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Smart water solutions

Water touches every part of our lives in countless agricultural, industrial, and domestic ways. To secure the continued use of water across a broad range of applications for generations to come, we need to transform the water industry to make it smart ── powered by digital technologies ── more efficient and more sustainable.

ABB is committed to the conservation and smart use of water as an essential resource for a sustainable society. Transform your water operations and management strategy with a robust, safe and reliable power infrastructure.

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The modernization and adoption of new technologies are imperative to address today’s water industry challenges. See how ABB electrification solutions help optimize water operations.

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Applications

Desalination makes the abundant water of the oceans available to meet the growing demands of our cities and farms, especially in areas where drought and changing climate are causing water shortages.

Yet, desalination consumes enormous amounts of energy, making it one of the most expensive sources of water. ABB smart power distribution and energy management solutions, along with highly efficient pumping capabilities, can help reduce the energy consumption of desalination, making it more practical for widespread use.

Wastewater treatment plants play a crucial role in enhancing water quality for diverse purposes, including drinking, industrial use, and environmental conservation.

ABB enhances these plants' efficiency and reliability, ensuring a steady flow of clean water. With our intelligent power and energy solutions, we minimize costs and downtime, delivering a reliable water supply to communities and industries.

Water treatment plants improve the quality of water to make it suitable for various uses — from drinking and home consumption to industrial to agricultural use. ABB can increase the flow of water through these plants by improving efficiency and reliability of water operations.

Our smart power and energy solutions can reduce costs and increase uptime, providing a consistent supply of clean, accessible water to those who need it.

Whether pumping water from the ground or from a mountain lake to farms in a valley below, real time control of a water distribution system is essential. Digitizing water management systems provide this control by generating data that can be used to increase efficiency, optimize energy use and reduce operational costs.

Our smart water solutions help improve system reliability and increases maintenance efficiency. Improved visibility into every part of a water management system results in an improved flow of water and a decrease in water waste.

District Cooling Plants

Water and wastewater treatment plants improve the quality of water to make it suitable for various uses—drinking and home consumption, industrial use, irrigation, and even returning it safely back to the natural environment.

ABB can increase the flow of water through these plants by improving efficiency and reliability. Our smart power and energy solutions can reduce costs and increase uptime, providing a consistent supply of clean, accessible water to those who need it.

Storage and Transmission

Due to ageing infrastructures, on average up to 25-30% of a utility's water is lost in the network to leakage and other types of nonrevenue water, resulting in a financial loss for water companies. These older infrastructures are often highly distributed, in remote locations, and require sophisticated control and monitoring solutions.

Smart distribution and management of energy, optimization, and leakage detection solutions are cornerstones of ABB’s water expertise and offering for water storage networks. Our portfolio includes water measurement products that indicate flow, temperature, pressure, level, and other variables to optimize water management operations.

Industry Expertise

Design and Specification

Installation and Commissioning

Operations and Maintenance

Design and Specification

ABB solution architects play a crucial role in engineering end-to-end solutions that support our customers in their planning and design phases.

We offer solutions, technical expertise, and comprehensive consultancy in Electrification to enable easy planning and futureproofing, ensuring compatibility with evolving technologies and increase the safety and reliability of your water infrastructure.

This solution approach supports our customers with standardization, scalability and continuity in the power infrastructure.

Installation and Commissioning

ABB works closely with EPCs providing them valuable support for installation and commissioning of electrification solutions.

Innovative switchgear design, state of the art testing facilities and on-site support helps contractors deliver critical water projects on time, on budget and with utmost precision. Our tailored solutions can work in conjunction and be integrated with other systems in a water plant.

Operations and Maintenance

Water plants needs to run continuously without interruptions to ensure water reaches our homes, to industries and irrigate lands. Our suite of solutions, including digital offerings and local services, empowers water operators to optimize operations and reduce total cost of ownership.

By improving efficiency, monitoring performance, and enhancing safety and reliability, we ensure the longevity and resilience of water infrastructure.

Smart water ecosystem

Our water solutions are rooted in a core set of values that ground our business strategy and shape our solutions: safety, quality, sustainability, and reliability. See how we contribute to the production and treatment of clean, sustainably managed water.

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