Commissioning of measuring devices

Commissioning of measuring devices in Vodovod Gradiška

In the preparatory phase, as well as during the implementation of the Project "Development of a mathematical model of the water supply and sewerage system of Gradiška with a plan for their development", KP "Vodovod" a.d. Gradiška performed continuous procurement and installation of flow meters. They are then installed by District Measurement Area (DMA).

In previous years, this company had measuring equipment, ie electromagnetic flow, pressure and noise meters - MWM System Martinek Gmbh. With them, for the purposes of control, five measuring DMA zones were supervised. These zones have been marked as a pilot project in the city center.

However, after the procurement and installation of these meters, they were in operation for a short time. The reason is that there was no team that would deal with losses and unearned water.

Only with the launch and implementation of the Project on the water supply network, the management decided to put these meters into operation. The goal, as well as their function, is to cover certain people with them DMA measurement zones.

Contract on the establishment of the function of measuring equipment

At the end of March 2019, and for the purpose of training the meter, a Contract was signed on performing the service of checking the correctness and putting in functions, and the commissioning of electromagnetic flow, pressure and noise meters (MWM), between “Vodovod” a.d Gradiška and “NMAqua” s.p.

In the following period, visual inspection and control of probes, power supply units, electronics and modems was performed. After that, the equipment was completed, power supply units were procured, as well as GSM telephone cards for data transfer, etc.

Software package installation

After trial operation and test measurements, due to better performance, a new software package was installed for remote reading and establishing communication with measuring probes.

Networking of flow meters into the SCADA system

Instructions for use and work with meters have been prepared, and it is still necessary to train staff in terms of programming and reading the obtained data. It is also necessary to acquaint the staff with the way of storing and using data from a certain database.

These four meters will, in the coming period, by the end of the year be connected to a single SCADA system for permanent supervision, monitoring and control of losses in the Gradiška water supply system. By connecting and putting the meters into operation, this project will be completely completed.