achieve the bigger cause of water sustainability. Thus, we worked closely not just with this utility, but several others that realized the importance of customer engagement to improve business processes, boost service levels and acquire a collabora-

tive approach to achieve water sustainability.

SEW has deployed its award winning cloud platform, Smart Customer Mobile (SCM®) for several global water utilities. Thus, the platform provides the customers an ability to track usage, monitor and manage their bills, payments, leakages, compare usage against similar households, and connect with customers in real time. SCM® facilitates the utilities address majority of customer engagement scenarios aimed at providing rich customer experience through multi-channel integration, real-time communication and personalized digital engagement.

What is SCM®? How can it help municipal corporations and water utilities in India?

Deepak: SCM® is a digital customer engagement web and portal platform that provides self-service capabilities to utility customers. It facilitates a real-time, two-way communication between the utility and its customers, aimed at delivering effective customer engagement, while enhancing operational efficiency and reducing complexity and costs of customer services 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 exponentially increasing population strains the limited availability of water. Considering a

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What other new technologies, besides these, are you developing at SEW?

major part of the economy is still agrarian, dependencies on water resources for domestic as well as commercial purposes is very high. Thus, a major challenge for water utilities and municipal corporations is to ensure availability of safe and potable water for citizens while maintaining adequate supplies for commercial use. The water-scarcity 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 customers 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 segments. Thus, educating utility

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customers and making them aware to proactively save the resources, provide them useful data insights helping them reduce their water footprint and thus, making better choices and informed decisions footprint about water conservation.

Tell us about your project Smart H2O App. How does it help in fighting the drought-like situations?

Deepak: SEW has developed a platform called Smart H2O, which is aimed at facilitating a proactive collaboration 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 downloaded 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 consumers into water heroes providing them an easy-to-use tool needed to establish themselves as water-saving advocates.

Through our app Smart H2O, we look forward to helping billions of global citizens to conserve water and “BE WATER HEROES”. We want to provide them a tool that helps them proactively partner with their utilities, municipal boards and government agencies to improve water usage efficiency and curb any water waste. This is a new

Deepak: Our vision at SEW is to tap advance technologies and innovate solutions that can help build energy and water sustainable future-proof smart cities. Our products are forward thinking, user-friendly and help utilities streamline customer service processes, simplify customer interactions, and reduce operational cost while improving customer engagement 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-intuitive and enabled with selfservice capabilities. We keep on adding value through regular product improvisations and enhancements that delivers value and a novel experience for the users through customer analytics, detailed interaction metrics, business intelligence (BI) for customer contacts.

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 minimal effort and investment in deployment. We closely work with global clients to understand their specific needs and align our platforms accordingly. Considering our innovation and development team is continuously working on understanding the needs, trends, challenges and best practices prevalent in different markets, 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 projects was for a large water utility in North America that serves millions of customers.

The huge customer base of the utility offered an opportunity as well as a challenge because while the successful implementation helped SEW establish product’s competence and uniqueness, at the same time it challenged our team to work harder to achieve successful deployment. However, SEW completed 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 conservation measures.

Will you be customizing solutions for the complex Indian market?

Finally, what do you want city-leaders and Smart City CEOs to know about Smart Energy Water (SEW)?

Deepak: All our platforms have been developed with technologies and interfaces that they cater to specific requirements of global utilities. Thus, they can be easily deployed across geographies with minimal configuration

Deepak: At SEW, our focus has always been on customer-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 solutions have inbuilt smart data analytical capabilities that provide utilities with critical business insights basis the consumption data, usage pattern and trend analysis.

Through the successful deployments and implementations of our cloud based platforms, 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 transformation of several global utilities that help them realign their business models through effective customer engagement.

The key highlight of our platforms and implementations is that these can be easily customized, configured and replicated according to the specific requirements of businesses. The technical competency of our team is our strength as we have on-board industry experts with several years of experience in technology, and energy and utility sector. They bring with them insights, experience, and know-how of global best practices that can be easily emulated in the Indian market.

We have a very strong partner eco-system that help us further augment our delivery 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 combined 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 technologies.

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 (bacterial 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 particular, 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 common sludge treatment plant for the two treatment plants will be equipped with SUEZ’s Degrémont® technologies (Sedipac™ and Digelis™) that will recover the biogas produced into electricity in order to make the plant self-sufficient.

SUEZ has been supporting the city of Bangalore for 20 years in its water resources management. The group has built, and now operates drinking 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 drinking water supply to 500,000 inhabitants by using helium gas to reduce significantly water leakages on the network.

“The long partnership between SUEZ and BWSSB is based on a common commitment to offer quality drinking water and wastewater services to Bangalore’s inhabitants. It

illustrates the Group's ability to provide reliable and locallytailored solutions to the growing challenge of access to drinking water and sanitation in large municipalities such as

Bangalore but also Mumbai, New Delhi, and Kolkata”, says Marie-Ange Debon, SUEZ Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the 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?

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Please elaborate on the technologies which will be used in this project?

Mr. Bhan: The group will equip the new wastewater treatment 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 content of less than 10 mg/L. The common sludge treatment plant for the two wastewater treatment plants will be equipped with SUEZ’s Degremont® technologies (Sedipac™ and Digelis™) that will recover into electricity 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 wastewater 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 production for cogeneration.

Mr. Bhan: SUEZ’s first commitment is to participate in the modernization of India’s water infrastructure. The group is supporting 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 strikingly similar issues, important among them being ageing water networks, 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 optimizing distribution networks, leakage management, smart network systems and infrastructure condition diagnosis and assessment. It also includes ensuring water quality in distribution systems.

Regarding leak management, for example, SUEZ has introduced 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 inefficient. 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 treatment 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 million 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 expertise 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 universally 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 residents. A smart city would

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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 solutions, Smart City is an area where it can showcase the right pumping technologies for saving energy, reducing water wastage, using renewable power source to power

pumping system and having an informed intelligent automated system, which would help plug unnecessary wasteful 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 knowhow and helping companies and governments implement smart pumping solutions in an efficient and effective manner.

Grundfos worldwide has experience and expertise in providing smart water pumping solutions, 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 constant 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 WATER SMART CITIES 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 technology and user-friendly.

Smart cities need to ensure 24x7 uninterrupted water supply. Tell us, in detail, about Grundfos’ Demand Driven Distribution pressure control system.

S a n j e e v : Demand-Driven Distribution is aimed at providing equated pressure supply to all consumers in a network and in the process, reduce energy bills, reduce water leakage in the system, reduce stress on pipes which would possibly 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

is based on multi-pump operation 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 energy is used that eventually helps in reducing the carbon footprint. The Demand-Driven Distribution system is an innovative water management pumping solutions aims at minimising cost and energy

and limit water losses in a 24X7 water distribution system by effective pressure control.

An efficient sewage system would be another key as-

pect. Do you have intelligent products for the same?

Sanjeev: Grundfos pumping solution for wastewater/ sewage application thinks beyond just power savings. It looks at providing efficient pumping solutions throughout the sewage treatment processes of collection, transfer, treatment, 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 handle a consistency 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 moni t o r i n g through sensors is the only option to monitor 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

intelligently depending upon the actual site conditions.

