Implementation of a software package for the water utility in Nikopol (1st stage)
Project objective:
Comprehensive assistance in restoring and upgrading water supply and sewerage systems in Ukrainian settlements during the war and post-war periods,
preservation of information on water supply and sewerage networks in the context of military operations,
optimization of water supply and wastewater disposal networks,
automation of network management processes.
Problems of the Nikopol water utility:
Pre-war period:
Uneven distribution of pressure in water supply and sewage systems in different parts of the city, which means periodic pipe breaks and emergencies;
Emergency situations - large energy losses.
War period:
Damage to networks as a result of military operations;
Decrease in the number of consumers (outflow of consumers) and power outages lead to new problems with sewage, pipes "overgrow" due to a decrease in the volume of hot water flowing through them.
Destruction of water reservoirs - lower water levels, problems with the amount of drinking water.
Why Nikopol?
The management of the water utility can confirm the effect of implementing a hydraulic model of water supply in a part of the city (the most problematic area in terms of the number of accidents).
The readiness of the city's leadership to implement the technology and continue work on developing a hydraulic model of water supply and sewerage networks for the entire city.
What we propose is to introduce a geographic information system (GIS) for water supply and sewerage networks, a hydraulic model of water supply and sewerage networks (based on the Hydra WS program), and an information and analytical system for monitoring and management of water supply and sewerage networks in Nikopol.
GIS - modern computer technologies that allow combining a model image of the territory (electronic display of maps, diagrams, space and aerial images of the earth's surface) with tabular information (various statistics, lists, economic indicators, etc.
A hydraulic model is a software that allows you to concentrate all information about the network and its components in a single electronic database, to model the behavior of the system when changes are made.
IASC&C (information and analytical system of control and management) is a system that provides monitoring and dispatching of networks.
Video presentations of systems:
The use of such a software package will provide automated monitoring of the systems' condition and allow for the implementation of measures to prevent emergencies. This will reduce the water utility's energy consumption and water losses. Also, this complex will allow to rationally manage the condition of networks in conditions of constant risks and the likelihood of destruction.
Video presentation of the implementation benefits:
This geo-referenced "electronic infrastructure" of the city will provide the user with a wide range of tools for hydraulic calculations of the relevant engineering networks, monitoring the operation of networks, developing plans and organizing work.
Features of the complex:
Implementation of GIS will allow:
connect satellite imagery, orthophotomaps, urban planning documentation, raster diagrams of utility networks, etc. to a set of displays
display detailed technical parameters of utility networks (diameter and material of pipes, dates of commissioning and last repair);
provide real-time inventory of engineering networks and elements in real time using mobile devices;
to make public electronic appeals and register incidents on engineering networks by citizens (emergency service call, pipe break, etc.) using mobile devices.
The hydraulic model of the water supply network will allow you:
to model the behavior of the water supply network when removing or adding elements or new objects;
calculate changes in pump types and parameters;
model the redistribution of water pressure in pipes by opening and closing valves, installing pressure regulators;
Calculate the water pressure in each individual pipe;
model different nodal flow rates depending on time;
create and edit a water consumption schedule over time;
print a selected fragment of the scheme or the entire city map at any scale;
see the water supply network with/without reference to the city map.
The project consists of stages, each of which is a complement to the previous one (with new modules and data). This way, the system's functionality is expanded, allowing specialists to solve a wider range of tasks.
The modules that will be created as part of the project or can be added to the system later allow receiving operational data on the state of utility networks from both network service specialists and citizens of the locality. With the help of these modules, service specialists can quickly respond to situations that may arise at utility network facilities and send specialists to the field to solve problems.
Stages of development:
Stage 1
Development of GIS of water supply and sewage networks (in local and national coordinate systems).
For this purpose, the data of water supply and sewerage networks are transferred into digital format from paper plans, urban planning documentation, digital CAD plans and other information sources. The GIS contains a plan of the networks and manholes with data (manhole passports, pipe material and diameter, nominal pressure, etc.)
GIS development of water supply and sewerage networks includes:
Processing of tablet documentation: digitization, georeferencing of modern plans.
Processing of electronic documentation: georeferencing and creation of geospatial data.
Creation of an interactive map of engineering networks and filling the database: "Water supply", "Sewerage networks", security zones of water supply, sewerage networks, sanitary protection zones.
Training on the use of the product.
Term of work - 3-4 months
Development of a hydraulic model of water supply networks in Nikopol:
Collection of baseline information on the water supply system.
Mapping the networks on an electronic map of the city with reference to geographical coordinates.
Checking the completeness of all water supply networks on the electronic map of the city (inventory of networks).
Development of a database of water supply systems with all its elements for the hydraulic modeling program "Hydra WS".
Hydraulic calculation of the water supply system.
Development of a hydraulic model of sewage networks in Nikopol (according to the draft Law of Ukraine "On Wastewater Disposal and Treatment").
Collection of baseline information on the system of centralized water disposal, stormwater and sanitary sewage.
Development of a database of sewage systems (including storm and sanitary) with all its elements for the hydraulic modeling program "Hydra WS".
Mapping of the centralized drainage system on the electronic map of the city in the program "Hydra WS" with all elements.
Mapping of storm and sanitary sewers on an electronic map of the city in the program "Hydra WS" with all elements.
Hydraulic calculation of combined sewerage systems in the city.
Training of water utility employees to work with the hydraulic model of the city's overall sewerage system.
Term of work - 6 months
Development of technical measures to optimize the structures and operation of water supply and sewage systems based on the city's hydraulic models.
Term of work - 2 months
Stage 2
Development of a feasibility study and project documentation for the implementation of the developed technical proposals.
Development of a modern system of control and management (dispatching) of water supply and sewerage of the city based on their hydraulic models.
Development of the terms of reference "Development of an information and analytical system for monitoring and management of centralized water supply and sewerage in Nikopol on the basis of dispatching systems, SCADA and their hydraulic models".
Development of the list, subroutines and their visualization for the organization of joint work of the SCADA system and hydraulic models of water supply and sewerage networks of the city
Development of additional functions in the program "Hydra WS".
Research and industrial stage-by-stage verification of the IASC&U.
Training of water utility employees to work with the IASC&U system in real time, including water utility dispatchers.
The timeframe for Phase 2 will be determined after Phase 1 is completed.
Project benefits:
flexible platform with convenient display of engineering networks;
automated maintenance of technical documentation (relevant during military operations);
prompt access to information about utilities and their technical characteristics;
optimization of network operation;
efficiency of dispatching services (wells, pipelines, and other necessary facilities clearly localized on the ground);
predicted directions of infrastructure development, effective management of public utilities;
The key advantage is the integrated execution of works. There are no companies on the market that can independently fulfill the scope of development and implementation proposed by the consortium.
