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Project’s context & challenges

Riventa collaborated with a UK public water authority to optimize its network. The project reduced network energy costs and won the Pump Centre's ''Project of the Year 2016''.

The network supplis the Smisby, Ragdale, and Hallagate reservoirs through:

 

  • 1 Water Treatment
  • 1 Turbine and Break Tank
  • 2 Reservoirs
  • 7 Pumping Systems
  • Abstraction from a river

Historic energy-use variations required a data-driven optimization approach under the AMP6 efficiency framework.

Key figures

9% energy cost reduction

£400k/year

19% potential savings

£855k/year

£200k/year savings

from £300k CAPEX

<1 year payback

for operational improvements

Expansion across all Severn Trent Sites

"''The impressive results have changed the way the network operated and it is intended to roll the system out to other networks across the AMP6 period to utilize this new information-driven approach as a key-feature in targeting resources for OPEX reduction and CAPEX allocation fulfilling the TOTEX mandate'' "

Customer benefits

9% reduction in energy costs with no CAPEX

Clear, data-driven operational guidance

Identified further investment savings

Adopted as a model for wider network optimization

Solution

Riventa installed FREEFLOW monitoring systems on 26 pumps and created a Decision Support System (DSS) using Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms to optimize network operation and energy use in real time.

Scope of supply

  • FREEFLOW system installation
  • Real-time monitoring and analysis
  • Decision Support System (DSS) development
  • Network optimization reporting

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