For Sewage Network, we have specially designed Online 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 addressing 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 systematic 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-

term ones are the flood control stations designed and executed by local bodies and consultants 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 mounted on a trailer with crane and accessories for pumps in place.

On the long-term ones, Grundfos in India has successfully executed along with 7 years O&M a major flood control station in Mumbai that not only included 8 numbers of pumps with the discharge capacity of each pump - 6000 liters per second pumps control and SCADA/ Automation, etc. Grundfos has also executed 4 projects (Pumps plus SCADA/ Automation) with the Kolkata Municipal Corporation of nearly the similar 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 considers the entire pumping system. Grundfos optimizes the way pumps’ measurement and communication units work

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 systems more efficient.

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These are just a few examples 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-

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 individual water meters, a consumer has no incentive to save,” says Planning Manager Jens

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

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Collaboration across the value chain is essential to building resilient cities.

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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, flooding and an inadequate or aging water infrastructure.

Copenhagen has Almost Cut Water Consumption in

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Without individual water meters, a consumer has no incentive to save.

Jens Andersen Planning Manager - Greater Copenhagen Utility Company

One city that has successfully met the challenge of diminishing water supplies is Copenhagen. The Danish capital 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 Astonishing Water Losses Like many other waterwise 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 listening 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 Jens Andersen, Photo Courtesy Christian Andersson.

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According to the WRG report, many cities have also found that if they simply

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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’ technologies such as the Demand Driven Distribution pressure control system developed by Grundfos can save both water and money by delivering optimal water pressure at any given time, says Group Vice President Tao Bindslev, who heads up the company’s Water Utility business.

“This system can automatically monitor grid use patterns 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 underground, 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 consultants at every point in the water cycle on creating sustainable urban designs for water management systems.”

Money and Ecology are Major 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 information 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.

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There is no ‘Distant Oasis’ A study by the US environmental 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 sustainable and cost-effective way to address water shortages.

One of the most effective ideas of all, the authors argue, would be for municipal water managers 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 technologies such as lined canals and improved delivery systems.

The farmers, meanwhile, would benefit from the subsidy and experience increased productivity.

Cities are Ready Despite the obvious challenges, Seth Schultz is convinced that cities are both willing 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 optimistic. 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 sensors.

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 company uses automatic, independent processes in its organizational 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 component of the IoT process.

When fitted to an object, different sensors can be connected to local and global communication networks. The final step in the process is to analyze the data on networked computers or in a cloud. IoT processes are highly customized and are undergoing continuous development.

Automatic Flash Flood Warning for Swift Protection 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 problem, they provide no viable solution.

Which is why an IoT solution 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 transmits water levels and pressure data via the GSM mobile phone network by SMS, email or FTP to those responsible in order to issue flood warnings before tragedy strikes.

Reliable Flash Flood Alert The U.S. National Weather Service records weatherrelated fatalities, defined by the particular weather condition. In 2013, the NWS reported 82 fatalities over 21 states related to flash and river flooding. Of these 82, 45% occurred in a vehicle, likely

heavy rain, surprising unsuspecting motorists. A subsequent lawsuit cost the city nearly US$ 500,000 in the settlement.

Inefficient Manual Solutions At the time of the accident, city workers were tasked with driving to the roadway site to visually monitor for roadway wash over conditions. When wash over appeared imminent, a crew would erect barricades to block the roadway.

However, as rain/flash flood events often occurred overnight, or at times when workers might not be available, this method proved unreliable. Unpredictable conditions made it difficult to ensure that operating procedures be strictly followed. City maintenance managers recognized that an automated solution must be implemented to reliably alert them to imminent roadway wash-overs.

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ty to send remote alerts to maintenance workers making them aware of the imminent roadway wash overs regardless of the time of day.

After consulting KELLER America, a system including the GSM and an Acculevel submersible level transmitter was specified for installation at key locations prone to flooding. KELLER America

Flood Alert by GSM Remote Data Transmission Unit and Data Logger GSM-2

trying to cross flooded roadways.

Life-Threatening Weather Conditions In one case in a municipality in southern California, a vehicle was swept away resulting in the death of the driver. The incident occurred on a bridge, which is frequently washed over by flash flood waters during periods of

After extensive online research, city officials identified the KELLER GSM i remote data transmission unit as a possible solution. This GSM unit operates by transmitting water level or pressure data over GSM cellular networks. Level data can be collected via a variety of instruments, which provide either standard analog (420mA, 0-5 VDC, 0-10VDC, etc.) or digital RS485 i / SDI12 i outputs. The primary advantage of this system is the abili-

GSM Software

provided technical support for the setup, installation, and programming of the system, allowing the responsible city workers to receive an SMS alert indicating rising water.

After the implementation, the city transitioned from manually placed, temporary barricades to permanent swinging gates, which close when flash floods occur.

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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 necessary. Smart Water systems are needed in order to make an effective use of water resources, and provide an efficient water infrastructure to a country that experiences droughts and shortages of

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water every year. For example, 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 throughout 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 desalination and use of recycled water, and by managing the overall circulation of water around the city efficiently.

The concept of an intelligent water system is essential

for integrating water treatment systems with information 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 technologies are: • The integration of formerly

isolated legacy systems to achieve citywide efficiencies 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 consideration, e.g. Achieving a 100% efficient distribution of water supply and sanitation.

• According to the Ministry of Urban Development

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SMART WATER SMART CITIES (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 projects can all be financed using the governments’ preferred Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) model.

• The successful implementation of smart city solutions needs effective horizontal and vertical coordination between various institutions providing various municipal amenities, as well as effective coordination between the central government, state governments, and local government agencies on various issues related to financing and sharing of best practices and service 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 technologies in India.

You promote cities with three values: livability, workability, and sustainability. Please explain.

Pratap: At Smart Cities Council India, we envision a world where digital technology and intelligent design have been harnessed to create smart, sustainable cities with high-quality living and highquality jobs.

Thus, we promote cities that embody our three core values of livability, workability, and sustainability as a guideline, so as to work to create a clean and healthy environment, 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 another 237 projects are in the tendering stage. So while things have progressed slowly until now, there are very encouraging signs that India’s Smart City Mission will be successful. Further 82 out of 99 cities now have functional Special Purpose Vehicles, who monitor, assess and implement their cities smart city projects. 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 360degree view of the key functions for managing the city.

The center enables city officials 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 companies 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 performance and service delivery of water in cities, and its preparedness 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 contribution 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 Readiness Guide’? Does it help urban planners, in terms of water management?

Pratap: The India Readiness Guide is a conceptual roadmap to address growth strategies, by focusing on universal principles that unite key areas of a city. It was assembled with input from

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 assimilate 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 confident, educated choices about the technologies that can transform their city.

What are the most successful “smart water technology initiatives” you've seen globally? Could these be easily replicated in Indian cities?

Pratap: One of the most successful smart water technology 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 applications. The solution consists of advanced metering for water, electricity, gas and lighting applications, all connected by a singular, centralized system.

The network securely transmits and receives data to help utilities and co-ops make better decisions now and in the future. What often begins as smart metering can develop into a more robust grid modernization effort that supports wide-ranging system measurement and control.

Such a system can be replicated 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 technological overhaul would require foreign expertise and investments, as well as a countrywide motivation to make India a global leader in smart cities technology.

