remote monitoring of rural water supplies using grundfos lifelink
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By Andrew Armstrong, Community Development Programs Manager, Water Missions International. Prepared for the Monitoring sustainable WASH service delivery symposium, 9-11 April 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.TRANSCRIPT
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Remote Monitoring of Rural Water Supplies Using Grundfos LIFELINK
Andrew ArmstrongCommunity Development Programs Manager
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Nine country programmes 150 full-time indigenous staff
Charleston, SC, USA
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Objectives
Use LIFELINK automated technology to: • Track community-level finances Accountability
• Analyze household-level water use data Learning‒ Household penetration‒ Consumption
Provide lasting services
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Context• TradeWaterTM programme – Privatized water service delivery– Nonprofit business model– Staff/responsibilities at community and country programme office levels– Nine current pilot projects (45 planned)
• LIFELINK money handling and cash flow
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LIFELINK Water Unit
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LIFELINK Water Unit
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Data Transmission
Grundfos’ Revenue Management System
(GRM)
Water Missions International’s Reporting
Database
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Lake Intake
Pump/Treat HouseReservoir Tank
Business Centre
Pump House
Treatment House
LIFELINK Unit
Underground Vault
Power/Control CablesDistribution PipingSupply Piping
LEGEND
Case Study: TradeWater Kikondo
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Lake Intake
Pump/Treat HouseReservoir Tank
Case Study: TradeWater Kikondo
Business Centre
Pump House
Treatment House
LIFELINK Unit
Underground Vault
Power/Control CablesDistribution PipingSupply Piping
LEGEND
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Financial Analysis
• Total Income = Revenue from water sales, mobile phone charging and bathing shelter
• Operating Expenses (OpEx) = staff commissions and salaries, administrative, chemical and transportation costs
• Total Expenses (OpEx and CapManEx) = operating expenses, major maintenance, repair and equipment depreciation
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Financial Analysis
• Total Income = Revenue from water sales, mobile phone charging and bathing shelter
• Operating Expenses (OpEx) = staff commissions and salaries, administrative, chemical and transportation costs
• Total Expenses (OpEx and CapManEx) = operating expenses plus major maintenance, repair and equipment depreciation
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Individual Users (≤100L avg. daily volume collected)
Institutional Users/Vendors(>100L avg. daily volume collected)
Individual Water Use Data
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Individual Users (≤100L avg. daily volume collected)
Institutional Users/Vendors(>100L avg. daily volume collected)
Individual Water Use Data
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Individual Users (≤100L avg. daily volume collected)
Institutional Users/Vendors(>100L avg. daily volume collected)
Individual Water Use Data
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• Revenue is a function of household penetration, consumption, and water price
• Creative pricing structures and targeted marketing campaigns could lead to increased penetration and consumption
Individual Water Use Data
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Water Price Considerations• Consumption expenditure– 3% threshold suggested by UNDP2
– 1.2% avg. in Kikondo
• Supply vs. Demand
2 United Nations Development Programme [UNDP], 2006. Human Development Report; Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis. New York, NY, USA.
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Spatial Analysis
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Conclusions• In addition to financial accountability, LIFELINK automated technology enables:– Simplified and streamlined ongoing analysis of household-level water use data (household penetration and consumption)– Identification of “critical need” areas and targeting of infrastructure/staff time
– Temporal and spatial evaluation of revenue-increasing strategies
• LIFELINK is a viable off-the-shelf option for automatically tracking community-level finances and capturing water use data
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Thank you for your time.
Questions?
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