TPT November 2018

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Yokogawa to deliver information system YOKOGAWA Electric Corporation’s subsidiary, Yokogawa India Ltd, has been entrusted by the State Government of Rajasthan with the implementation, operations and maintenance of a centralised, integrated water information management system (WIMS) in Jaipur, the state capital, as part of the Smart Cities Mission.

With the present public drinking water system, which supplies more than 370 million litres per day, most of the data collection has been done manually or using supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems where information is stored locally. This means measurement frequency is limited, recorded data is sometimes inaccurate, and central decision-making cannot be carried out in an effective, timely manner. The WIMS initiative aims to establish a centralisedmonitoring system for both the potable water supply and industrial and municipal wastewater systems across the state to optimise resource utilisation and improve service delivery. Yokogawa will leverage the open, scalable architecture of its Fast/Tools TM SCADA system to integrate legacy SCADA installations in 100 geographically remote locations into a single network. The company will also be responsible for implementing water network management and analytics software, as well as developing mobile applications

for field personnel.Water flowand energy consumption data from the multiple SCADA systems will be transferred regularly to a central command centre and data storage facility, named the Water Information Hub, to be built at the State Data Center in Jaipur. The new monitoring system will provide a real-time view of assets and the distribution process in dashboards that are optimised by purpose and target user. The new network will enable easier expansion of the water supply and treatment monitoring system as demand grows in the future. Raman Garg, head of sales for non- conventional solutions at Yokogawa India, commented, “As part of the Smart Cities Mission, the Government of India is promoting models of sustainable urban development in 99 cities across India.” Yokogawa Europe BV – Netherlands Email: info@nl.yokogawa.com Website: www.yokogawa.com

Awarded through RajCOMP Info Services Ltd (RISL), a Government of Rajasthan company responsible for IT services, the initial commissioning of the multi-million-dollar project will be completed in November 2018, after which Yokogawa will provide 24/7 on- site facility management services for five years. Water demand in Rajasthan, the largest state in India, has continued to rise along with the growth in population, and already exceeds supply in many areas, making it increasingly difficult for the state’s Public Health Engineering Department to deliver the quantity and quality of water required.

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