Case Study Jal Jeevan Mission:

INTRODUCTION

CIMCON Software (India) Pvt. Ltd. (CIMCON) is a global leader and the world’s leading independent supplier of Industrial Automation Systems. With over 3 decades of experience, CIMCON has a history of continuous innovation and proven technology with an enviable track record of installing turnkey automation systems that are operating continually and successfully for over decades in mission-critical industries such as Water, Power and Oil & Gas. Pioneering ease-of-use HMI, SCADA and IoT Products, CIMCON continues to deliver the best information available for making intelligent decisions. CIMCON Group’s installed client base spans the globe and includes over 30 countries in North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific. In the same spirit recently our company has started work on close to 2000 TWs, spread across 1700 plus villages in 8 districts of Uttar Pradesh under our Honorable P.M’s flagship scheme , i.e. Jal Jeevan Mission.

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE COMPANY

Established in 1988, CIMCON is a pioneer and a global leader in the field of  SCADA and Industrial Automation Systems. The word CIMCON stands for Computer Integrated Manufacturing and CONtrol that reflects the company’s core focus.

CIMCON’s Corporate Offices in the USA plays a crucial role in providing vital inputs for design, development and manufacturing of hardware and software for SCADA and IoT systems for mission critical applications on a global scale. Headquartered in Boston, MA the Technology Hub of USA that leads the world in the development of IIoT based Industrial Automation Products, CIMCON is ideally placed and has global access to locate and identify the most suitable integrated solutions and hardware platforms in the world for the desired applications.

Since inception some 30 years back, CIMCON has always strived to make technology simple, easy and affordable for every sector across the globe. In line with that objective, CIMCON pioneered the use of easy to understand “FLOWCHART BASED LOGIC PROGRAMMING” that allowed our customers to easily program the most complex control logic instead of requiring dedicated  programmers with the knowledge of ladder logic that had limited functionality.

CIMCON products are open, modular, scalable and use the latest advances in object oriented and internet technologies to ensure that our customers can- and-will use CIMCON products for substantial productivity gains. Customers who have used CIMCON products have reported productivity gains of better than 4 to 1 over previous method.

At CIMCON we understand the importance of local presence and have a solid presence in India with over 200+ highly experienced engineers spread across India that have the knowledge, customer focus and dedication to support our customers in mission critical application such as water.

CIMCON is a Total Solutions Company and believes in being its client’s partner rather than just a supplier. CIMCON can deliver complete solutions including Hardware, Software and Turnkey Project Implementation and operating services in all key areas of automation.

BUSINESS MISSION

Develop, Market and Support state of the art, open, scalable automation products using software-enabler tools and applications that provide the lowest “Lifecycle Cost of Ownership“.

GLOCAL OPERATIONS

CIMCON offers GLObal expertise with loCAL presence with world class, state of the art control systems for India and Asia Pacific through M/s. CIMCON Software (India) Pvt. Ltd.

SEVERAL FIRST’S TO OUR CREDIT IN INDIA

• First Edge IIoT Platform
  • First Vibration based Preventive and Predictive Maintenance System for the Water Utilities
  • First Water Distribution SCADA System.
  • First SMS based SCADA System for the Water Industry.
  • First company to provide FLOW CHART based programming software.
  • First Radio Based Electrical SCADA System.
  • First Satellite based SCADA System.
  • First Telephone based CP SCADA System. First Plant Wide Fibre Optic Network based CP SCADA System.
  • First major city-wide NB IoT networked smart street light system.
  • First Smart Pole System for Smart City Projects.

EXPERTISE & TRACK RECORD IN WATER SECTOR

CIMCON pioneered the automation of water sector in India nearly 30 years back. The very first project involved automating 100’s of water tube wells in Uttarakhand using RTUs (Remote Terminal Units) and SMS based cellular communication network since GPRS based data networks were not supported at that time. The system installed 25+ years back continues to operate even today with the only difference that today the water network is much larger. Several cities in India depend on CIMCON’s automation products for their water generation, distribution, treatment, and disposal. These projects have involved the use of state-of-the-art Hardware, MMI software, Advanced Control Algorithms, User Interface Design, Graphics, Database Management Systems, Communication Protocols and use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

CIMCON has a proven track record of successfully completing projects on time and on budget, and exceeding client expectations for a high rate of repeat assignments. Technology has always been our strength, but what we believe is even more important is the commitment of our team to keep this mission critical infrastructure running 24×7. Our teams have worked tirelessly over these years even through the most difficult times that we recently witnessed during COVID to keep water supply going without any interruption.

