Dubai Electrical energy and Water Authority (DEWA) utilises innovation and disruptive applied sciences in detecting leaks within the water transmission underground pipelines. This helped DEWA save 243 million gallons of water and AED 9.66 million in 2023. DEWA’s Good Ball know-how detects leaks which might be normally troublesome to detect utilizing conventional methods. Since its utilisation in April 2021 and till the tip of 2023, the Good Ball know-how detected 81 leaks within the water transmission community in Dubai. This know-how reduces operational bills, as small cracks within the water transmission pipelines are handled earlier than they enhance in measurement and trigger additional water wastage.

“DEWA depends on the newest instruments to anticipate the longer term, sound scientific planning, and seamless, swift, and efficient operation of the sensible grid. This ensures the sustainability of water assets consistent with the Dubai Built-in Water Useful resource Administration Technique 2030. We utilise the sensible grid to develop state-of-the-art infrastructure for managing services and providers utilizing disruptive and Fourth Industrial Revolution applied sciences. These embrace AI, drones, blockchain know-how, Web of Issues (IoT), and extra,” says mentioned HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA. “DEWA displays and controls the water community in Dubai remotely across the clock utilizing the Supervisory Management and Information Acquisition (SCADA) programs. In 2023, DEWA launched its third section of SCADA programs. That is a part of our efforts to realize digital transformation utilizing state-of-the-art operational know-how, which incorporates real-time hydraulic modelling, a coaching simulation system and superior reporting instruments. This allows us to observe the water community in Dubai remotely across the clock, together with the water transmission pipelines, pumping stations and reservoirs sprawling over 3,000 kilometres. This has been achieved by putting in over 10,000 sensible gadgets. DEWA is presently implementing the District Metering Areas (DMA) on the distribution degree and commonly increasing the transmission community and key distribution belongings.”

“The Good Ball system consists of a small diameter sphere with a extremely delicate acoustic sensor, that’s inserted into the water community, the place it travels freely, pushed by the water move. It detects sounds generated by leaks and identifies gasoline pockets or anomalies, which have distinctive traits. As soon as the Good Ball is extracted, the compiled knowledge is analysed by software program utilizing mathematical algorithms displaying the exact location of leaks, gasoline pockets, or anomalies. The Good Ball travels freely contained in the transmission pipes at round 3 kilometres per hour and may examine over 35 kilometres in at some point with out affecting the water move,” provides Abdullah Obaidullah, Government Vice President of Water & Civil at DEWA.