A NEW WAY TO MEASURE WETNET technology is based on an innovative low cost flow-meter and control system that allows to improve greatly their capacity to master distribution networks in detail, cutting down energy costs and emissions, and making better use of the resource . WETNET technology allows water companies to have fine-grained, precise, timely data collection and a system that is easy to deploy and use . Thanks to the WETNET system, every citizen can count on a water service able to pro-actively contribute to a better water management, cutting costs, managing needs in appropriate ways, optimizing consumes and investments, with a positive effects, considering the future climate scenarios. The system has been designed to allow flexibility, incremental deployment and size (number of sensors) scalability , co-existence and/or integration with existing measurement and control systems – including communication infrastructures, to require minimal maintenance during an acceptable operational life time, to be replaceable and have a very low end-of-life impact . The WETNET solution – scalable, configurable, low-cost and open source – allows even small water companies to put in place smart, integrated network management. WHY WETNET? Every cubic meter of water pumped into a drink water network that does not reach final use, sums up the quantity of water abstracted in excess, the energy to treat it and the emissions linked. Just think that the energy required to deliver 1,000 litres at tap is in a range between 0.3 to 0.6 KWh. That is why smart, efficient management of potable water systems reflects on the quality of service delivered, on costs, on revenues, on tariff, on environmental impacts . The key to achieve efficient management is to converting into Smart Water Networks , which means grounding the decision making process on good knowledge of the underlying physical system. Having good knowledge allows to interprete the behaviour of water networks over time to set dynamic alarm thresholds; to perform fine-grained investigations in order to detect leakages and misoperations early, and to analyze data to prioritize interventions; to explore alternative management choices. Knowledge is obtained through measuring and its quality depends on proper design, deployment, and management of sensor systems and of collected data . MORE: http://www.wetnet.eu/en/
Taxonomy
- Meter Optimisation
- Metering
- Meters