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recently welcomed over 250 participants in Madrid, with the common goal of addressing the most pressing water and energy challenges in a scenario marked by climate change.
In the words of Mark Barker, CEO of WEX Global, "this year's event consolidates WEX Global as one of the most important discussion forums in the water and energy sector, addressing crucial issues to improve resilience and sustainability against a background of severe climate stress".
Pablo Calabuig, VP Americas at Idrica, underlined the impact of artificial intelligence as a major technology to bear in mind. The executive pointed out that " this is the best time in history to commit to innovation, collaboration and global action so we can build a more resilient, sustainable and equitable future for the water sector".
overall saving is 17%, in many sectors the savings are as high as 34% to 37% after the actions taken. This is a milestone considering that Mexico is facing one of its worst droughts in recent years.
This project is part of SADM's 2050 Water Supply Assurance Master Plan. Servicios de Agua y Drenaje de Monterrey currently provides potable water for 99.22% of the population, 96.07% have a sanitation system, and 99.99% a wastewater treatment system in a metropolitan area of 5.3 million inhabitants.
Digital transformation, the key to the future
Under the title, "Water, Energy and Climate Change: Integrated Solutions to Build a Water Positive Future", WEX Global 2024
Jean de Montal, Xylem's Solution Selling Europe S&W Director, agreed, highlighting the importance of cooperation as the basis for digital transformation. However, he also highlighted the need for "a holistic, long-term vision to embrace digital transformation, focused on breaking down information silos within utilities. This is why we need to generate a digital culture in companies".
One of the technologies most frequently mentioned during WEX Global was artificial intelligence. Pilar Conejos, Idrica’s Digital Twin Manager, emphasized that this technology "is set to transform the water and energy sector". Similarly, Chema Nebot, VP EMEA - APAC - Brazil at Idrica, indicated that "utilities are keen to adopt technology, although public-private partnerships will be required to push this forward".
Ready to support with smart meter rollouts
Increased production and testing capacity across three manufacturing sites means Xylem is ready to meet the UK demand for smart water meters in AMP8, writes Adam Parsonage, head of account & commercial for Sensus at Xylem UK.
Around 40% of UK households are expected to have smart water meters by 2030, as the sector moves forward at pace with plans for mass rollouts. According to draft water resources management plans, the figure will reach 65% by 2050.
As Ofwat expects all water companies in England and Wales to consider smart meters as the standard meter type in the 2025- 2030 asset management plan (AMP8) period, between eight and 10 million are set to be installed over the five years.
Concern from utilities about availability of smart water meters is therefore understandable. A number of companies that are developing AMP8 installation programmes have asked Xylem how they can be sure to secure the required numbers.
As a leading manufacturer of smart water meters, through its Sensus brand, Xylem has in place a robust forecasting process
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which provides an accurate view of future demand and enables effective allocation of components and products. We have already got ahead by investing in additional capacity at Xylem’s three European manufacturing centres of excellence and in May 2023, opened a state-of-the-art test facility for water meters at our factory in Laatzen, Germany.
One of the largest Measuring Instruments Directive (MID) certified facilities in Europe, the site allows Xylem’s engineers
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