Acid injection of a potential water supply
borehole in Suffolk to improve yield, UKMott MacDonald
can help Water Service providers to minimise expenditure through
optimisation of existing assets and processes. Optimisation
involves identifying the optimum approach to capital or operational
expenditure to achieve particular objectives at least cost, while
taking account of given constraints. Optimisation techniques can be
applied to the operation of existing assets or the planning of new
infrastructure and can potentially save water service providers
significant sums in the short and long term.
There are many possible applications of optimisation techniques,
from water resource planning, to network operation or treatment
works design.
Value Management workshop for the Fort William Area
Water Supply, ScotlandThere is no standard approach to an
optimisation study and we pride ourselves in our ability to be
flexible and innovative – we start by understanding the problem and
the specific drivers and constraints, and we use a range of tools
and techniques at our disposal to assess potential options and
identify the optimum intervention strategy. We are experienced in
the application of Monte Carlo modelling and other probabilistic
techniques.
Our people are pushing the boundaries in this area through the
development of sophisticated models that incorporate uncertainty on
input parameters and employ optimising software.
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