Webinar – Enhancing asset condition assessment for potable water storages through the use of robotic technology

by | Jul 27, 2023

In recent years the use of robotic technology to clean and inspect potable water assets while they remain operational has progressed from a novelty to a full-scale commercial reality.  Technological advances in drones, underwater inspection ROVs and potable tank cleaning robots now make it viable to replace human entry for majority of water storage assets for both cleaning and maintenance tasks.

These advances in technology enable high quality inspection data to be generated during the cleaning cycles. As a result, the need to take assets offline reduces, leading to improved planning for maintenance tasks during planned asset outages.

This webinar will provide an overview of how Water Corporation plan for acquiring, storing, and analysing inspection data from both level 1 (online) and level 2 (offline) asset inspections.  The session will detail how the robotic technology employed works, how Water Corporation leverage it to make better informed asset condition decisions and what the future of this space looks like.

 

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About the speakers:

Michelle Ye, Senior Planner, In-Service Assets Regional, Water Corporation

Michelle Ye is the Senior planner- In Service Assets for the Water Corporation of Western Australia. With over 18 years of diversified industry exposure to Power and Water utilities in Australia, Product Safety Certification and Manufacturing in Singapore, her key experiences are as highlighted:

  • Asset Investment Planning
  • Asset Management Strategies
  • Project Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Program Management
  • Business Processes Improvements, and implementation
  • Power Networks Planning

Michelle is an Electrical Engineer (B. Eng Honours) with Post Graduate Diploma in Project management eligible for corporate memberships with The Institute of Engineers Australia, and Project Management Institute of Australia.

Anthony Old, CEO, Dredge Robotics

Antony Old is the CEO of Dredge Robotics (incorporating Watertight Robotics and Fremantle Commercial Diving) and has over 17 years’ experience in cleaning and inspecting potable water storages using traditional and robotic techniques.  Antony has been instrumental in developing the unique technology that Dredge Robotics provide and is a respected authority in this field.  Antony is a past chair of the Australian Water Association’s Drinking Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis Committee and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Aquatic Science.

This session forms the third in a webinar series presented by MRiAM – Safe and Smart: Use of Technology for Remote Monitoring of Assets.

How do we remove people from dangerous conditions and situations and do our remote monitoring smarter? The Maintenance & Reliability in Asset Management special interest group presents this 5-part series where we look at different types of technologies that can be employed to reduce the risk to people and property.

Join us online and take the opportunity to look into techniques that are less familiar and can be adapted to your industry, or learn more about what others are doing within your own industry!

Registering for this session will register you for all five sessions in the series: