dr. cameron brooks – director, solutions and busines s

© 2010 IBM Corporation

Let’s Build a Smarter Planet:Smarter Water Management

7th Annual Massachusetts Water Resources ConferenceApril 8, 2010

Dr. Cameron Brooks – Director, Solutions and Business Development, IBM Big Green Innovations

2 © 2010 IBM Corporation

Let’s build a smarter planet: IBM Smarter Water Management

Something profound is happening…

INSTRUMENTED

We now have the ability to measure, sense and see the exact condition of practically everything.

INTERCONNECTED

People, systems and objects can communicate

and interact with each other in entirely new ways.

INTELLIGENT

We can respond to changes quickly and accurately, and get better results

by predicting and optimizing for future events.



Intelligent systems that gather, synthesize and apply information will change the way entire industries operate.

Smart waterApply monitoring and management technologies to help optimize the availability, delivery, use, and quality of water as well as related systems including energy and chemical treatment.

Smart trafficUse real-time traffic prediction and dynamic tolling to reduce congestion and its byproducts while positively influencing related systems.

Smart energyAnalyze customer usage and provide customized products and services that help to boost efficiency from the source through the grid to the end user.

Water

Energy

Chemicals

Carbonemissions

Congestion

Publictransportation Smart home

Carbonemissions

Energysources

Energy grid

Energy

Noisepollution



Organizations need to be smart about understanding their total environmental impact

CO2 emissions contribute to climate change, which impacts water systems.

Energy production results in CO2 emissions.

Water stressis growing

and needed togenerate energy.

WATER

CARBONENERGY



Water Management is an urgent and complex global issue

� Agriculture, domestic and industrial sectors impacted by increasing demand and limited supply

� Infrastructure is aging and failing

� Climate change is forcing drought mitigation measures and flood management strategies

� Fragmented water management domains and conflicting interests of stakeholders

� Worldwide energy needs drive water needs, and vice versa

� Regulatory frameworks force decisions



The need for progress in the way we manage water is clear

Up to 45% of water is lost due to leaks in an aging water infrastructure around the world.

45%Increase in global water usage since the 1900s; twice the rate of human population growth.

6x

Estimated liters of water it takes to make a pair of jeans.

The number of people that do not have access to safe water according to The World Bank.

1.1 billion

Two thirds of the world's population is projected to face water scarcity by 2025, according to the United Nations..

10,855 2/3



The Traditional Water Network - a 19th Century System

� Aging physical infrastructure with significant leakage

� Limited information on real-time status of the water availability & quality

� Limited/No sharing of information within water regions, often causing water stress for “downstream”communities

� Significant manual operation

� Inability to effectively measure and manage water related risk

“One barrier to better management of water resources is simply lack of data —where the water is, where it's going, how much is being used and for what purposes, how much might be saved by doing things differently. In this way, the water problem is largely an information problem. The information we can assemble has a huge bearing on how we cope with a world at peak water.”Source: Wired Magazine, “Peak Water: Aquifers and Rivers Ar e Running Dry. How Three Regions Are Coping”, Matth ew Power, April 21st, 2008



Information Technology Enables

Smarter Water Management

The Smart Water Network’ - a 21st Century System

� Sensing and monitoring of physical infrastructure, integrated with proactive asset management

� Streaming data systems for critical operations, enabling rapid, real-time decision making

� IT infrastructure to manage information across multiple water organizations & constituents, enabling system-level decisions

� Advanced analytics with predictive capability and modeled decision support

� All enabling more efficient operations and providing decision support capability



Smarter Water Management means enabling higher levels collaboration and innovation across value chains and ecosystems

NaturalWater

Sources

RawWater

Transport

CleanWaterSupply

ConsumersSewage

Treatment

Recycled/Treated

A lot more data is needed to fully understand, model and predict how water flows around this planet – from natural water sources, to how it is consumed; and what the impacts and dependencies are on other resources.

Access to this information will ensure that we don’t just fix or rebuild existing infrastructure, but to do it better and smarter .

Allowing us to become smarter in how we consume and pay for water.



Smarter Water Management is critical at three “scales”

Utility scale�Water quality and usage �Discharge, combined

sewer overflow�Asset management�“Smart levees” and levee

monitoring systems�Weather event

assimilation�Energy management

Natural scale �Water resource mapping

and availability�Water quality monitoring

and management (surface and subsurface)

�Land use analysis�Extraction monitoring

(surface and subsurface)�Flood control

Enterprise Scale�Water usage tracking �Water quality control

(into and within plants, discharges)

�Supply chain optimization

�Energy management�Business process

improvements�Metrics and management



Strategic Water Information Management Platform

� Intelligence networks applicable to Enterprise Water Management, Water Infrastructure Management, Water Resource Management scales

� Provides automated sensing of physical environments

� Provides water quality, quantity, integration, storage, analysis, modeling, and a management dashboard on a local or regional basis

� Provides records management and reporting capabilities for regulatory and compliance requirements.

