Integrated management tool for a water supply system using artificial intelligence techniques: case study using the water supply system of A Coruña

Abstract

[Abstract]: Access to safe drinking water is one of the most important goals of the 2030 agenda. In order to make progress in this regard, it is necessary to modernize and adapt the distribution of drinking water so that it reaches more places and of better quality. My project aimed to offer an open-source and modernized alternative to the SCADA that controls the Medusa facility –a mockup of the water distribution system of A Coruña, Spain–, which is dedicated to testing and research in the field of hydraulics. In this way, it would be possible to control the system remotely and in some cases activate an AI that automatically solves errors, facilitating the research process and the control of the installation itself to the civil engineers. After implementing the SCADA and all its use cases, it was found that the new version solves efficiency problems and performs its work better, i.e. it is able to provide more immediate system status, in addition to allowing a more comprehensive control with real-time graphs that measure different aspects of the installation.

[Resumo]: O acceso á auga potable é un dos obxectivos máis importantes da axenda 2030. Para poder facer avances neste aspecto, é necesario modernizar e adaptar a distribución de auga potable de tal maneira que chegue a máis sitios e de mellor calidade. O meu proxecto pretende ofrecer unha alternativa open- source e modernizada ao SCADA que controla a instalación Medusa –unha maqueta do sistema de distribución de auga da Coruña, España–, cuxo obxectivo a facer probas e investigación no ámbito da hidráulica. Desta maneira, poderase controlar o sistema de forma remota e nalgúns casos activar unha IA que solucione erros de forma automática, facilitando aos enxeñeiros de camiños o proceso de investigación e o control da propia instalación. Despois de implementar o SCADA e todos os seus casos de uso, púidose comprobar que a nova versión soluciona problemas de eficiencia e realiza mellor o seu traballo, é dicir é capaz de ofrecer de forma máis inmediata o estado do sistema, ademais de permitir un control máis exhaustivo coas gráficas en tempo real que miden diferentes aspectos da instalación.