Environment / Water and wastewater
SUEZ: Deciding on pipe replacement and treatment processes
- Company
- SUEZ
- Country
- France
- Adoption stage
- In operation
- Source published
- Date basis
- The date the source was published. It can differ from the date adoption started.
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The work problem
A major task for local authorities is repairing ageing infrastructure. Water supply and wastewater networks have grown old, which puts pressure on budgets and available resources. Delaying replacement makes maintenance far more expensive and creates risks for water quality and for continuity of supply.
Technology and data
SUEZ analyses failure history, the age of the facility and the materials used to predict the likelihood of deterioration and plan replacement work in advance. It uses this to set the order of what gets repaired first. In water treatment and wastewater treatment, energy use and chemical use are large cost items. Here the system monitors key indicators such as temperature, pH and pollutants, and proposes adjustments to the operator. The operator makes the final adjustment.
Results
Claire Mathieu, who leads Data and AI at SUEZ, explained that intelligent sensors and algorithms turn millions of data points into real action. She said that by 2024 more than 33 million cubic metres of water had been saved, which is equivalent to 8,900 Olympic swimming pools. She said investment costs can be cut by up to 30 percent.
Limits and open questions
The source does not say over what scope of business or under what conditions the figure of up to 30 percent was measured. The water saving is also a group-wide figure, not a result of pipe replacement prediction alone.
Sources
- AI at the service of water and waste | SUEZsuez.com, Accessed
Compiled from public sources. These are not results from ATF Works customers.