Can you cite any governments doing a particularly good job with policy to promote smarter and more sustainable cities?

Pratap: The Singapore government is doing a particularly good job with the policy

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One of the most successful smart water technology initiatives I’ve seen globally has been the Sensus Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) solution from Sensus, by Xylem. to promote smarter and more sustainable cities. There, they refer to it as a “Smart Nation”, rather than a collective mission of smart cities – a master plan for development, to become a global technology leader. This is driven by the Singapore governments deregulated economic structure and tech-powered infrastructure. The countries many incubator spaces, government contract incentives, and coding programs entice start-ups and entrepreneurs.

The country has a ‘technocen-

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tric’ vision for future progress, which aids the government’s powerful push to make Singapore smart.

What is a favourite innovative smart city pilot or water project you've seen recently, outside of India?

Pratap: Recently, there was a project undertaken jointly by the University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science and School of Geography and the Environment. Their project uses machine learning meth-

ods to track the “health” of the water system under handpumps in rural, poor regions of the developing world, using low-cost sensors mounted in the pump handles. At scale, this has enabled the handpump infrastructure across Sub-Saharan Africa to begin transforming into a largescale, distributed network for monitoring water supplies.

This project addresses the rising concerns about shallow groundwater quantities in many countries and is also relevant to the sustainable development of drinking water supply in rural areas in many parts of the world.

Additionally, the introduction of information technology in hand pump management is revolutionary for intensifying and enhancing the resolution of shallow groundwater monitoring in a sustainable manner.

What is so fascinating about this project, is that it addresses a basic issue for rural communities around the world in a cost-effective, yet efficient manner. The simple monitoring of hand-pumps can not only decrease the workload of those who yet walk miles just to get their families drinking water, but also maximize the use of clean water and bring the wastage down to almost nothing.

What will be your role in helping Indian cities get smart in next 5 years?

Pratap: The aim of the Smart Cities Council India is to provide the latest updates about what is happening on the smart cities development front, gather and disseminate resources, collate industry data and showcase achievements in this segment.

We work with private com-

panies and local and state governments in India to showcase the potential of smart city technology in India and bring it to the forefront of the countries agenda. We believe that smart city technology has the power to transform India, and are working tirelessly to achieve that dream.

Subsequently, Smart Cities Council India is proud to host the ‘Smart Urbanation 2018’, India’s leading platform for government and private stakeholders to dialogue and derive decisive ways to outline India’s urban reality and future strengthened with the technological revolution.

Now in its 5th year, the Summit, a highly interactive conference and expo, showcases cutting-edge technologies, real-world solutions and proven strategies that India needs to build more livable, workable, sustainable cities.

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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-operation 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 officially 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, contribute to poverty eradication, improved regulation in the field of water and furthermore support the export opportunities 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

Today, one wastewater treatment plant in Udaipur city treats around 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.

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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 Production at the Wastewater Treatment Plant

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-

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 network, 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 A Bridge by the Lake Pichola in Udaipur

ered by the cooperation.

Following the discussions with the Indian partners, cooperation will be sought in the following areas:

Reduction of Water Loss Udaipur wants to establish a stable water supply all round the clock. Today there is only pressure on the drinking water system a few hours daily, and in some places not even on a daily basis. The

Udaipur is a tourist destination - 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 wastewater 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), production and distribution of drinking 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 treatment plants.

The cooperation agreement must support increased relations between India and Denmark, contribute to poverty eradication, improved regulation in the field of water and furthermore support the export opportunities of the Danish water sector in India.

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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 regulators globally are working with water companies to help them become more resilient in response to global megatrends such as climate and demographic change,” explains Ian Gray, who leads Arup’s water asset management 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 mitigates the risks posed by shocks and stresses both old and new. To inform the strategy, we worked with Welsh Water to create a resilience framework based on the bestpractice approach we developed with The Rockefeller Foundation in our City Resilience Index.

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Water systems are the lifeblood of a city and are increasingly coming under strain.The question we’re tackling is how we can understand 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, environment and interconnection with communities and stakeholders across the water basin.We are establishing a framework to assess the water resilience of cities in a holistic and pragmatic way Dr. Mark Fletcher Global Water Leader, Arup

DCWW’s previous research had shown that its customers place particular emphasis on the reliability of essential services. Above all, they want DCWW to provide

safe drinking water and to protect the environment. Our team incorporated these needs into the resilience framework.

“We mapped the things

that customers had told DCWW were important to them onto the likely shocks and stresses that we’d worked with Cardiff University to identify,” explains Louise Ellis,

who managed the project.

“These included factors such as more extreme weather caused by climate change, and the need to upgrade infrastructure 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 creating a resilient Wales. This created a much broader understanding of customer benefits than what would have been possible had the review focused on just the water company. The framework uses a maturity matrix to assess the current resilience of the business and identify different actions to improve it along with the investment required.

These scenarios form part of DCWW’s Water 2050 Vision, which Arup helped to deliver.

The Water 2050 Vision is now out for consultation with customers. By the end of July, DCWW had already received more than 2,000 responses to an interactive survey of customer attitudes to water and environmental issues. The answers to this will help it prioritize investment, including resilience, over the coming 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 system. Climate change and rapid urbanization are placing an increasing strain on water resources, with cities expected 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

ambition is to create a global standard for water resilience assessment that informs planning and investment decisions.

The framework will recognize 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 articulates the resilience of an urban

Valve Tower on the Upper Neuadd Reservoir, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

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system in an accessible, evidence-based and measurable way to inform planning, development and investment decisions. The Index has underpinned the 100 Resilient Cities programme, pioneering the concept of resilience worldwide and leading to cities around the world seeking to improve their resilience.

Dr. Mark Fletcher, Arup Global Water Leader said: “Water systems are the lifeblood of a city and are increasingly coming under strain. The question we’re tackling is how we can understand 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, environment, and interconnection with communities and stakeholders 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

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 to shocks and stresses to their water system. Climate change and rapid urbanization are placing an increasing strain on water resources, with cities expected to experience increasingly frequent flooding and water shortages new knowledge and practical tools to enable cities to assess and plan for resilience. Our aim is not only to help cities

identify key vulnerabilities, but also to improve their decision-making so they can prepare for a changing future.”

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 attention everywhere to 100 Resilient Cities? What is this project all about?

Michael: 100 Resilient Cities - Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation (100RC) is dedicated to helping 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

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For the first time in history, more than 50% of the earth’s population lives in cities and threequarters of the world’s GDP is concentrated in cities.

earth’s population lives in cities and three-quarters of the world’s GDP is concentrated in cities. These cities are increasingly connected and interdependent and they are all increasingly susceptible to the effects of climate change.

All of this makes our cities vulnerable. 100RC helps cities prepare for both fast and slow-moving disasters including sudden and unexpected disruption such as earthquakes, floods, disease outbreaks, etc. but also the stresses that weaken the fabric of a city on a day to day or cyclical basis. Examples of

these stresses include high unemployment; an overtaxed or inefficient public transportation system; endemic violence; or chronic food and water shortages. By addressing 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 populations. 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 healthcare 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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SMART WATER SMART CITIES systems made of an array of smaller, distinct actors like government agencies, local businesses, and offices of international organizations; and they often don’t communicate or interact with one another as much as they should; • Second, the solutions cities develop are often not treated as scalable knowledge.

