Yorkshire Water advances telemetry project
3 Aug 2011
London – Capula has recently completed delivery on phase two of a Yorkshire Water programme to improve its data storage, retrieval and analysis capabilities.
Under its Times Series Values (TSV) project, the water utility aims to enhance its operational information flow to help improve business performance. via improved efficiencies and end-to-end visibility of data.
Phase one of the project saw Capula create production dashboards using OSIsoft PI. This allowed Yorkshire Water to centrally monitor the performance of its 25 most important waste water and sewage treatment sites from anywhere within the region.
The displays allow data to be presented concisely at a number of different levels from high level management reporting to detailed site or device-specific root level analysis through a single user interface.
Having delivered phase one in 2010, Capula used experience gained from the initial phase to make refinements to the underlying structure of the system in phase two as the system was rolled out 21 clean water treatment sites.
These refinements meant phase two was not only delivered ahead of schedule and to budget, but the effort required for on-going maintenance and further expansion of the system has been significantly reduced.
The setup allows Yorkshire Water to mitigate and adapt to climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions through a more efficient and economical use of energy – projected at more than £1.35m over five years.
Another benefit is the ability to optimise the bio digesters to maximise methane production, which is subsequently used to generate electricity on site and further reduce bought in energy costs.
