1、PROJECT SUMMARY From Conventional to Smart Water LESSONS LEARNED FROM BUILDING ONE OF THE LARGEST SMART METER NETWORKS IN EUROPE2ContentsIntroductionBackgroundLes s o n 1 Realizing the need for digital transformationLes s o n 2 Choosing the technologyLes s o n 3 Deploying the technologyLes s o n 4 I

2、ntegrating the dataLes s o n 5Managing a smart meter networkCo n cl us i o nLooking into the future3OIntroductionver the last few years,several waves of innovation have driven a remarkable improvement in efficiency in the water industry.The development and implementation of new technologies has been

3、 the fundamental enabler behind a qualitative shift in how processes are conducted within this industry.One of the key technological advances in the past 50 years has been the progressive innovation in conventional water meters,which record a customers water consumption and thus enable the billing p

4、rocess.The upgrades of these assets,which have finally become industry standards,have been driven by improvements in efficiency.In line with the principles that are shaping the industry today,and given the large meter networks that an average-sized utility typically manages,the first innovations int

5、roduced in water meters enabled a faster and more reliable way to read water consumption.These initial efficiency requirements,which were largely driven by the advent of widespread availability of proximity wireless communications around 2008,led to the deployment of walk-by and drive-by meters that

6、 enabled a mobile data receiver(an operator on foot or in a car)to receive consumption data directly from these devices,simply by being close to them.This system considerably reduced inefficiencies in terms of time and money,providing optimized reading routes and eliminating the need for each operat