Cities regularly solve problems that already have been addressed by other cities, when instead they could be modifying solutions and lessons learned in other cities, tailoring them to be more cost-efficient and effective.

They do this by working across government departments to help cities address and understand their own complexities; bringing together a wide array of stakeholders 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 network 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 society, 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 collaboration we have developed a set of strategic partnerships with

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global industry leaders and innovators, including curating a platform of resilience-building 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 solutions 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 project? What was the procedure 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 competition that took places in three stages over three years.

As we had over 1100 applications 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 different kinds of cities with different kinds of challenges in different geographies. We also looked for city leadership that was progressive and committed to participating in the network and putting the city through the resilience strategy process. Each city also had to have a reason for joining - a recent shock or increasingly problematic stress that motivates it to want to do this work. And finally, we wanted each city to have something to

By 2030, India is expected to have 87 cities with a population exceeding 1 million and is expected to add 300 million urban residents to cities by 2050.This creates an expected USD 1.5 trillion infrastructure demand per year for the next decade. Each of the four Indian cities in our network is also a ‘smart city’and we want to use these four as pilots for what it can mean to be both Smart and Resilient in India. offer to the network - an expertise it could teach as well as knowledge gaps it wanted to fill by learning from other cities. Surat, which joined the network in the first wave of admissions in 2013, became the first city in India to release a comprehensive Resilience Strategy in April 2017. Since then we have been working closely with the CRO and the Commissioner to implement a number of projects with a focus on cleaning up the River Tapi and improving last mile connectivity to make the city’s public transport system more effective. Chennai and Pune have CROs on board and will release preliminary resilience assessments shortly and Jaipur is currently interviewing CRO candidates and will appoint one in the first quarter of this year. Membership in the 100RC network is 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 to collaboration on water and waste management. In early 2016, Chennai hosted a water management workshop to discuss best practice management of the Pallikarani Marsh to protect the city from flooding. Our Indian cities are also taking a lead globally. Earlier this year, Pune Commissioner Kunal Kumar joined our global City Leaders Advisory

Committee to advise 100RC on policy and advocacy strategies and help us identify and prioritize key urban issues.

What are the economic challenges for resilient cities?

Michael: Building resilience in a city is the work of a generation. It takes time and requires forward-thinking investment. Cities do not have the luxury of solving singular problems but rather need to invest more wisely so that solutions can deliver multiple benefits and solve multiple problems with single interventions. While this can be cost efficient in the long run, it often requires higher investment up front and this can be difficult for city leaders, budget planners and investors alike. As much as the CRO works to break down munici-

pal government silos and encourage inter-department collaboration, there also needs to be collaboration across balance sheets so that the city knows it is getting the most out of every dollar spent.

What are the most successful “smart water technology initiatives” you've seen globally, and could these be easily replicated in other cities?

Michael: Many of the most successful water initiatives that we’ve seen at work in our network can be replicated and our cities are studying how to adapt these solutions for local use. In Rotterdam for example, they have developed water parks that serve as water retention ponds in wet weather and as public parks when it’s dry - easing the pressure on drainage systems and improving social cohesion. In New York, the city is working on what it calls the ‘Big U’ - as sea wall with public parkland and community spaces incorporated - that will protect lower Manhattan from sea level rise. In Singapore, they are converting concrete drainage canals into streams and parkland improving water management, biodiversity and adding more green space for social cohesion and improved health outcomes. In Jakarta, the city is studying how community-scale waste water treatment facilities can give 8 million more residents access to piped sewerage.

In Surat, we are working with the city on a major clean up and improvement of the River Tapi and its waterfront.This will not only improve access to clean drinking water, it will also strengthen the relationship Surtis have with their river improving transportation and health outcomes and helping to protect the river for future generations.

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We have four cities in India in the 100RC network: Chennai,Jaipur, Pune and Surat. Surat became the first city in India to release a comprehensive Resilience Strategy in April 2017. Chennai hosted a water management workshop in 2016 to discuss best practice management of the Pallikarani Marsh to protect it from flooding. Pune Commissioner Kunal Kumar has joined our global City Leaders Advisory Committee to advise 100RC on policy and advocacy strategies and help us identify key urban issues.

While many of these solutions don’t necessarily rely on cutting edge technology, new and innovative technology is essential for gathering and understanding the data necessary to know that you’re developing the right solution and making the right investment. This is where we can see the difference that new technology can bring to solutions that have been tried and tested around the world.

“Water safety and security” is a major issue nowadays. Do you address it?

Michael: Water safety and security is a major issue for most cities in the world. Over 70% of all the cities that applied to be in the 100RC network cited water - either too much, too little, or both as a key concern and reason for wanting to join the network. Nearly all of the 36 City Resilience Strategies that have been released to date contain initiatives that address the city’s relationship with water in some way. Our cohort of Platform Partners includes about 20 organizations that deal with water, climate change and related risk mitigation. In Rotterdam we held a network learning exchange on best practice water management strategies.

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In Cape Town, we are working closely with city leadership to better understand the impact of and help the city prepare for the dams potentially running dry in April should current drought interventions not succeed. Here in India, in Surat we are working with the city on a major clean up and improvement of the River Tapi and its waterfront. This will not only improve access to clean drinking water, it will also strengthen the relationship Surtis have with their river improving transportation and health outcomes and helping to protect the river for future generations.

Can you cite any governments doing a particularly good job with policy to promote more resilient, more sustainable cities?

Michael: One model many cities look to instructively is Singapore. As a small island with little to no natural resources, the government has had to be extremely prudent in how it manages development, land use and resources and it has made a concerted effort to build a clean, green and healthy city.

More than 30% of the city is covered in green space and with new policies intended to encourage vertical greening,

this number will only grow.

Another city we often cite as a model for good governance is Rotterdam in the Netherlands. As a low-lying coastal city, Rotterdam has long faced water challenges and has become expert at water management. However, as a port city with an incredibly diverse population, Rotterdam also began to develop social cohesion challenges. The city has found many ways to tackle its water and social issues together and has even begun to export their expertise to other cities. Just last year, Rotterdam and Surat signed a series of MOUs to work together on water and waste management challenges. In late 2017, Santiago de Chile hosted a network exchange for several cities including Jakarta, Sydney, Miami and Manchester to discuss best practice metropolitan governance and collaboration across metro-regional boundaries.

This rich exchange will provide further insight for the rest of our network in terms of best practice governance approaches to embedding resilience into the fabric of cities.

one thing that is clear is that cities need to make smarter investments that will yield financial and resilience benefits in long term. In order to achieve this, some of the cities in our network have been successful in applying for grants from national governments or issuing bonds. Some of the cities in our network have used the city resilience framework to re-orient the entire city budget to ensure spending addresses priorities in a holistic and inclusive way.

In India, this will mean close collaboration between city, state and national governments to ensure that spending priorities and the impact on cities are genuinely understood and informed by solid analytics and accounting. Ultimately, any city that can find a way to monetize the resilience dividend will be successful in finding funding for thoughtful, well-designed projects that make the city more resilient.

India has planned to develop its 100 Smart Cities over the next few decades.

What can these cities learn

from the 100 Resilient Cities project?

