Public utility company Water Supply and Sewage Beograd construction of water meter control and servicing plant – Baždarnica Severni Bulevar 3

CHALLENGES / PROBLEMS

  • Obsolescence of equipment for calibration and servicing of water meters
  • Inability to meet the required control and servicing capacities required by the market
  • Impossibility of testing water meters in class C
  • The need to establish the complete servicing and calibration process necessary for water meters to be tested to the highest standards
  • Uniqueness of test points used to test water meters
  • Archiving results
  • Picking up service to end users
  • Environmental problem due to waste disposal of dilapidated water meters that are not able to be repaired

SOLUTION

  • Design of hydro machine?, electrical, measuring, and control equipment based on compliance with standards and user requirements
  • Designing the servicing and calibration process necessary for the logistic system of servicing and calibration of water meters starting from receiving the water meter, making documentation for each water meter separately, sandblasting, special washing system, housing and mechanisms processing, servicing, calibration, testing, sealing and warehouse storage ready for delivery
  • Installation of a pumping station with eight frequency-regulated pumps. Pumps from Vogel and frequency regulators from Danfoss.
  • Installation of Atlas Copco compressor station with complete pneumatic installation
  • Installation of four measuring and regulating lines for testing water meters from DN15 to DN200 according to the most modern technologies and the highest European standards
  • Installation of SIEMENS flow meters, and SAMSON control valves for precise setting of required parameters

BENEFITS

  • Modernization of water meter servicing and calibration systems according to the highest standards
  • Large increase in the capacity of serviced and tested water meters
  • Possibility of testing water meters of dimensions from DN15 to DN200, all according to the standards prescribed by the laws of RS Serbia for class C
  • Accuracy and precision of measurement within the limits of permissible error
  • Very fast process from receiving the water meter to its processing to delivery
  • Laying the foundations for new system extensions in line with the new EU directives