Big Data in OperationsNarendra Mulani, Accenture

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The Global Situation….Increasing demand in the face of aging infrastructure, rising operational costs, capital funding constraints and tightening environmental and quality controls have created the perfect storm for water utilities.

Value for water leaked globally Investment needed to replace aging infrastructure by 2033 in the US alone

The expected rise in demand for water globally by 2020

Rise in energy costs since 2004

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The Global SolutionThere is a growing realization that technologically innovative ‘smart solutions’ are the most, and possibly, some experts believe, the only affordable way of delivering these priorities by exploiting what is available.

of the installed network will be smart by 2020 (Frost and Sullivan)

Amount saved in utilities each year from smart solutions globally (Sensus 2012)

The investment in smart solutions is growing, and to reach $3.3B by 2016 (IDC)

of water company’s (B&V)top goals are reducing leakage and network operating costs

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Smart Water Market Trends

Flagship programs of early adopters:

Integrated Remote Intelligence Service (IRIS)

Remote Monitoring and Control Center

Future Concept of Operations (FCO)

Frontline Information Technology (FIT)

Smartwater4Europe – Leading trials in France, the Netherlands, Spain and U.K.

Real-Time Network Monitoring and Optimization

Real-Time System

Leading water utilities have already drawn up plans to invest in smart solutions in a big way over the next five to 10 years. However there is still a steep learning curve on how to deliver them.

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The Four Big Tasks for a Water Company

Production Distribution Ensure Quality Recycle & Renew

Produce Water Manage leakage and pressure

Manage treatment plants

Deal with the sludge

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Water resources

A suite of ready to deploy monitoring applications across the water value chain.

Accenture’s Smart Monitoring Services

Plant performance monitoring

Leakage and pressure management

Proactive customer contact

Catchment flow control

Production planning

Abstraction monitoring Sludge management

CUSTOMERS

Water treatment

Distribution Sewers Treatment Sludge disposal

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The analytics platform uses big data technologies hosted in the cloud to collate diverse types of data for easy access.

Smart Monitoring Logical Architecture

Accenture Smart Monitoring Analytics Platform

Integration Services

Data Store

Batch Services

Dashboards

Statistical Models

Interactive Visualization

Data Discovery

Security Services

Accenture Smart Monitoring Apps

Water Production Zone App

Water Networks Monitoring App

Waste Networks Monitoring App

Waste Treatment App

Production Optimization App

Weather

Environment

Historian

Real-time systems

GIS

ERP

Energy Mgmt.

CRM

AMI

EAM

OMS

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Key Success Factors for Smart Water

With Operations to develop and adopt new ways of working

With Asset Management to prioritise needs for smart solutions

With Capital Delivery to develop and implement intelligent solutions

With IT to integrate business systems with operational systems

With R&D to evaluate technologies, and develop new models and analytics

• Stakeholder alignment to fund and deliver innovative smart solutions and share the benefits. For example:

• Implementing a new operating model

• Supplier collaboration to integrate engineering and informationtechnology services

• Developing a common strategic vision for Smart Water