4 For Water

Understanding the challenges in the water and wastewater sectors, and identifying the ways to over-come them, means continuing to support water security for all Australians in the most sustainable way. This allows us to uphold our commitment to support water authorities in meeting their clean energy goals.

Water authorities, suppliers and wastewater treatment plants are facing major problems related to escalating costs of electricity in operation, impactful pipe leakage causing revenue loss in un-billable water and additional finances going towards predictive and reactive maintenance on wastewater transfer stations. This is being recognised across all water and wastewater pumping, treatment, distribution, and discharge activities. 

As the cost of electricity to run plants continues to rise, more effort is being applied to find out where this can be reduced. Regulatory bodies are also implementing more conditions around sustainability to encourage water authorities and treatment plants to become more conscious of reducing energy consumption to lessen environmental impact.

Water industry trends

• Urbanisation is placing increased demands on aging infrastructure, including costs associated with system maintenance and repairs
• Water companies are under increased pressure to lower their total cost of ownership whilst avoiding supply interruptions and delivering high customer outcomes
• Water is a scarce resource and climate change is adding to the urgency of ensuring water systems work efficiently
• There is a heightened emphasis on making plant and personnel safety a priority

4 For Water topics

• Week 1: The importance of de-risking your water supply. Ensuring consistent delivery, efficiency, and operability when it comes to the operation of your plant.  
• Week 2: Increasing energy efficiency in water supply and operations. We’re talking reduced energy consumption and increased energy efficiency. Meeting the future needs of a sustainable world, addressing the global water crisis and energy challenges. 

• Week 3: Driving out harmonics from the water network: What exactly is the problem with harmonics? They can cause damage to sensitive electric equipment, interference in communication equipment, and false readings on measurement devices.  A more reliable process is a more efficient process, so how to you avoid disruptions to your network and those around you?
• Week 4: Maintaining service and reliability of critical assets:  Automating systems, a look at pump cleaning in applications, and increasing product lifecycle and reducing operational expenditure. 

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