The Feasibility and Benefits of Automated Water Leakage detection, repair and maintenance
Build a City – Water Assumptions
The model City has a population of 1 million people
Average water usage per capita is 500 liter per day
The model will compute water for residential and industry usage (excl. agriculture)
The city has a 30% water leakage
Installation of an
Automated Leak,
Repair and Monitoring Detection System
Total pipeline length in City: 2,000 km
Installation of an Automated Leak Detection System
13,000 Noise Loggers
2,600 Flow Meters
Transmission Monitoring Systems
4,400 Repeaters
267 Data Collectors and
30 Leakage Inspectors (staff)
Estimated Cost: AED 106 million
Funding (Finance AED 106,7 million)
Annual Payments for AED 106,7
million
Financial Benefit Analysis
Sensitivity
AED million - Savings
With the assumptions above a water
leak reduction of 2% would still yield to a positive result.
The Numbers
Water Facts
- Volume of the Earth is 1,083,210,000,000 km3
- Volume of the Water on the earth is 1,386,000,000 km3
- This is only 0.1% by Volume
- 70% of the surface of the earth is covered with water
- Less than 1% is easy usable
- Globally, more than 45 million cubic meters per day are lost through leakage. Significant reductions are possible through automated leak detection, repair and monitoring systems. Boston lost 50% of its water and was able to reduce water loss to 36% after a leak detection initiative
- Mexico City loses more than 50% of its water (over $US 1 billion per annum)
- It is estimated that the UK loses 3.4 billion liters per day due to leaking pipes
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