1. Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 Utilization of ICT for Enhanced Water Resources Management &Monitoring Networks at MWRI Ayman Ibrahim, General Director for Studies and Projects, Telemetry, MWRI ayman16@hotmail.com ayman16@mwri.gov.eg ITU Workshop on “ICT as an Enabler for Smart Water Management” (Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013)

2. 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, 14-15 April 2013 2

3. Challenges Pollution & Water Quality deterioration Plan Horizontal Expansion 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, 14-15 April 2013 3

4. 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, 14-15 April 2013 4

5. 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, 14-15 April 2013 5

6. 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, 14-15 April 2013 6

7. 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. Part of Mitigation measures Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 7

8. 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, 14-15 April 2013 8

9. 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, 14-15 April 2013 9

10. 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, 14-15 April 2013 10

11. 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, 14-15 April 2013 11

12. Telemetry System Components At Sites: Data Logger GSM/GPRS Modem Water Level Sensors Power Supply Solar Cell & Battery NEMA Box Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 12

13. 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, 14-15 April 2013 13

14. 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, 14-15 April 2013 14

15. Data Types Real Time Data Historic Data Communication Dedicated APN Access Point Name Supports up to GPRS - Edge Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 15

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35. 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, 14-15 April 2013 35

36. IQ 2020 Data Logger System Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 36

37. HMI at Site Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 37

38. Communication System Dial Up Data SIM Pay as you Go Only SIM at the center pays bill Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 38

39. Lake Nasser Evaporation Monitoring Network Number of sites : 8 sites distributed along lake Nasser Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 39

40. 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, 14-15 April 2013 40

41. Measured Parameters Humidity at 2m 4m Air Temperature at 2m 4m Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 41

42. Communication System APN GPRS/Edge Satellite Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 42

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45. Satellite Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 45

46. 2 Km US High Aswan Dam Station Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 46

47. 240 Km US High Aswan Dam Station Toshka Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 47

48. 280 Km US High Aswan Dam Station Abo Sambel Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 48

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50. Main User Interface Screen Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 50

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53. 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, 14-15 April 2013 53

54. Water flow sites Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 54

55. 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, 14-15 April 2013 55

56. 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, 14-15 April 2013 56

57. 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, 14-15 April 2013 57

58. 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, 14-15 April 2013 58

59. Conclusions and Recommendations At many sites a real time monitoring of the data is very essential and it is not supported with the existing network. The real time monitoring is required at the mixing pumping stations where, pump units operation along with water quality and water quantity should be continuously monitored in a real time sense. Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 59

60. Conclusions and Recommendations The drawbacks and pitfalls of the recently implemented monitoring networks will be overcome in order to effectively strengthening the capabilities of the Ministry’ operations staff in the field of water resources management through implementing an integrated monitoring network for water management (quality and quantity) to monitor and analyze water. Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013 60

61. 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, 14-15 April 2013 61