Global Water Awards: DEWA Wins Smart Water Project Of The Year Award

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has won the Smart Water Project of the Year Award 2024 at the Global Water Awards. DEWA made this global achievement for its fully automated Hydro Insight system. The system was developed internally using the latest AI and data science technologies developed in-house for smart grid automation and management. 

The fully automated Hydro Insight system permits DEWA to monitor over 1 million smart meters and enhance visibility in a range of areas, including water meter anomalies. Notably, the smart system has decreased the meter anomaly detection time from 30 days to a mere 1 hour, resulting in the conservation of 214 million gallons of water.

Saeed Mohammed Ahmed Al Tayer, CEO of DEWA, highlighted that the award comes in recognition of one of the world’s largest and advanced infrastructure projects for smart water meters. "We continue to utilise the smart grid to develop our state-of-the-art infrastructure for managing facilities and services using disruptive and Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies," said Saeed Mohammed Ahmed Al Tayer. The CEO also added that smart meters serve as the backbone of the smart grid and play a major role in driving digital transformation.