Michael: There is a huge opportunity for cities in India to be both Smart and Resilient. India’s cities are growing faster than almost anywhere else in the world. By 2030, India is expected to have 87 cities with a population exceeding 1 million and is expected to add 300 million urban residents to cities by 2050. This creates an expected USD 1.5 trillion infrastructure demand per year for the next decade. While this is an enormous challenge, it also presents an opportunity to reimagine India’s cities using smart, resilient infrastructure and innovative, data-driven solutions. Each of the four Indian cities in our network is also a Smart city and we want to use these four as pilots for what it can mean to be both Smart and Resilient in India.

Part of this is about using data to inform both problem framing and solution development but it’s also about investing for multiple benefits and designing smart solutions that protect the city’s most vulnerable populations.

How should the city planners finance their city development initiatives?

Michael: Deep, strategic collaboration between resilience and finance practitioners is crucial for a truly resilient city. It is vital to integrate resilience into operational and financial decisionmaking processes. This means bringing key financial and resilience stakeholders to the table to align planned expenditure with desired resilience outcomes.

In order to secure funding, resilience practitioners and city planners need to be able to quantify the economic value of potential investments in resilience which will allow them to prioritize and costjustify resilience-building interventions.

While there is no one right solution for every city model,

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 solutions 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.

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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.

Ralph Exton

INCORPORATING MODERN DIGITAL design trends and best practices, the latest InSight release from SUEZ offers users greater visibility and transparency into the operations they manage - whether at an enter-

prise, plant or even asset level.

Improved visualizations - including a new geomap feature - and simplified navigations aim to make InSight easier to use, while expanded reporting and file management features enable sharing and analysis of key data points at all levels of an organization.

“As one of our core digital solutions, it’s crucial that InSight continues 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 Geomap Feature Displays a Map View of the Location of Plants and Assets as well as Important Metrics Such as Overall Health and Other KPIs

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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 Marketing Officer, SUEZ - Water Technologies & Solutions.

The new enhancements to InSight include four main capabilities:

Geomap and Asset Fleet View

New data-oriented views provide easy access to the information used on a daily basis.

Multi-site Reporting InSight’s expanded multi-site reporting capability provides a new level of visibility and transparency to an organization.

New dashboards provide enhanced views of all the assets managed and key performance indicators across multiple plants.

Enhanced File Management

Modernized User Interface and Navigation

Users are offered additional structure and flexibility within the file management feature of InSight.

An Example of the Trending Feature in Action, Monitoring Asset Performance Over a Monthly Period.

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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.

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-

PUB, SINGAPORE’S NATIONAL water agency, recently held a ground-breaking 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.

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The deep tunnels in Phase 2 will connect to the existing deep tunnels in Phase 1 serving 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 reclamation 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 tunnelling 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 microtunnelling method known as pipe jacking.

The conveyance system in Phase 2 will incorporate advanced technologies to

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 longterm. sion protection – especially against microbiologicallyinfluenced corrosion, with an additional water-tight membrane coating the tunnel section 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)

Concrete Segmental Tunnel (Primary Lining) Inner Secondary Lining (MIC* Resistant Concrete) Water proof Lining

HDPE Lining HDPE Lining *MIC - Microbiological Induced Corrosion

tions of its air-flow management system.

Advanced maintenance features of the deep tunnels include the use of embedded fibre optics for remote sensing and monitoring of structural integrity, and tunnel shafts innovatively designed with gates to isolate tunnel sections for used water flow diversion, enabling safe maintenance access with no disruption to used water conveyance.

“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

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-effective and sustainable solution to support Singapore’s continued growth and meet its longterm needs for used water collection, treatment, reclamation and disposal.

The DTSS uses deep tunnel sewers to convey used water entirely by gravity to centralised WRPs located at the coastal areas. The used water is then treated and further purified into ultra-clean, high-grade reclaimed water called NEWater, with excess treated effluent discharged to the sea.

DTSS Phase 1, comprising

Integrating DTSS Phases 1 and 2

DTSS is a more cost-effective and sustainable way of meeting Singapore’s used water needs and securing NEWater supply for the future than simply 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 sustainability for the future", said Mr Yong Wei Hin, Director of

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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 conveyance system comprises the South Tunnel which conveys domestic used water, the Industrial Tunnel for nondomestic 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 developments such as Tengah Town and Jurong Lake District.

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 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 centralized collection and treatment 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 intermediate 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%

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: MicrobiologicalInfluenced 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 present and from gaseous fumes in the sewer environment. For tunnel sections that undercross the sea, an additional water-proof membrane layer is installed between the concrete segment and the secondary 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.

Isolation Gates Shafts are designed with gates to be lowered into the deep tunnels, temporarily isolating 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 minimise 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 downstream, 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 diversified and sustainable supply of water for Singapore with the Four National Taps (local catchment water, imported water, NEWater, desalinated water).

Advanced Features of New DTSS Superhighway

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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 lenges from difficult terrain and tight deadlines, the project 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 collaborative design approach using Bentley software.

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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 southeast of Canberra, Australia’s national capital. Googong Township Proprietary Limited (GTPL), a newly formed partnership, is developing the area into a self-contained community comprising schools, parks, shops, businesses, and 6,200 homes for 18,000 residents. Given that severe water restrictions and

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the construction of expensive desalination plants in recent years have not sufficiently relieved the New South Wales region from the effects of a 10year drought, GTPL incorporated 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 significant 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 people. To begin the cycle MWH had to tap into the main supply 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 rainwater were also needed to be collected and pumped into the water recycling plant to be filtered 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 washing. Facing complex chal-

Harnessing resources from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Pune, India, MWH required collaborative software to seamlessly integrate workflows among the multisite 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 drafting in our Pune, India, office.

We used ProjectWise® to control the models and drawings,” explained MWH head CAD designer Terry Sowden.

Implementing an integrated design approach using Bentley Navigator allowed MWH to simultaneously deliver drawings and models with managed version control, and capitalize on the time difference between Australia and India to keep the project moving along the tight schedule.

MWH used 3D modeling from concept through detailed

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SMART WATER SMART CITIES 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

design, including earthwork, roads, structures, piping, and mechanical equipment.

Information mobility kept design and construction on schedule. The team used automatic signoff to issue drawings and models, and i-models kept data integrity to the client on site. MWH used 3D models, via Navigator and imodels, 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 various 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 construction. This saved significant time that might otherwise be spent making costly changes later in the process.

Accurate Modeling Establishes Freshwater Connection With

Googong’s

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potable water being fed from a single water line to Canberra, MWH had just a six-day tie-in window to tap into the city’s water supply before the supply to Canberra was threatened. Precise modeling was crucial to establishing the DN1800 pipe connection within this time constraint. The spool pieces for the pipe that were designed based on the plant model and they had to be absolutely millimeter perfect and had to fit within the inconsistent incline of the pipe. With four circumferential welds required to attach the spools, each taking six hours to complete, there was no room for error. MWH relied on Bentley software to create intelligent collaborative models enabling the team to streamline design and analysis and ensure accuracy to fit the spools and keep the project on schedule.

Within the six-day tie-in period, each day was predicated on the success of the prior day’s work, with the fifth day being the most crucial as the final spool was to be fitted.

“There were a lot of nervous people monitoring the progress on site and through

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 irrigation.

