ISO/TC 282 N 24 ISO/TC 282 Water re-use Email of secretary: chiba@jsa.or.jp Secretariat: JISC (Japan) N024 Information of ITU Focus group on Smart Water Management Document type: Public document Date of document: 2013-12-27 Expected action: Background: INFO Dear members of ISO/TC282 ITU has established "Focus on Smart Water Management". For your information, I am pleased to send you two documents, document 0001 summarizes the 1st meeting in December while document 0002 gives the Terms of References of each of the 3 working groups that have been created during the meeting. Committee URL: http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink/open/tc282
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDIZATION SECTOR STUDY PERIOD 2013-2016 FOCUS GROUP ON SMART WATER MANAGEMENT SWM-O-0001-rev-1 English only Original: English WG(s): All Lima, 10 December 2013 DOCUMENT Source: Title: Chairman, FG SWM Summary of the first meeting of the Focus on Smart Water Management (FG SWM) The new Focus on Smart Water Management (FG-SWM) held its first meeting on 10 December 2013 in Lima, Peru. Over 40 participants attended the meeting and started planning the future work of the FG-SWM. 13 contributions were received and were reviewed. FG SWM team was appointed and is as follows: Chairman: Dr Ramy Ahmed Fathy Director, Digital Services Telecom Services Planning Directorate Egyptian National Telecom Regulatory Authority Egypt Vice-Chairmen: 1- Ms Helen Nakiguli Environment Management Research and Development Uganda Communications Commission Uganda 2- Dr Jorge Grandi Director Regional Bureau for Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean UNESCO Contact: Dr. Ramy Ahmed Fathy Director, Digital Services Policies National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), EGYPT Tel: (+202) 35344182 Fax: (+202) 35344155 Email: rahmed@tra.gov.eg Attention: This is not a publication made available to the public, but an internal ITU-T Focus document intended only for use by participants of the Focus and their collaborators in ITU-T Focus related work. It shall not be made available to, and used by, any other persons or entities without the prior written consent of ITU-T.
- 2 - SWM-O-0001-rev-1 3- Mr Michael E. Sullivan Global Segment Executive IBM Smarter Water Management IBM 4- Dr Ick Hwan Ko Vice President Yooshin Engineering Corporation Korea 5- Dr Robert Hope Director of the Water Programme at the Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment Oxford University 6- Prof Khaled M. AbuZeid Senior Regional Water Resources Program Manager Centre for Environment & Development for the Arab Region & Europe (CEDARE) 7- Dr Sang Ziqin Technical Director Fiberhome Technologies 8- Prof Waleed K AlZubari Water Resources Management Arabian Gulf University FG SWM agreed on the working groups structure and suggested deliverables of the FG SWM as contained in the Chairman s proposal (Doc. SWM-O-0002). The FG SWM will work through 3 working groups, which are namely: 1. ICTs role and roadmap for Smart Water Management 2. Standardization gaps, KPIs, metrics and efficient ICT and Smart Water Management 3. Communications, liaisons and members' engagement Some of the key areas to be tackled in the FG SWM activities include but not limited to : 1. Analysis of feedback loop of climate change in water cycle and analysis of reliable climate-water system projections 2. Smart adaptation to climate change by adopting a portfolio of smart user adaptation, water management and water cycle management 3. Waste water processing 4. Monitoring and prevention of water related hazards 5. Developing global environment observation and information systems 6. Water footprint assessment methodologies Liaison statements to be sent to other bodies engaged in smart water management were prepared. The next meeting of the FG SWM will take place in Geneva, Switzerland on 3-4 March 2014. All meeting documents are available at: http://ifa.itu.int/t/fg/swm/docs/. Additional information on the FG SWM and its next meetings is available at: http://www.itu.int/en/itu-t/focusgroups/swm/pages/default.aspx.
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDIZATION SECTOR STUDY PERIOD 2013-2016 FOCUS GROUP ON SMART WATER MANAGEMENT SWM-O-0002 English only Original: English WG(s): All Lima, 10 December 2013 Source: Title: Chairman, FG SWM DOCUMENT Chairman s proposal on Working s (WGs) scope, structure, and suggested deliverables of the FG SWM Chairman s Proposal on Working s Scope, Structure, and Suggested Deliverables of the FG SWM Working (based on ToR) Scope, Tasks, and Deliverables (based on the ToR of the FG SWM) Responsible Est. Delivery Date 1. ICTs role and roadmap for Smart Water Management 1.1 Developing National Drivers: There is an immediate need to develop national and sector specific drivers to adopt ICT in SWM. The potential role, use cases, and impact of ICT in SWM needs to be collected, analyzed, and documented on local, regional, and international levels. Collection and documentation of information on local, global and regional initiatives, and best practices; in Smart Water Management and its related activities Identification of potential barriers in the use of ICTs to achieve water sustainability in countries. Analysis of the documented local, global and regional initiatives in Smart Water Management and its related activities Development of a strategy document which reflects the role of ICTs in Smart Water management. The document should include case studies from different regions and potential use cases of ICT in SWM. Contact: Dr. Ramy Ahmed Fathy Director, Digital Services Policies National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), EGYPT Tel: (+202) 35344182 Fax: (+202) 35344155 Email: rahmed@tra.gov.eg Attention: This is not a publication made available to the public, but an internal ITU-T Focus document intended only for use by participants of the Focus and their collaborators in ITU-T Focus related work. It shall not be made available to, and used by, any other persons or entities without the prior written consent of ITU-T.
