Luxor, Egypt, April 2013 Utilization of ICT for Enhanced Water Resources Management &Monitoring Networks at MWRI Ayman Ibrahim, General Director for Studies and Projects, Telemetry, MWRI ITU Workshop on “ICT as an Enabler for Smart Water Management” (Luxor, Egypt, April 2013)

Challenges Limited Water Resources Increased Population, Share 55.5 billion m3 /year according to the 1959 Agreement Population increase, thereby increasing the requirements of drinking water Industry growth 9 million acres cultivated area Luxor, Egypt, April

Challenges Pollution & Water Quality deterioration Horizontal Expansion Plan National Programs adopted by the State to increase the cultivated area in the near future (reclamation and cultivation of 3.4 million acres) Conflicts between users Illegal Agricultural Land Agricultural Policies Luxor, Egypt, April

To face these challenges Improving the overall water use efficiency in order to minimize the losses out of the system and distributing the available water for agriculture in an equitable way. Improved planning and management procedures are key measures generally prescribed to make the optimum use of the available water resources. Luxor, Egypt, April

To face these Challenges Satisfying future demands in Egypt will highly depend on better utilization and efficient use of present water resources. Development of additional water resources Re-use of agricultural drainage water, Groundwater, Rain and storm water Luxor, Egypt, April

To face these challenges The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation MWRI is currently adopting the Integrated Water Resources Management IWRM approach and also actively involved in National Water Policy which is also based on integrated water management. Luxor, Egypt, April

شبكة الرى بجمهورية مصر العربية طول شبكة الترع كم طول شبكة المصارف كم عدد محطات الطلمبات1600 عدد محطات الطوارئ200 عدد الآبارالحكومية 200

شبكة الترع فى مصر

نهر النيل القنطرة الفاصلة إدارة 1 إدارة 2 مسقى هندسة رى

ICT & Water Resources The Information technology, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCADA Systems, telemetry, Remote Sensing and automatic control systems are disciplines that highly contribute in achieving such MWRI goals to face Limited water resources challenges. Luxor, Egypt, April

ICT & Water Resources A main engine to achieve such goals and face these challenges is the availability of accurate and continuous (real time) water related data about the behavior of the irrigation system. This will help decision makers and water distribution managers take the appropriate and right decisions at the right times. Luxor, Egypt, April

ICT & Water Resources Information technology and rapid development of communication systems definitely help implement such IT systems in a very cost effective way. Luxor, Egypt, April

Monitoring Networks During the last few years the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation has adopted many programs that aim to establishment of different monitoring networks that provides real time data on water quantity and water quality. Luxor, Egypt, April

الهدف من أعمال الرصد والمتابعة التحقق من وصول المياه لكل أجزاء الشبكة عدالة توزيع المياه كماً ونوعاً استلام الحصة عند مداخل الادارة أو الهندسة check points وجود قاعدة بيانات تفيد فى اتخاذ القرارات المستقبلية وتطوير الرى والسياسات المائية الحد من النزاعات بين المنتفعين عدم حدوث غرق أو جفاف

Telemetry Monitoring Network Implementation of water level monitoring network at the main irrigation structures along the Nile River and main canals. This monitoring system covers now 103 sites on the Nile barrages and main canals and some second order canals. Luxor, Egypt, April

9/23/ Monitoring Network The network design key elements include:  Selection of the sites locations where monitoring is required  Identification of the parameters to be measured at each site.  Identification of the frequency of measurement  Naming of the involved partners.

Telemetry System Components At Sites: Data Logger GSM/GPRS Modem Water Level Sensors Power Supply Solar Cell & Battery NEMA Box Luxor, Egypt, April

9/23/ Telemetry System

Telemetry System Components At Irrigation Directorates GD Water Distribution Manager Telemetry Department Computer System Equipped with S/W and GSM/GPRS modem At Ministry Center Servers and GSM/GPRS Modems equipped with needed S/W Luxor, Egypt, April

Data Monitored Measured Up Stream Water Level Down Stream Water Level Temperature Battery Voltage Pump Units Status On/Off Calculated Pump Working Hours Water Flow Luxor, Egypt, April

Data Types Real Time Data Historic Data Communication Dedicated APN Access Point Name Supports up to GPRS - Edge Luxor, Egypt, April

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9/23/ قراءة البحاري و القراءات المسجلة لمنسوب الخلف يوم 18 مايو

9/23/ قراءة البحاري و القراءات المسجلة لمنسوب الامام يوم 18 مايو

9/23/ GSM Based System

9/23/ Pump Monitoring

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9/23/ Warning System Example Ahnasi pumping station is main drainage pumping station at Bani Suef Directorate. Maintaining the water level is primary concern. The designed water level value at upstream pumping station is 23 meter, however, at some times it reaches 25 meter. Reaching this value for long period of times is very harmful for the irrigation bodies and may end up with floods and possible damage of drainage banks.

