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DEWA advances smart water network performance to cut losses and strengthen global efficiency leadership · DEWA Podcasts

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  Welcome to Dubai Insights. Today we're exploring
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  a remarkable achievement in water infrastructure
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  management. Dubai Electricity and Water Authority,
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  or DIWA, has just announced a major expansion
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  of their water network monitoring capabilities.
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  They've added 205 fully monitored flow measurement
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  devices and an equal number of pressure monitoring
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  units, while increasing automated remote control
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  valves across the distribution network to 198
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  in 2025. This technological leap strengthens
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  Diwa's position as one of the world's most efficient
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  utilities in limiting water losses. The results
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  speak for themselves. Dubai now achieves the
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  world's lowest water transmission and distribution
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  losses at just 4 .5%. His Excellency Saeed Mohamed
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  Altair, MD and CEO of Diwa, explained the strategic
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  vision behind this initiative. Let me quote him
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  exactly. In line with the wise vision of His
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  Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
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  Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE
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  and Ruler of Dubai, and the UAE Water Security
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  Strategy 2036, we employ technology and innovation
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  to enhance resource sustainability and ensure
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  current and future water security. Effective
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  water and asset management, as well as improved
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  automation and process efficiency, have resulted
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  in Dubai achieving the world's lowest water transmission
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  and distribution losses at 4 .5 % and increased
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  water flow to meet growing demand in line with
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  the highest standards of quality, availability,
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  reliability and efficiency. The technology behind
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  this success is equally impressive. Altair detailed
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  the WaterSmart distribution management system's
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  capabilities. Here's his exact explanation. The
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  WaterSmart distribution management system has
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  a centralized round -the -clock system for remote
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  control and monitoring, as well as innovative
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  smart equipment and systems. The system also
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  uses remote terminal units, or RTUs, installed
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  at interconnections between the transmission
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  and distribution pipelines. In addition, it is
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  linked with advanced water supervisory control
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  and data acquisition, known as SCADA, and hydraulic
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  management systems. This comprehensive approach
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  enables faster fault detection and isolation
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  while using advanced hydraulic analysis to cut
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  costs and improve water movement modeling for
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  more accurate decision making. D -Well plans
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  to further expand this digital network to boost
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  reliability of remote isolation along with enhanced
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  flow and pressure management, ultimately improving
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  customer satisfaction. It's a perfect example
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  of how smart technology can transform essential
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  infrastructure in one of the world's most water
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  -conscious cities.