ABB Application Description - Achieving Accurate Measurement in Water Distribution Systems. Improving Network Efficiency Using ABB's WaterMaster Electromagnetic Flowmeter

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Accurate measurement in water distribution systems Improving network efficiency using ABB’s Water Master electromagnetic flowmeter

Accurate flowmetering for enhanced water network performance

Measurement made easy

Improving network efficiency using ABB’s Water Master Introduction The application electromagnetic flowmeter

Being able to accurately measure both the quantity The need to achieve a complete overview of water and rate of water passing through a water supply and demand means that water meters should distribution system is crucial to gaining an informed be deployed as widely as possible throughout a understanding of overall efficiency. As such, distribution system. In the main distribution system achieving a measurement that is exact as possible up to the point of use, key areas where can have a significant impact on key areas including measurements need to be made include: supply planning, maintenance and resource • between the abstraction point and the potable deployment, leakage detection and rectification and water treatment works the overall environment, in terms of controlling • within the water treatment works abstraction and reducing unnecessary draw on • throughout the transmission and distribution natural resources. piping network, including to and from storage

and reservoir facilities • the local distribution supply mains

The need to use data for the purposes outlined above means that any flow meters used should be capable of providing accurate, reliable measurement under the widest range of operating conditions.

Various flowmeter types are used in water distribution networks. These include mechanical meters such as turbine and positive displacement (PD) meters, ultrasonic meters and magnetic meters.