� Provides energy usage information to pinpoint energy efficiency opportunities related to water

� Provides advanced asset management and advanced meter management capabilities

� Provide intelligence to proactively manage risk related to extreme weather events



Energy data

Geology/ hydrology

Economic

Climate

Strategic Water Information Water Management platform usage

Environment/Ecology

Quality

Quantity

Run-offLocal

governmentsLeisure industry

The publicWater Authorities

Federal agencies

Other water agencies

Agriculture

Contractors/ customers

Stakeholders (as examples)

The Environment

Public awareness

Research

Water quality management

Water allocation

Impact assessments Compliance

Habitat conservation

Water quantity/

source mgmt

Land use planning

Collaborative uses (as examples)

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Benefits of an integrated, reliable, secure & scalable platform

Integrated set of technologies, data

and tools

�More rational water management decisions -greater likelihood of data being available as required to enable the best decision

�Reduced operational risk - integration of drought management, flood control, pollution management

�Enables coordinated system-wide response to issues such as climate change and development

�Builds trust between different stakeholders -less “my data says this, your data says that”, greater disclosure

�Enables higher levels of collaborative decision-making

�Reduces redundant effort on data collection -information more likely to be available and integrated when needed

�Reduces marginal cost of future data collection and research exercises

�Provides a “roadmap” for coordinated information systems development



Water Resource Management

Sluice gates

Mining

Residential

ForestPerennial crops(eg sugar cane)

Pastures

Annual crops(soybeans/wheat)

Annual crops(corn)

Mining

Residential

ForestPerennial crops(eg sugar cane)

Pastures

Annual crops(soybeans/wheat)

Annual crops(corn)

1) Measurements of water flow, quantity and multiple dimensions of water quality are captured throughout the area in question. Data are sent via wireless network to aggregation point

3) Data are error checked, aggregated and are displayed geographically and/or via a console/ dashboard visualization

4) Data are also used to populate models of water flow, quantity and quality for the natural water asset on question, to generate insights on its natural operation and man’s impact on that.

Land use Energy generation

5) The results can then be used to inform decisions on land use or other impacts such as energy generation, or to actuate infrastructure such as sluice gates or pumps.

2) Alternatively, data may be captured by hand and entered manually, or downloaded from a PDA or similar



River and Observatory Network for the Hudson

See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFdoH0jWh6A



SmartBay: Galway Bay, IrelandThe Next Generation of Advanced Coastal & Marine Monitoring & Management

• IBM Centre of Excellence for Water Management in Dublin

• Collaboration with the Marine Institute, Ireland

• A research, test and demonstration infrastructure for monitoring and managing aquatic environmental data such as tidal flow, wave heights, temperature, and phytoplankton via an integrated network of sensors, robotics and computational technology distributed throughout the bay.

From Gaughan and Kolar, Journal of Ocean Technology (2009, submitted)



SmartBay Solution for Galway Bay

� Shared information/ collaboration platform for all stakeholders (coastguard, fishing, leisure, shipping etc)

� Streaming real-time intelligence to allow better decision-support:

– Weather threats

– Pollution alerts

– Algal bloom prediction

– Rogue waves, etc

Adapted from Smart Bay reference documentation

See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2XakurQCgU



Smart Bathing Water Quality Monitoring Project with Ireland EPA

� Developed in collaboration with Ireland EPA, the portal provides up to date information about bathing areas across the country.

� The map-based website, provides the latest information, supplied by local authorities, on compliance status with EU bathing water quality standards at the 131 designated bathing sites around the country.

� Anyone setting out for the beach will be able to log on and see the latest results of water quality along with details such as lifeguard availability, blue flag status, tides and weather forecast

� Bathing water quality data that is uploaded directly to the site by local authorities will be used by the EPA, to assess the overall compliance of a bathing area with EU standards,

http://www.bathingwater.ie/



Smarter River Basin Management: Water for Tomorrow Project

� Combines rich graphics and dynamic mapping capabilities

� Enables users to visualize the effects of different management scenarios on the overall health of their river basin

� Use map technologies similar to Google Earth to locate and analyze a local river basin

� Enables collaboration between colleagues working to develop sustainable water resources policies

Go to Flow



Smart Levee Example – IjkDijk

• Netherlands project to understand what this “instrumented” levee will “look and feel like” as it breaks

• Multiple sensor types create a reference real-time “signature” from inside the levee, as hydraulic pressure builds up until the levee bursts (last burst was October 2008). Also tests:

– Effectiveness of different sensor types and applicability to levee management

– Applicability of numerical models

• IBM is undertaking integration, working with TNO (NL Government scientific research organization)

“Because of the increasing complexity of water management in densely built deltaic regions…a more accurate and more continuous insight into the functional quality of water management infrastructures will become increasingly important…occasional measurement and manual data processing procedures will no longer be sufficient…”Source: “The Ijkdijk” (Ijkdijk brochure)



Analytics Driven Asset Management

Demand Management

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Preventive Maintenance

Customer Service Lower Costs – Work Management

Develop analytics which can lower the cost of preventive maintenance.