9/23/ نظام الانذار بمحطة طلمبات صرف اهناسيا المحافظة على مستوى المياه في المحطة لتجنب الفيضانات. المشكلة تظهرعند توقف أحدي الوحدات عن العمل لفترة معينة من الزمن فأن مستوى المياه يرتفع فوق قيمة المنسوب التصميمي و هو 23 مترا ، ولكن في بعض الأوقات يصل إلى 25 متر. ان نظام الانذار سوف يقدم رسالة للإنذار المبكر لتفادي الفيضانات لاتخاذ ما يلزم من اجراءات.

9/23/ نظام الانذار بمحطة طلمبات صرف اهناسيا نظام الانذار يمكن تحقيقه محليا بواسطة صفارة إنذار و عن بعد عن طريق خدمة الرسائل القصيرة على الهاتف الجوال وبعد هذا الإنذار المبكر من العمليات المساعدة في عملية صنع القرار و تقليل آثار المشاكل في وقت مبكر و تحديد الإجراءات التي يمكن اتخاذها لخفض البوابات واستخدام بدائل أو تسريع عملية الصيانة للمحطة. هذا النظام سوف يساعد صانعي القرار أيضا من خلال تقديم بعض القرارات البديلة في مثل هذه الحالة....

Water Quality Monitoring Water quality monitoring system includes 25 sites located along the Nile River and main canals and drains. The measured data includes Dissolved Oxygen, PH, Conductivity and Turbidity Luxor, Egypt, April

IQ 2020 Data Logger System Luxor, Egypt, April

HMI at Site Luxor, Egypt, April

Communication System Dial Up Data SIM Pay as you Go Only SIM at the center pays bill Luxor, Egypt, April

Lake Nasser Evaporation Monitoring Network Number of sites : 8 sites distributed along lake Nasser Luxor, Egypt, April

Measured Parameters Net Radiation Wind Speed at 2m & 4m Wind Direction at 2m & 4m Water Temperature at different Depths Surface 2m 5m 10m 15m 20m Luxor, Egypt, April

Measured Parameters Humidity at 2m 4m Air Temperature at 2m 4m Luxor, Egypt, April

Communication System APN GPRS/Edge Satellite Luxor, Egypt, April

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Satellite Luxor, Egypt, April

2 Km US High Aswan Dam Station Luxor, Egypt, April

240 Km US High Aswan Dam Station Toshka Luxor, Egypt, April

280 Km US High Aswan Dam Station Abo Sambel Luxor, Egypt, April

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Main User Interface Screen Luxor, Egypt, April

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Luxor, Egypt, April

Water flow Monitoring system Water flow monitoring system include 30 sites located at IWMDs in Gharbyia, Behra and kafr El Sheik directorates The measured data is directly water flow via ultra sonic flow sensors Luxor, Egypt, April

Water flow sites Luxor, Egypt, April

Conclusions and Recommendations The Ministry, to some extent, has achieved many of the planned goals by implementing such monitoring networks. Even though of the great benefits provided by these monitoring networks, more effort towards optimizing its operation is still required. Luxor, Egypt, April

Conclusions and Recommendations The areas of the needed efforts could be summarized as follows: Information technology part of the system that will utilize the huge collected data. A reliable Information system design is a need at this stage of the project. The system design should carefully define data flows among different users. Luxor, Egypt, April

Conclusions and Recommendations This should also include design and implementation of Decision Support System DSS to support decision makers at different management levels The existing water level monitoring network should be generalized to allow monitoring of water flows and water volumes to follow Ministry policies related to water volume based allocation. Luxor, Egypt, April

Conclusions and Recommendations The existing monitoring network should be extended to cover the key points at the irrigation network. In order to achieve the Ministry integrated approach in water resources management, These monitoring networks should be linked together. Luxor, Egypt, April

Conclusions and Recommendations Utilize the data collection network to build a remote control system Design for irrigation structures for possible generalization. design of sustainable Geographical Information System GIS Decision Support System DSS, Luxor, Egypt, April