Water Monitoring - Project Examples
Water Monitoring
Project Examples
This document provides a brief summary of VRT System's experience in the provision and support of (waste) water monitoring systems at distribution and reticulation levels over an approximate 25 year period. It also covers the range of technologies employed over this period and comments on those of the future (based on IoT technologies).
Project |
Owner |
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Technology – Data Network |
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Reticulation Summary |
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Residential |
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Barangaroo R8&R9 |
LendLease |
2015-2016 |
Pulse, Mbus, datalogger, serial, ethernet, internet, EMS (SQL), IoT Gateways, cloud, BYOD browser displays (Australian first) |
6 Greenstar, Australian first, Integrated with power metering, CETA EMS, VRT WideSky, |
Commercial |
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Many incl. Enoggera, Greenbank, Wide Bay, |
Dept. of Defence |
2005-2016 |
Pulse, datalogger, input via power meter, serial, ethernet, via BMS, IoT Gateways, |
Integrated with power metering, VRT RUMS EMS, VRT WideSky Gateways. |
180 Brisbane |
Daisho |
2015-2016 |
Via BMS integration, live foyer displays |
Integrated with power metering, CETA EMS, |
Gasworks Brisbane |
FKP |
2014-2015 |
Via BMS integration, |
Integrated with power metering, CETA EMS, |
The Pavilion, RNA Redevelopment, Brisbane |
LendLease |
2014-2015 |
Via BMS integration, |
Integrated with power metering, CETA EMS, |
Orion Shopping Centre, Springfield |
MIRVAC |
2014-2015 |
Pulse, input via power meter, serial, ethernet, via BMS, |
Integrated with power metering, CETA EMS, |
Precinct/Campus |
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Many incl. Enoggera, Greenbank, Wide Bay, Edinburgh (SA) + approx. 6 others |
Dept. of Defence |
2005-2016 |
Pulse, datalogger, 3G, IoT Gateways, |
> 1,000 meters to date, target > 3,000, Integrated with power metering, VRT RUMS EMS, VRT WideSky Gateways. |
Logan Campus |
John Paul College |
2010-2016 |
Pulse, Waveness mesh wireless network, serial, ethernet, IoT Gateways, |
Integrated with power metering, CETA EMS, VRT WideSky Gateways. |
Aspire Schools (x10) |
Qld Dept of Education |
2008-2011 |
Pulse, Waveness mesh wireless network, serial, ethernet, IoT Gateways, |
Integrated with power metering, VRT WideSky Gateways, web server. |
St Lucia Campus |
University of Queensland |
2012-2016 |
Integration with existing wireless mesh network, integration with site-wide BMS |
> 450 meters to date, target > 1,200, Integrated with power metering, CETA EMS, VRT WideSky Gateways, on-line CoP calculations for chillers. |
Barangaroo Precinct |
Living Utilities (LendLease) |
2015-2016 |
Precinct wide fibre optic network, integration with VRT WideSky Gateways, integration with Schneider PLC, Honeywell BMS |
6 Greenstar, Australian first, VRT WideSky Management Platform, Exporting data in NEM13 format to billing system, greater than 1M readings per day, reporting and analysis via Tableau BI tools. |
Distribution Summary |
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Cairns Waste Water |
Cairns City Council |
1991-2000 |
Kingfisher RTU, MacroView SCADA (dual redundant servers) |
Remote terminals, dial-up and internet, integrated reporting (industry firsts) |
Gold Coast Waste Water |
Gold Coast City Council |
1992-1999 |
Kingfisher RTU, MacroView SCADA (dual redundant servers) |
Remote terminals, dial-up and internet, integrated reporting (industry firsts) |
Goonyella/Riverside Water Supply |
BMA |
1995-2010 |
RTU, MacroView SCADA (dual redundant servers) |
Integrated with Mine Monitoring System |
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AMR Recent Example
VRT is pleased to offer a comprehensive, compliant solution in response to the [Tender Issuer] requirements. A simplified (generalisation – not all meters and data paths are shown) of the recycled water AMR is provided below in Illustration 1: Generalised meter connection topology and data paths.
Illustration 1: Generalised meter connection topology and data paths
IoT – Future Solution Architecture
Legacy solutions (since the introduction of electronic devices) has included RTU, Telemetry (wireless and PLC – Power Line Carrier), proprietary protocols (open later), SCADA, licenced spectrum, silo solutions (e..g. water, power, environmental, all independently) etc.
The future will be based on IoT technologies due to the low cost (economies of scale), low power transmission will enable battery operated devices, unlicenced spectrum, open data protocols such as 6LoWPAN, interoperability, minimal vendor lock-in, cloud computing with secure 3rd party application development capabilities, standards based exporting to billing systems (NEM12 and NEM13), integrated analytics, open APIs and device independent web access.
The Future is Here
VRT is currently delivering such solutions based on integrated IoT devices, gateways and networks from partners such as Paradox Engineering (Switzerland), and our own WideSky IoT platform incorporating Gateway and Management Platform.
WideSky Gateways and Management Platform can be hosted in the cloud or locally in the customer's premises or data centre. An illustration of the VRT WideSky platform is presented below. More information here: http://www.widesky.cloud.