Develop analytics which can improve the quality of service (uninterrupted, high

quality water) for water utility customers

Understand water usage patterns to support pricing and demand management.

Lower the operational cost of water utilities by effective crew scheduling

and optimal rolling stock use



Smarter Stormwater Management - Optimizing Existing System Capacity

All assets of the same type in this area highlighted in blue

Search for all assets of the Type ‘natural channel’ with condition = 3 in this area. Results are highlighted in blue

Wireless network links monitoring devices to central command center

Sewer system data can also be linked with asset & workflow tools

to manage any specific maintenance requests

Innovative technologies such as Smart Manhole Covers are used to detect sewer flow levels

Data can also drawn from more traditional SCADA/sensors systems.

High resolution weather and flooding models are used to generate accurate flood maps with specifics on impact areas

Advanced analytics and optimization engines generate recommended actions for flood avoidance

Stormwater Management Command Center

Valves, pumps or inflatable dams are controlled dynamically to balance inline sewer storage and avoid potential overflows.



Smart Water Network Management: Facilitating a paradigm shift in how water networks are managed

Wireless network links monitoring devices to central command center

Innovative technologies such as on-line leak detection and water quality monitoring are used to predict potential network interruptions

Increasing knowledge of real-time customer use

High resolution weather models are used to generate accurate forecasts of supply & demand

Advanced analytics and optimization engines generate supply network plans

All assets of the same type in this area highlighted in blue

Search for all assets of the Type ‘natural channel’ with condition = 3 in this area. Results are highlighted in blue

Network Management Command Center

Increased remote operation of valves & pumps to automate network

Predictive water treatment plant production planning to reduce overall supply cost

Network system data can also be linked with asset & workflow tools to manage any specific maintenance requests



Smart Water Metering: managing customer water use in areas of increasing water stress

IBM / partner install, upgrade and/or network advanced wireless meters in homes and businesses.

Meters report as frequently as every 15 minutes either via cellphone or Wimax, or less frequently via short range protocol to a drive-by reader.

IBM installs or provides as a service the main billing system, or can run the entire billing service on an outsourced basis.

Meters can provide the home or business owner with immediate data on water consumption. This is known to promote water economy.

The system as a whole provides more granular data on usage trends and can alert of immediate and longer term problems.

More accurate meters provide better information in assets to inform capital & operational investment decisions

IBM Maximo / SAP enables meter management and maintenance - meter performance and failure can be tracked remotely.



Water Metering – Advanced Analytics

� Machine-learning based techniques to detect anomalies, analyze trends, understand behavioral models and provide usage predictions

Normal Consumption

High Consumption Anomaly

Low Consumption Anomaly

Spike Anomaly



Green Sigma™ methodology to address challenges systematically

� Green Sigma™ is an end-to-end solution aimed at reducing energy usage, water usage, carbon emissions and waste generation throughout a company’s operations, resulting in:

– Lower environmental impact– Increased efficiency– Reduced costs

� A Green Sigma™ solution includes:– A Lean Six Sigma approach to define Key Performance Indicators, and to drive

continuous improvement over time– An integration framework to capture, filter and present information from multiple,

disparate systems into an operational control dashboard– An operational dashboard to monitor operational control and provide enterprise oversight

of energy usage, water usage, carbon emissions and waste generation– Data hosting and management

Metering & Baselining

DefineKPIs

Deploy Green Sigma

Reporting

OptimizeProcesses

Control PerformanceTM



IBM Centers of Excellence for Water Management

� Helping IBM clients and partners worldwide to develop enhanced water management prediction and protection systems

� Leveraging IBM Research and expertise in smart sensors, serious gaming technology, 3D internet skills, and high performance computing to create realistic modeling and simulations.

� Serve as collaborative innovation hubs for addressing specific client needs and developing additional water management offerings over time.

Located in the Netherlandsthis center is initially focused on collaborating with the providing Dutch government and disaster control agencies to improve flood forecasting and prediction modeling.

Located in Dublin , thisfacilityis focusing primarily on innovative research and services for monitoring, managing and forecasting environmental challenges such as the movement of pollutants in fresh water, marine and oceanic environments.

Located in Montpelier, France , this newest center will focus primarily on using high performance computing to monitor and forecast the impact of climate change and severe weather conditions on water resources.



We’ve only just begun touncover what is possible on a smarter planet.

The world will continue to become smaller, flatter and smarter. We are moving into the age of the globally integrated and intelligent economy, society and planet.

By systemically managing water and energy use, as well as carbon emissions, smart organizations will realize true sustainability while achieving real business benefits—driving growth at the individual, organizational and population levels.

Let’s work together to drive real progress in our world.



For more information & materials

� Smarter Water Management Thought Leadership

http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/water

� Smarter Water Management Solutions Home Page

http://www.ibm.com/green/water

� GIO Report on Oceans and Waterhttp://www.ibm.com/ibm/gio/water.html

� IBM Water Management Pains Summary Report

http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/bus/pdf/ibm-water-pains-report-jan09.pdf

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