Remote Monitoring of Rural Water Supplies Using Grundfos LIFELINK

Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery Symposium, Addis AbabaWednesday 10 April [email protected]

Remote Monitoring of Rural Water Supplies Using Grundfos LIFELINK

Andrew ArmstrongCommunity Development Programs Manager


Nine country programmes 150 full-time indigenous staff

Charleston, SC, USA


Objectives

Use LIFELINK automated technology to: • Track community-level finances Accountability

• Analyze household-level water use data Learning‒ Household penetration‒ Consumption

Provide lasting services


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


LIFELINK Water Unit


Data Transmission

Grundfos’ Revenue Management System

(GRM)

Water Missions International’s Reporting

Database


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


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


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


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


Individual Users (≤100L avg. daily volume collected)

Institutional Users/Vendors(>100L avg. daily volume collected)

Individual Water Use Data


• 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


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.


Spatial Analysis


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


Thank you for your time.

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