Digitizing for efficiency and sustainability
Aquapolo: Customer Story Key Figures
15% greater operational efficiency
Lower cost of ownership
Drinking water secured for >500,000 residents
Brazil’s largest wastewater treatment plant uses EcoStruxure to increase operational efficiencies: for every liter of recycled water they produce, a liter of drinking water is saved.
The Challenge
Aquapolo needed to:
- Address a severe shortage of potable water for the local community
- Meet the increasing demand for water for industrial use
- Manage 20 different KPIs related to water quality and quantity
- Reduce production costs
- Improve operational efficiency
The Solution
Apps, Analytics and Services: EcoStruxure Augmented Operator Advisor, AVEVA Manufacturing Execution System*, AVEVA Historian*, expert servicesEdge Control: Modicon M238 and M340 PLCs, AVEVA Plant SCADA*Connected Products: Harmony HMI, Foxboro instrumentation, ConneXium switches
- AVEVA Plant SCADA and AVEVA Historian control and capture information on 20 qualitative and quantitative parameters.
- Foxboro sensors ensure accuracy of the readings around effluent entry into the reverse osmosis/ultra-filtration plant and send the information to the Modicon PLCs, which control the industrial water treatment, pumping stations, and reservoir operations.
- Operators monitor the process locally via the Harmony HMI.
- AVEVA Manufacturing Execution System supports invoice calculation.
The Results
By implementing a full EcoStruxure for Water and Wastewater solution, including leading-edge industrial software from AVEVA, Aquapolo realized:
- 15% reduction in total production costs and improved efficiency
- Improved quality control with real-time analysis of water quality
- Real-time dynamic billing system
- Better regulatory compliance to protect the environment
- Capacity to deliver potable water for more than 500,000 residents
Sheila de Oliveira, Production Manager, Aquapolo
Customer Testimonial
“Schneider’s EcoStruxure platform provided us with an increase of up to 15% in the plant’s total operational efficiency.”
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Aquapolo, Brazil's largest wastewater treatment plant, partnered with Schneider Electric to address the growing demand for water for industrial use while reducing operating costs and increasing efficiency. The EcoStruxure for Water and Wastewater solution, including leading-edge industrial software from AVEVA, also helped it to improve its regulatory compliance, increasing its industrial sustainability.