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Another challenge facing MWH was managing the site constraints of the Googong area. Located on a six-meter sloping terrain overlaying rock formations, the AUD 7 million water treatment project required optimum cut-and-fill ratios to minimize costly rock excavation for the underground piping and services.

MWH used PlantWise® to lay out the yard piping separated in three strata with services on top, process piping in the middle, and drainage on the bottom. Working with many gravity-fed pipes that required a 300 millimeter separation between each pipe and numerous pipe crossings, MWH needed to accurately define the location of the directional changes within the model and accommodate changes in real time from construction crews already onsite.

With the Export Coordinates function in Bentley PlantWise, MWH was able to input thousands of coordinates for each separate pipe and automatically export that information to an Excel spreadsheet. Using this function accelerated information sharing allowing design and construction to occur simultaneously. “While we were still designing, the construction 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, construction, and design issues using 3D modeling enabled MWH to meet an aggressive deadline and minimize risk.

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 piping, the above-ground facilities had a limited footprint imposed by the developers to allow more space to accommodate homes as well as to minimize noise to the residences. The above-ground pumps needed to be shielded by the bioreactor wall from the homes for noise prevention and had to maintain an equivalent gap on all sides for maintenance purposes. 3D collaborative modeling was essential to meeting these requirements, and enhanced communication among the designers and constructors to ensure plant integrity.

Advancing Water Management With an integrated design approach using ProjectWise (collaboration and model control), Bentley plant design applications (piping design), AECOsim Building Designer (BIM), InRoads® (civil design), and Navigator (3D model reviews), MWH delivered its drawings on time and met the project deadline. The project delivery team brought life to the 3D plant models using LumenRT, Bentley’s immersive visualization software, integrating fly-through animations and presenting the water-efficient design during township consultations. The 3D visualizations helped instill Googong’s residents with a richer understanding of project intent and revealed where the plant would situate in the greenfield development.

Bentley’s collaborative software enabled MWH to work closely with constructors, providing valuable information including material take-offs, tabulated 3D coordinates, and spool piece equipment lists to minimize construction costs. Engaging operations, construction, maintenance, and design staff during the model reviews

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It’s a great pleasure to recognize the outstanding team that delivered the Googong Water Recycling Plant, which was delivered to a high standard and on a tight time frame.The client has voiced appreciation, noting, in particular, the stakeholder challenges through which the MWH team helped them to navigate.

Marshall Davert President, MWH Global

helped identify clashes, minimize changes during construction, and reduce operational costs. The real payoff, however, is that wastewater from Googong homes is now treatable and the new integrated water cycle will reduce potable water consumption by 62 percent.

Aidan Mercer

About the Author Aidan Mercer joined Bentley in 2010 and is currently Industry Marketing Director for water and wastewater, electric and gas, communications, and government.

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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 demand for scalable and open 3D design models?

Shaun: There is growing emphasis on applications that can plan, design, operate, and maintain water and wastewater treatment infrastructure more intelligently, specifically applications that include support for the electrical, mechanical equipment,

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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 engineering models that allow information to be preserved, augmented, 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 engineering efficiencies should be

enabled by clash detection, design review, cost estimation, online vendor equipment, piping and electrical components catalog, material management, and construction planning, sequencing, and monitoring.

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 handover process - a critical factor for a treatment plant since handover demands absolute engineering accuracy. This detailed information becomes the driver of a highly intelligent, consistently accurate model that supports excellence in form, function, and output during the entire oper-

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Have measurable benefits been achieved to the degree that an industry best practice has emerged for these “intelligent” design projects?

Shaun: In order to capitalize on the value of digital engineering models, users have determined by consensus that their plant design and analysis solution must have several vital capabilities. Through their successful project implementations, users have proven that intelligent modeling 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 streamline workflows. Here are the system capabilities that are mandatory for successful results: • Multi-discipline Plant Design: The ability to integrate plant design disciplines 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 physical 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 commodities.

• 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 instrumentation systems integrated with piping and mechanical process equipment designs.

Utilize schematic data during design for in-line instrumentation devices.

• P&ID Deliverables Generation: Rapidly create intelligent P&IDs with components verified against project piping specifications. 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 isometrics from multiple 3D sources and automatically produce isometrics. The tagged component information 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 monitoring 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 project data in a connected data environment to provide all relevant professionals access to the latest documentation and facilitated selection of the best possible water quality monitoring equipment. The outcome was that design work was completed 50% faster, documentation quality was 70% greater, errors were limited, project costs shrank, and the workflow process was economical and simplified.

We have been hearing a lot about intelligent P&IDs providing an index for managing tags in the facility and across applications. Can you elaborate?

managing tags in the facility, and to use reality modeling with point clouds and photographs to capture existing plant conditions.

What about modeling structural components?

and share design data, analyze costs, and accelerate project delivery.

Much is said about collaboration in the design phase. Do collaboration, work sharing, and reality modeling lead to added benefits in the handover and operation phases?

Shaun: In intelligent design applications, the types of structural components that can be modeled are not limited. These structural components include beams, columns, braces, slabs, walls, footings, rebar, stairs, circular stairs, handrails, ladders, steel connections, and foundations.

Drawing capabilities include steel fabrication and rebar

Shaun: 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. In this scheme, designs

placing drawings that can be tailored to user standards. As an example, Southern Water took this approach when it needed to incorporate frontend engineering services as a core component of its plan to provide more efficient water and wastewater treatment service to four jurisdictions in South-eastern England. Since the interoperability of the chosen software palette gave the utility a basis for managing FEED (front-end engineering design), it could establish a common platform to gather

are coordinated, work is shared, and plant infrastructure is modeled in a complementary digital design space.

The 3D models and asset information that result from this process remain invaluable in guiding decision-making when the project moves into the operations phase.

Furthermore, this kind of integration syncs critical engineering disciplines and related plant systems and exploits spot-on engineering data for foolproof design performance simulation. The implications

Shaun: Advanced applications make it possible to design and model plant instrumentation systems that are integrated with piping and mechanical process equipment designs. These applications also expedite designs with accurate 3D models of raceways, duct banks, and cable trenches. Additionally, structural disciplines can take

advantage of intelligent modeling for precise detailing of reinforced concrete, metal work, and steel structural projects. Any change in a 3D model can trigger an automatic 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

A truly collaborative, integrated, multidiscipline 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 vanguard modeling technologies are enormous. Now, all the information obtained and aggregated during the design stage has a profound effect on the lifelong successful performance of any project.

What, specifically, is consistently optimized through the deployment of a multi-discipline plant design and analysis solution?

Shaun: Here is a partial list, based on input from our users’ experiences, that outlines optimized results: • Piping stress can be analyzed and simulated for hot and cold operating conditions.

• 3D interference analysis can detect and resolve clashes across 3D piping, structure, equipment, electrical 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, analyzed, and put in context to model brownfield projects and improve their overall quality and integrity.

• Thoroughly dynamic, flexible modeling quickly reveals a wealth of possible design options for infrastructure components, regardless of what form, size, or complexity they possess.

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Navigator, AECOsim Building Designer, OpenPlant, and AutoPLANT to achieve collaborative development of 3D digital engineering models and involve operational teams

drawings were unneeded; clash detection before construction was easier, and model input from operations and maintenance took place during design review.

