Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, announced that the installation rate of smart water meters in Dubai has reached 100% in response to the growing demand for water services, as the number of smart water meters. reached more than one million smart meters by early June 2024. Designed according to the highest international technical standards.
Al Tayer emphasized that the Authority will make efforts to develop its smart grid and advanced smart meter infrastructure to increase operational efficiency and manage facilities and services through intelligent and interconnected systems based on the latest disruptive technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and to achieve. More savings for the Authority and customers.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer added: “We are committed to achieving Dubai’s Economic Agenda “D33” and promoting leadership, sustainability and growth based on innovation and future technological applications, in a way that enhances Dubai’s competitiveness and leadership position as a global center for the digital economy. for the most prosperous The Authority has helped to reduce the investments made in the latest systems and solutions in the water sector in saving 12.5 billion liters, equivalent to savings worth 451.3 million We attach great importance to the smart meters that form the backbone of the smart network.
He continued: “We are managing smart meter data through a secure, integrated, flexible and fully automated infrastructure that allows the authority’s customers to automate meter reading information and obtain instant information about their consumption patterns, thereby monitoring, managing and controlling them. monitor their consumption in a proactive and digital way at any time and from anywhere, to solve them quickly and reduce waste, which contributes to the sustainability of resources, encouraging climate neutrality and sustainable development, and ensuring the happiness of all. The authority’s smart meter analysis and diagnosis center monitors and reads them every 15 minutes.
Through the fully automated “Hydro Insight” system, based on the latest technologies developed in-house by the Authority and the first of its kind among specialized water service organizations in the world, the Authority monitors smart water meters and analyzes all meter faults in one speed. no more than an hour. Advanced meter infrastructure helps improve consumption readings, billing accuracy and reduce unplanned water loss. Smart water meter bills are issued remotely through the advanced SAP platform.
