Aquify, an Exelon company, has completed the design and implementation of a comprehensive sensor and analytics system on the Village of Rosemont, Ill.’s drinking water distribution network.
The Aquify system segments Rosemont’s system into three Districted Meter Areas (DMAs). The company installed eight flow meters and pressure sensors, which are now delivering real-time data to its 24/7 monitoring and analytics teams. The system utilizes TaKaDu’s machine learning analytics software with insertion flow meters supplied by Trimble Water and FlowTronic.
The system is expected to deliver economic benefits to the Village of more than two times the investment. Environmental and sustainability benefits include reduced water loss, reduced energy consumption and reduced chemicals used to pump and treat the water.
Rosemont, a community adjacent to O’Hare airport and home to 4,000 residents, is a convention and tourist destination. The village is home to the Allstate Arena, the Rosemont Theater, a minor league baseball franchise and ballpark, and a 200,000 square-foot dining and entertainment district. Rosemont’s water distribution network includes 31 miles of pipe and services approximately 730 water customers.
The partnership between Rosemont and Aquify began when Village leaders were looking to reduce non-revenue water (NRW) through the implementation of remote monitoring technology. NRW had been rising in the Village over recent years and traditional leak detection methodologies had not always been effective. Further, Rosemont had no reliable way to measure water theft. Finally, limited staff resources made an in-house solution impractical.
“After a significant due-diligence process, we determined that Aquify brought all the right elements together to help lead us into a new era of leveraging technology to the service of our water customers,” said Lisa DiMatteo, Director of Public Utilities. “As all public water utilities know well, water is becoming an ever more precious commodity. It was essential that we do everything possible to reduce the amount of water wasted in our system to be fiscally and environmentally responsible for our entire community.”
Engineering services related to the project are provided by Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd (CBBEL). CBBEL, who recommended Aquify to the Village to center their water loss management strategy, and anticipate seeing additional benefits in their hydraulic modeling and water system planning efforts for the Village.
SOURCE: Aquify
