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In the world of water utilities, there’s nothing more stressful or inconvenient than pipe failure, especially when breakages take you by surprise. Cost, labor, timing, interrupted service - they all play a factor. Organizations would much rather identify pipes likely to fail and build their maintenance into work schedules vs. reacting to unexpected failures - but that can be easier said than done. This is where the Water AI Pipe Predictor (WAIPP) from Arcadis Gen can help. Our intelligent app allows water utilities to input key infrastructure data and properties, and quickly turns them into key insights - identifying which pipes are most likely to fail over a specific time period – week, month, year, or even 25 years.
Our intelligent app only requires 4 properties to get started and calculate likelihood of failure – asset ID, installation date, failure history, and length. However, you can add additional inputs like materials, diameter, soil type, corrosivity, depth, pressure and even local weather conditions for a more detailed analysis.
Here’s how it works in 4 simple steps:
Step 1. Upload data:
The first thing is to upload your data into WAIPP so the app can review the data and prepare it for analysis.
- Log in to the AppliedInsight platform and click on the WAIPP application.
- Create a new project and assign it a name and project details.
- Drag your data into your project.
Step 2. Data Ingestion
In this step, the app analyzes your asset data while removing any duplications and errors to achieve greater accuracy.
- Grab a drink or a snack
- Take a break while WAIPP calculates the results - usual wait time is around 20 minutes
- Prepare for optimizing your maintenance and replacement plans
Step 3. Model Fitting
Here, we use machine learning, artificial intelligence, and your historical data to build a custom model that will predict the likelihood of failure for your pipe assets over the next 25 years.
- Grab a drink or a snack
- Take a break while WAIPP calculates the results - usual wait time is around 20 minutes
- Prepare for optimizing your maintenance and replacement plans
Step 4. Visualize results
Finally, WAIPP will create a personalized table comparing predicted to actual failures. You can sort through the results by feature, date, or other asset properties.
- Analyze and interrogate your data by exploring the charts, tables, and map provided
- Download the data into an Excel or PDF format
- Use the data gathered to set up an effective course of action
- Use the results in the WAIPP Optimizer to optimize and prioritize your maintenance and replacement plans
For more detailed insights, there’s also the option to interrogate your data results by reviewing the failure comparison and feature importance tables. Again, once you’ve examined these, you’ll then be able to download your results and easily convert them into an Excel or PDF format.
With our WAIPP app, you can finally apply a proactive approach to your water infrastructure management and investment efforts. The tool uses your existing datasets to predict your asset maintenance, replacement and cleansing needs. So you can avoid major issues, from service interruptions to pollution incidents - and become more sustainable and profitable.
Request a demo today and see first hand how WAIPP can help your organization.
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