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-

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 treatment 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 maintaining existing plant operations. The integrated applications quickly created specification-drive pipework, modeled, 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 stakeholders in order to facilitate early-stage feedback.

Impressive outcomes validated 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

How does a multi-discipline, collaborative 3D design model incorporate and utilize BIM methodologies?

oping both strategic and tactical asset management plans.

Could you cite a couple of examples to validate optimization metrics that have already been achieved?

Shaun: Let me give your readers two excellent examples 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 integration of specific assets into new intelligent design models.

These models shared consistent data definitions across 13 facilities as well as the underground network of piping and utilities. Numerous tangible benefits transpired: a 25 percent reduction in modeling costs; coordination time cut by at least 50 percent; model quantities generated in 75 percent less time; and - perhaps best of all - Bentley Navigator’s role in the installation 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

Shaun: 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.

Indeed, BS 1192-3 has been published specifically to extend BIM into the operations and maintenance lifecycle phase of assets.

Leveraging appropriate, reliable, 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 backbone of an information management strategy, implemented for any asset management program. Being able to compare the “as-operated” asset

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 environments • Project cost savings through engineering information management and collaboration among project teams • Better insights into longterm operational performance and understanding of asset reliability • Better understanding of the impact of design decisions on lifecycle performance and costs • Reduction in project startup costs and management of construction costs • Reduction in total expenditure through optimization and control of OPEX and CAPEX

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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 CONFERENCE 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

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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

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Institute of Hydrology (NIH), 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 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 different and region-wise microplanning is needed. Scientists should devise economically and technologically viable solutions for water storage and conservation, he added.

In her address to the conference, Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Sushri Uma Bharti said that rivers are flowing for thousands 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 cultivated among industrialists, farmers and the common man who are using river water.

Water management should be taught in schools and universities, the Minister added.

Union Minister for State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga

Rejuvenation Arjun Ram Meghwal expressed concern that there is no proper regulation on the use of ground water. He said ground water regulation and governance are quite complex and need to be tailored to suit local conditions.

Union Minister for State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Dr. Satya Pal Singh emphasized that an integrated view of water is required. Isolated planning on surface water, ground water, and river water will be a fruitless exercise. He hoped that an integrated view will emerge from this conference.

Delegates from 15 countries attended the conference and 250 research papers were presented, 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 emerging issues related to ground water management.

The conference has taken place at a time when water scenario 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 irrigation water requirement and 50% of industrial and urban water needs are sourced from our ground water resources. Over-exploitation of ground water has started threatening the sustenance of agricultural activities in many key regions in country including Punjab, Bundelkhand, and Rajasthan posing a grave threat to the food security in future. Moreover, climate change is expected to alter the ground water recharge regimes across the country due to increase in extreme rainfall events. Over-exploitation of ground water has also started affecting the ground

water quality in many areas from the geogenic source of contaminants such as arsenic.

The conference discussed these burning issues in 10 focal themes spread over three days. It 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.

The aim of IGWC-2017 was to provide a common platform for policy planner, researchers, academician, water managers, professionals, industrialists, technocrats, researchers and aspirants to discuss and present 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 our ground water resources.

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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

Village Women Working at Naganadhi River Project

AS PART OF the ongoing efforts to bring about a longlasting and inclusive solution to the country's water problems, the Art of Living hosted a conference on “River Rejuvenation” from 5-6

December at its center in 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 crisis 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 global scientists, academics, stake-

holders, policymakers and beneficiaries deliberate upon a roadmap for conserving existing water resources, revive water bodies, plan for sustainable infrastructure for water, and study the socio-economic impact of the river rejuvenation 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,

Government of India, among others.

The conference had sessions on thought-provoking topics such as: Status of river basin across peninsular India, efforts made so far in rejuvenating rivers in India, relevance of Geospatial technology in river rejuvenation, socialeconomic impact assessment in Kumudavathi Basin, impact evaluation of interventions for groundwater recharge, sustainable agriculture and livelihood post river rejuvenation, and role of the Government in river rejuvenation, among others.

The Art of Living has been working to rejuvenate rivers since 2013 and is currently

Terna River in Maharashtra Before and After Restoration

engaged in reviving 33 dying rivers in four states (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala), benefitting 3,000 villages. The conference also aimed to add a major impetus to this movement for water.

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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.

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Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at Vedavtahi Site

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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 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 practice 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

82 countries of the global water community. New ideas were discussed and shared, new collaborations fostered, and new solutions to some of the greatest water, wastewater and sanitation challenges were identified.

Water Professionals were inspired by vision for transformation 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 infrastructure obsessed when working to deliver solutions to the massive gaps in sanitation

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The challenge that the water sector and water professionals have set themselves this week is to turn those challenges and risks into an opportunity that delivers benefits well beyond the water sector - how we, as a sector, can drive the global agenda to meet the needs and expectations of billions of citizens by improving water availability, safety and security.This meeting has brought extra energy and focus on how we address the challenges, manage the risks and identify the opportunities.

Kala Vairavamoorthy Executive Director, International Water Association (IWA)

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provision around the world; and Marco Antonio Cevallos, IWA Development Award for Water Practice set the example for how management vision can lead water utilities in emerging economies to deliver vastly improved services, even to the poorest in society.

Guangzhe Chen, from the World Bank, argued that business, as usual, was not an option if we were to achieve universal access to water and sanitation and established the scale of what lies ahead - we need to find US$ 114 billion per year to reach those goals; Eleanor Allen from Water for All, asked us to explore innovative financing mechanisms to meet the huge investment needed to reach the SDGs, and to seek out non-traditional ways of funding water and sanitation for all; The

renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs introduced 3Ts: Trade Resources; Transform Water for Safe Use; and Traits of crops resistant to drought; and 3Fs Finance, Fairness and Funding; And from South Africa, Dhesigen Naidoo highlighted that dealing with climate 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

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) commits governments to halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing 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 wastewater challenge and reuse opportunity in eight cities across the globe, presenting a roadmap to 2030 and identifying priorities and benefits to meeting SDG target 6.3.

With over 100 exhibitors, including country and thematic pavilions, the exhibition again proved to be a valuable networking place in the congress, where exhibitors and delegates exchanged solutions and innovations to inspire global change.

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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 ECONOMY originated in the solid waste sector but is now extending into water and wastewater, which is why it has been chosen as the headline theme for BlueTech Forum 2018. It is the sustainable alternative to the makeuse-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 regenerating 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 digital 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 optimization of energy consumption. By piping water at lower pressure, not only is less

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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 anticipated, 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 industrial clients, EOSI takes by-products like glycerin from the waste disposal line and converts them into MicroC, a product that can be used as a carbon source in denitrification 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 constructs, installs, owns and operates the client’s wastewater treatment system while the client pays for the service by the gallon.

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 companies, handpicked by BlueTech Research’s team of experts, that also form an important part of BlueTech Forum.

Reducing Consumption

Successful Innovation

Increasingly BlueTech’s analysts are observing a mandate for companies, particularly 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 consumption of raw materials, carbonbased fuels, energy and water across the production process and ultimately, eliminating waste.

At BlueTech Forum, we have a strong track record of bringing together sustainability champions from global corporate leaders such as GlaxoSmithKline, Procter & Gamble, Nestle, L’Oreal, Unilever, Coca-Cola and Barrick Gold Corporation. In 2018 we continue that tradition, 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.

