The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority continues its efforts to develop infrastructure to meet future demand expectations, taking into account demographic and economic growth in the emirate. The goal is to enhance Dubai’s position as a global city and a preferred destination for living, working, investing, and tourism.
Currently, the authority’s production capacity reaches 495 million gallons of desalinated water per day, working on enhancing the monitoring and management of the water distribution network. This effort contributes to enhancing the authority’s reputation globally in terms of losses and achieving sustainability.
The authority has used Glass Reinforced Epoxy (GRE) pipes for water transportation due to their superior features, such as corrosion resistance compared to traditional pipes.
The “Smart Water Distribution Management System” is based on a central remote monitoring and control system 24/7, innovative smart equipment and systems, peripheral control units, and advanced hydraulic management system, enhancing fault location and isolation accuracy, in addition to cost reduction.
The authority developed an intelligent system that simulates various pipe leakage scenarios using software and devices based on the concept of “Smart Internet,” allowing complete remote system monitoring and control. Advanced algorithms have accurately identified leakage cases up to 94.4%.
Among the authority’s distinguished innovations is the “iService” service, where diagnostic data from meters is collected for monitoring service interruptions and automatic fault repair processes. Also, the “Meter Fault Monitoring” technology based on smart meters alerts and the “Hydronet” project based on artificial intelligence and deep learning.
Since the launch of the Smart Ball technology in April 2021, 81 leaks have been detected in Dubai’s water transmission network by the end of 2023. This technology works to reduce operational costs by addressing small cracks in water transmission pipes before causing significant water loss. The authority succeeded in recording 1,811,681 post-meter leakage cases, 36,005 network damages, and 13,397 cases of increased consumption through the “High Water Consumption Alert” service.
To enhance water efficiency and reduce waste, the authority has launched several awareness and conservation campaigns highlighting the importance of water conservation. It has organized awareness campaigns through internal channels and social media pages to encourage employees and customers to contribute to achieving sustainable development.
The authority organizes a series of online lessons throughout the year to increase awareness among students and teachers in educational institutions about their role in supporting national and global efforts to support climate action.
(Gulf News)
