Satellite M2M for Water Metering

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1 Satellite M2M for Water Metering and Other Water Applications Anu Sood, Global Channel Marketing Manager SkyWave Mobile Communications Remote Monitoring & Control 2013, December 12-13, 2013, Las Vegas

2 About SkyWave Our Products: : Providing wireless connectivity for machine-to-machine applications in transportation, maritime, oil & gas and utilities Our Business: We help connect equipment in remote sites with people and enterprise applications.

3 Case Study: Water Meter Reading Washington County, KS

4 Challenges For rural water districts it is a challenge to read water meters of rural customers Washington RWD 1 responsible for: 650 rural users over ~500 sq mi Wholesale water to Hanover and Morrowville 120 million gal. water annually Photo: Google Images

5 Why Automated Meter Reading Distances travelled to read all 650 water meters is significant Miles of 1.5-inch solvent weld PVC pipelines were prone to breakage 2006 and repairs leaks Photo: Google Images

6 Solution District turned to satellite meter reading technology (IDT) to: Reduce meter reading costs Detect leaks in pipeline Characteristics 2-way comms. with readers Daily loss detection Reports by service areas Photo: IDT

7 Installation Photo: IDT

8 Results For a customer, a toilet ball failure resulted in hundreds of gallons of water use on a Sunday when no one was around. The satellite meter reading saved them a lot of money. Washington RWD 1 Water was back flowing into a private well at a high flow rate. Satellite meter reading saved the water user hundreds on the next water bill. West River/Lyman-Jones RWS A d w t h d t dd l d 600 l i ht i t d f A yard water hydrant suddenly used 600 gal overnight, instead of the usual gpd. This customer had just read his meter two days prior do the math! This is a great tool! South Lincoln Rural Water

9 Photo: IDT Rugged Solution

10 Water for Agriculture

11 Crop Monitoring via Satellite Customer Issues US: 80% of nation s consumptive water use is used by agriculture must reduce Need to monitor quantity, timing of nitrogen application Solution SkyWave terminal connected to water and nitrogen sensors and sending data periodically. User configurable. Photo: Google Images

12 Crop Monitoring via Satellite Benefits Weather/rainfall and soil texture info used for optimal water application schedules avoid too little water (lower yield, quality) and water-logging (rotten tubers, crop loss) Nitrogen cost savings of 20%+ Able to project crop yield and reduce water and nitrogen costs Photo: Google Images

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15 Municipal Scenario City infrastructure spread over 3,000 square km 180,000 service connections 50,000 catch basins 1,500 km of storm sewers 2,000 km of sanitary sewers 70 pumping stations ti Photo: Google Images

16 Monitoring all the sites is a challenge...

17 Municipal Scenario Photo: SkyWave

18 Inside a Biofilter Site Photo: SkyWave

19 Connecting to the Biofilter PLC asset gateway Photo: SkyWave

20 SCADA Communication communication (satellite in this case) Photo: SkyWave

21 SCADA HMI enterprise gateway & SCADA HMI Photo: SkyWave

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23 Photos: Kevin Metzger

24 Flooding after Wildfire FEMA - Flood risk is higher until vegetation is restored up to 5 years Colorado Risk Management - Post wildfire flash floods can occur within minutes of rainstorm Photo: Kevin Metzger

25 Early Flood Warning with Satellite

26 Key Takeaways EPA: Up to 60% of treated water is lost due to leaks (non-revenue water) water scarcity will drive more leak detection systems EPA: 15,000 US bodies of water affected by nutrient pollution will be drive for more crop monitoring

27 Key Takeaways ASCE: $84 Billion gap in municipal water infrastructure spending monitor more closely what we have and only replace what needs to be replaced UCSUSA: Increase in large wildfires emphasis on reducing flash flood damage post wildfires. Remote monitoring, telemetry, satellite vital to address issues

28 Thank you! Anu Sood, Global Channel Marketing Manager SkyWave Mobile Communications Remote Monitoring & Control 2013, December 12-13, 2013, Las Vegas