The analysis we have carried out internally shows that the success rate of BlueTech Forum’s showcase innovation companies is over twice industry average. We used two metrics to identify ‘successful’ companies – those whose turnover hits US$10M per annum or if they’re acquired through non-distressed acquisition.

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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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 higher 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 number 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 distressed state to PHG. The technology lives on with plants in Tennessee and Massachusetts under development.

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 successfully 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

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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 technology 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 succeeding.

Companies are unpredictable. There are many uncontrollable elements in place including the relationships between investors and founders and management and it takes time for a technology 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 capitalize on a technology can be down to overly ambitious targets and mismatching expenditure to revenue.

My advice is to take a reasonable time horizon on investment and development of a technology and pace yourself. 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 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.

While speed and agility may be key at the start of the journey, patience and tenacity are often rewarded in the midterm stayer. An early exit may be a good strategy for a startup company, but once it has more than five full-scale commercial 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 cuttingedge presentations on market trends and insights.

The event focuses on strategic investment opportunities in industrial water and wastewater including mining, oil & gas and food & beverage.

This high level event explores technology trends in water reuse, decentralized treatment, energy and resource recovery, smart water, wateras-a-service and innovative business models.

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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 SUSTAINABLE, 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 currents, 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 enormous potential as an energy source for the world’s population that lives within 100-kms of a coastline. This has not gone unnoticed by the ENGIE Group which has developed energy from tides and currents around the world. Now it has turned its attention to

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turning the calorific energy of the Mediterranean Sea into space heating and cooling, with the construction of a generation plant in Marseille harbour. 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 development 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 compared to an equivalent infrastructure equipped with stand-alone heating air conditioning 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 gas emissions for the eco-city, plus a 40% reduction in electricity consumption and 65% reduction in water consumption.

The Thassalia Plant The development of the Thassalia plant by the Engie Group commenced in 2010 and brought to together the expertise of its subsidiaries ENGIE Coffley and Climespace. Working with ENGIE Group right from the very start was KSB France, which supplied pumps, valves and the engineering resources of its services agency based in Aix-en-Provence.

Operationally launched in

2014, the plant was inaugurated on 17 October 2016.

The basic premise of the project concerns the creation of a hot and cold water network throughout the Euroméditerranée perimeter.

It is innovative in several ways. Firstly, Thassalia is a thermo-refrigeration plant that delivers heating and cooling, where most often the networks in France are separate.

Secondly, energy is drawn from seawater, and lastly it is the first European project to circulate heating and cooling throughout the whole of an eco-city of this magnitude.

How it Works Central to whole operation

of the plant and distribution network are pumps, which is where the know-how and products of KSB was essential. The thermal plant is supplied with seawater pumped from a depth of 7m by six corrosion-resistant Norstur® KSB CPKN pumps, each equipped with a 160 kW variable speed motor, for a total flow of 1000 lt/s. The problem of corrosion by warm seawater is peculiar to this project, with the pumped water reaching up to 25°C in summer and its permitted discharge temperature 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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Benefits

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 seawater but also for concentrated acids and flue gases in desulfurization processes.

For the same reasons, the discs of AMRI Isoria butterfly valves which perform the isolation or regulation functions of seawater intake are protected with a Halar corrosion coating. These valves - from DN 50 to 700 - provide both manual and pneumatic actuator operation. The sea water, which ranges in temperature from about 14°C in winter to 22°C in summer, supplies heat exchangers connected to thermo-refrigeration pumps (TFP), bringing calories to heat when the water is cold and frigories to refresh when it is hot. The TFPs and refrigeration units can then produce heat or cold as required.

It should be noted that supplementary gas boilers complete the installation in order to guarantee continuity of service in all circumstances.

The energy is then transported to the Euroméditerranée buildings for heating or air-conditioning, via a hot water network (60°C) and a chilled water network (5°C). The length of the 3-km network demanded powerful 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" requirement was a determining factor in the choice of pumping solutions. Indeed, the requirements 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 powerful 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 pumping duties, the auxiliary circuits 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

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 factor that would have been created a multiplication of individual 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 centralized cold production compared to a solution using individual units. In addition, centralization is less sensitive to increases (if any) in electricity and gas tariffs.

in 2015 was "only" 461 TeraWatt hours. It is therefore 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 optimizing the hydraulic efficiency of the pumps, savings can reach 20%. By analyzing and optimizing the entire circuit, the potential can rise up to 60%!

The search for the energy saving in a fluid transport circuit 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, modification of the network, etc).

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 consumption of industrial pumps in the EU is 300 TeraWatt hours (= 300,000 GigaWatt hours). By way of comparison, France's total electricity consumption

The Fluid Future device consists of four phases: • Analysis of the hydraulic system in place and determination 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 efficiency 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 efficient and environmentally friendly created by a thermal plant with an installed power 19 megawatts hot and 19 megawatts cold capability.

For KSB France, the problems which they had to overcome involved providing pumps and valves that would have to resist higher than normal levels of corrosion. In addition, other key factors that had to be addressed included providing pumps with high yields for limiting power consumption, 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 international freelance journalist who specializes in water and environmental engineering.

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)

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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Interacting with the Captains of Indian Trade and Industry on Ganga Rejuvenation, in Mumbai

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Projects worth Rs. 295 Crore Approved by NMCG Three of these projects pertain to sewage management 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, pollution abatement works for river Ganga in Berhampore Municipality (3.5 MLD STP and sewer network) at an estimated 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.

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approval has been given to one project for laying of sewer lines in some of the uncovered areas in Haridwar at an estimated 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 treatment 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 management projects at a cost of Rs. 14,167.94 Crore. These projects aim at creating 2205 MLD sewage treatment capacity apart from rehabilitating 564 MLD capacity Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) and laying 4762 km of sewerage network. Of these, 19 projects have been completed 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 capacity.

Sewage generation estimated 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 implementation.

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 nonfunctional or underutilized and many of them do not meet standard norms prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). NMCG has accordingly sanctioned upgradation/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 standards.

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 consultation with Director NMCG and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) will submit a complete project report giving 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 up-gradation of conveyance drains, Primary Effluent Treatment Plants (PETPs), Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) and Common Chrome Recovery Plant (CCRP) at Jajmau in Kanpur, Banthar and Site-II in Unnao.

In the event, the above direction is not carried out in its true spirit, then the tannery industries at Jajmau shall be directed to be shut down and would be shifted to a new industrial site.

Foreign Assistance for Ganga River Cleaning Last year, the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Netherlands. The area of cooperation under the MoU

includes “Pollution abatement for rivers including river Ganga” as one of the objectives.

Further, GIZ, Germany has been providing technical cooperation to the project ‘Support to Ganga Rejuvenation’ under the Indo German Bilateral Development Cooperation and has committed an amount of Euro (€) 3 million.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has sanctioned two loans aggregating JPY 43.755 billion for the Ganga Action Plan II Project (Varanasi) (GAP II) and the Yamuna Action Plan Project III (YAP III) in Delhi.

World Bank has sanctioned a loan of US$ 1 billion to Government of India (GOI) for funding the National Ganga River Basin Authority 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 constituted 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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