Using an asset management system based on IBM’s Maximo software, the Fukuoka District Waterworks Agency will be able to monitor the conditions of facilities assets at the water treatment plant and the Seawater Desalination Center when the system goes live in April 2010. Assets include electric equipment, engineering and construction devices, pipelines and water pumps.
 

According to the maintenance management and renewal plan for the next 40 years, Fukuoka District Water Works Agency’s efforts will reduce the estimated cost for renewals and repairs by 125.6 billion yen compared to renewing the facilitates based on standard lifecycles. In the future, the agency expects this level of detailed, real-time asset management to reduce costs still further.

Sharon Nunes, vice president for Big Green Innovations at IBM said: “Water management is an issue faced by every business, city and government on the planet. These issues can be understood and managed by collecting and analyzing data and IBM is applying expertise in smart systems and data analysis to help companies like Fukuoka District Waterworks Agency more effectively deal with these issues.”