SAMPLE CLIENT BASE IN WATER SECTOR IN INDIA

CIMCON has helped several water departments across India for the last 30+ years to automate all aspects of their water that includes the following:

• Water Generation – This includes water generation from tubewells or pumping water from existing sources via multi-stage pumping stations.

Water Distribution– This involves tank level-based actuator operations, water flow measurement, water quality measurements (pH, chlorine turbidity), monitoring and control of parameters that help improve energy and operational efficiency of the water equipment,

• Water Treatment – Sensors are used to administer water quality parameters like turbidity, pH, total dissolved solids, and salinity. This not only allows water utilities to provide their customers with clean water, but also prevents equipment and pipeline corrosion due to water contaminants. “Digital Twins” help monitor and optimize the water treatment plant’s function, optimize energy and chemical usage, and provide data-driven insights for efficiency improvements. It makes it easy to be proactive about finding and solving the problem rather than having to scramble when problems crop up.

• Water Sewage – Data from flow meters, energy meters, and water quality sensors provide valuable insights into the operational efficiency of the plant. Artificial intelligence and machine learning models provide decision support systems to increase efficiency, fix problems quickly, and effortlessly increase regulatory compliance.

• Smart Water – Through real-time data collection powered by IoT technology, the CIMCON iEdge 360 IoT platform facilitates consistent water and wastewater management. Utilizing sensors in the plant, it alerts you to potential failures, reducing the workload of those responsible for physically inspecting the plant.
• Once installed CIMCON has also been involved in the maintenance of these system for 7-20 years. Some of our early systems that were installed 20+ years back are still being maintained by us.

Summary of Jal Jeevan Mission and our Endeavors:

“ Har Ghar Jal “ initiative was started by our Honorable   P.M Shri Narendra Modi , wherein lakhs of villages spread across the length and bredth of India , who did not have access to clean drinking tapped water were covered and extensive plans ,Detailed Project Reports were prepared and by utmost collaboration between central and state governments this “ Jal Jeevan Mission “ having very high funding , close to 10 Billion Dollars was launched.

Now in its 4^th Year , the scheme has come a long way and thousands of villages have been covered with setting up of green field infrastructure of both surface and ground water schemes , already covering lakhs of villagers. Uttar Pradesh being a large state and most populous had a very high quantity of such villages which needed to be covered , under the able leadership of C.M Yogi Ji , U.P has been the best performing state both in setting up of infrastructure and providing piped connections to the villagers.

Cimcon has been privileged enough to have a small contribution in this noble work.

Our teams are spread across 8 districts of rural Uttar Pradesh ,and have setup guest house/storage facilities and employed a large team of locals to execute E&I , Electrical and Instrumentations works across close to 1700 plus villages covering a population of around 4 Million peoples spread over 2000 villages.

In this one of our largest project which we have undertaken, and we can proudly say that due to our extensive experience as highlighted in the above brief introduction , we have been fairly successful in implementing and covering such a vast area and we hope to repeat our success in many more villages and other states.

The TW’s and surface water schemes in this JJM project will have the standard SCADA hardware i.e RTU  with Flow ,Level Monitoring instruments  along with water quality instruments, thereby insuring water quality, supply audit, minimize wastage , enable automatic man less operation through smart logic , all along taking in power from green Solar Energy through solar Grid at each location ,subsequently all linked to central servers at state and central level though SCADA software and GPRS communication.

We can in conclusion say that JJM project is a perfect handshake of use of Digital technology, on a massive scale similar to UPI , in water sector, which in turn is extensively improving the lives of the people at the lowest denominator of our society and at the same time insuring green energy usage and reducing carbon footprint.