- 2 - SWM-O-0002 2. Standardization gaps, KPIs, metrics and efficient ICT and Smart Water Management 1.2 Building a Sustainable Smart Water Ecosystem Building a sustainable smart water ecosystem entails the effective incremental deployment and integration of SWM ICT systems and policies in different relevent sectors and industries. That entails the development of accurate targeted SWM architectures, and specifications in order to develop a sustainable future proof roadmap. Development of a stakeholders' list that will include key stakeholders involved in the area of ICTs and smart water management (government, industry, academia etc). The potential relevent sectors include; environment, agriculture, energy, ICT, irrigation & water resources management, and public administration\municipalities. Documentation and analysis of the technical specifications and architectures of SWM, and its related integration\interoperability issues. Development of an ICT standardization roadmap for SWM. Development of an ICT strategic incremental roadmap document for SWM national deployments (in different sectors) & its related needed policy intergation. The document should also help states to foster strategies and best practices related to policies and standards to help cities and rural areas deliver smart water management services including the optimization of the use of scarce water and build resilience to climate change across national boundaries. 2.1 Technical Report on Standardization Activities and Gaps for SWM Developing direct connections with current standardization activities in SG5 and other relevent SGs is recommended for realizing the FG SWM preset objectives. An initial screening of SG-5 Study Questions and activities indicate recommendations related to emissions, e-waste, and energy consumption. No account of specific Study Questions dedicated to SWM or water footprint. Integration with specific SG 5 and other relevent SGs questions should be coherently and systematically be conducted. Integration with Q14/5 (e.g. in developing low cost sustaiable infrastructre for measurments and monitoring systems for SWM applications) Integration with Q15/5 (e.g in invetigating how ICT and standards be used and developed to be more effective in helping communities to adapt to climate change especially in developing countries and particularly in key sectors such as water management) Integration with Q16/5 (e.g. study additional effects of using standards on environmental assessment practices in the ICT sector when reducing its environmental impact; specifically in effects related to the water footprint, in additon to inter-alia Greenhouse Gas emissions and energy consumption) Integration with Q17/5 (e.g. in developing energy effiecient hydropower generation systems)
- 3 - SWM-O-0002 Integration with Q18/5 (e.g. developing methodologies for the assessment of environmental impact of ICT in relation to water footprint) SG 11,and SG13 SG15 and SG 16 2.2 Technical Report on KPIs for Smart Water Management Assessing the impact of the use of ICT in SWM in addition to the reverse impact of SWM on the socio-economic indicators of member states assists in the development of long term sustainable strategies and targets the realization of positive environmental, social, and economic impacts. Development of a technical report on the KPIs to assess the impact of the use of ICT in smart water management Development of a technical report on the KPIs to assessimpact of the use of smart water management on the socio-economic indicators of states and regions Development of a set of methodologies for estimating the impact of ICTs on improving water conservation, interoerability and achieving economies of scale 3. Communications, liaisons and members' engagement 3.1 Organizations active in the area of Smart Water Management Establish formal communications, and liaisons ITU relevent SGs and FGs in addition to organizations, and fora active in SWM. Disseminate and share information and technologies used in smart water management especially in developing countries. Invite different stakeholders from administrations, academia, NGOs, multinationals to share their practices. 3.2 Communication and Promotion Plans (webpage, social media, events, etc) Developing white papers and activity reports for achieving global, regional, and local interaction in a simplified and appealing format will help to address the standardization gap and the needed orientation of non-ict experts specifically from the interacting relevent sectors (agriculture sector, water resources management sector,...etc.) Development of a whitepaper\guide on the potential uses and impact of ICT for SWM Development of a whitepaper\guide on the role of ITU-T in standardization and the role of SG-5 in addressing environmental related issues and in specific water management. Development of a social media campaign for FG SWM and SG-5 related activites dessimentating key results obtained to the public.