In a new global achievement that adds to its record of success, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has won the Smart Water Project of the Year Award 2024 at the prestigious Global Water Awards.
DEWA received this award for its fully automated Hydro Insight system, a world first for a water utility. DEWA developed the system internally using the latest AI and data science technologies developed in-house for smart grid automation and management. The system allows DEWA to monitor over 1 million smart meters, and improve visibility on a range of areas, including water meter anomalies. This smart system has dramatically decreased meter anomaly detection time, from 30 days to a mere 1 hour, resulting in the conservation of 214 million gallons of water.
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA, celebrated winning a prestigious international water award for their advanced smart water meter infrastructure project, aligning with Dubai’s Integrated Water Resources Management Strategy 2030. Following directives from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, DEWA continues to utilize disruptive technologies for infrastructure management, aiming to become a leading global utility. With only 4.6% water network losses compared to 15% in North America, DEWA demonstrates excellence in water management. The deployment of 1,066,558 smart water meters enhances operational efficiency, ensuring top-notch service delivery.
“DEWA has demonstrated exceptional internal capabilities by equipping and maintaining the entire advanced infrastructure system for smart water meters, and using the latest technologies and systems. DEWA’s staff has developed innovative and automated systems to monitor the grid around the clock. This contributed to about AED 201.1 million in savings since 2017, and resolving more than 40,600 cases of meter malfunctions and 13,397 cases of overloads. DEWA has also notified over 1.9 million customers of their internal water leakage, which prevented the waste of more than 11 billion gallons of water, amounting to about AED 610 million,”
said Abdullah Obaidullah, Executive Vice President of Water & Civil at DEWA.
News Source: Dubai Media Office
