[Anglian Water] 센서스·아퀴바와 스마트 수도계량기 유선네트워크 시범사업 실시

앵글리안 워터(Anglian Water)는 장기 스마트 미터링 프로그램 계획의 일환으로 스마트 수도계량기 유선 네트워크 시범사업을 시작했다.

커뮤니케이션 기업인 아퀴바(Arqiva)는 센서스(Sensus)와 함께 서퍽(Suffolk)주 뉴마켓(Newmarket)지역 내 및 인근의 7천500만 개 이상의 스마트 수도계량기에 대한 개발·운영을 최적화하기 위한 목적으로 유선 네트워크 인프라를 구축하는 4년 계약을 체결했다.

뉴마켓시는 앵글리안 워터가 ‘혁신적 진열창(Shop Window)’이라고 칭하는 프로젝트 현장으로, 앵글리안 워터는 이 지역에서 물기업의 미래를 창조하는 최신 혁신 프로그램을 시험하고 선보일 계획이다.

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Anglian Water partners with Sensus/Arqiva for smart water metering fixed network trial

Utility Anglian Water has started a smart water metering fixed network trial as part of a plan for a long-term smart metering programme.
 
Communications company Arqiva together with Sensus have signed a four-year contract to build a fixed network infrastructure to facilitate the deployment and operation of 7,500 new smart water meters in and around Newmarket, Suffolk.

Newmarket is the site of a project that utility Anglian Water is calling its ‘Innovation Shop Window’ - a place where the company will test and showcase its latest innovation projects, as it seeks to create the water company of the future.

Three of the key objectives of the Shop Window are to achieve 100% customer satisfaction, ensure zero bursts or leakage and reduce water consumption to 80 litres per head, per day.

The trial has been set up to demonstrate the contribution that fixed network smart water metering can make towards these goals.

Throughout the trial, Sensus smart water meters covering both residential and non-residential properties will transmit hourly usage readings via the Arqiva network back to Anglian Water.

The aim is for the data to enable Anglian Water to better understand customer water consumption, and to quickly identify unusual patterns of use that might indicate a burst or a leak.

The two-way communications capability of the fixed network will also enable Anglian Water to remotely reconfigure meters to deliver more frequent meter readings (every 15 minutes) for even more accurate identification of system leakage.

It is intended that customers taking part in the trial will have online access to their consumption data, and will be given guidance and advice to minimise their water consumption.

Arqiva will commence the six month network build in June 2016, after which the fixed network trial will continue for the remaining contract length.

Paul Glass, Anglian Water’s programme manager for the smart metering initiative, said: “Smart metering has a key role to play in giving our customers access to information about their water use - helping them to understand how much water they are using, and therefore how to reduce their consumption and bills. In combination with our efforts on the wider network, this will help secure water supplies for the future.”

“We procured Arqiva (and Sensus as subcontractor) through an EU compliant tender process. We selected them because of the long-term commitment they made to the deployment and on-going monitoring of our fixed network trial, as well as their proven expertise in delivering large-scale network builds.”

[출처 = Water World / 2016년 7월 7일]