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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Water Network Advisor

LACROIX Group (
Private sector
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#SDGAction49932
    Description
    Description
    Through a strong collaboration with Nevers city (France) and Innovation Lab from LACROIX, a “Water Augmented Advisor” has been designed to, first, minimize the time of the water network management team to analyze all the data from increasing IoT devices. Indeed, we had to use new technologies, such as artificial intelligence and IoT, and implement new methods, such as having a machine learning continuously improved with the knowledge of the expert to achieve such a goal: We were able to reduce the time of analysis by 96%. This first phase has enabled some unexpected outcome. • The faster than expected adoption of the users • The ROI: calculated by only using the time saving is about a year, calculated by saving 1 servicing and repair can be less than 1 month • Decisions and actions based on data, allowing to save more resources • Detecting leakages that even experts were not able to detect “easily” • Improve water network efficiency to achieve about 90% • Keep and improve all the local expertise and water network specificity for more resilience • Change in habits and management of the team and knowledge We kept improving the tool with users ‘feedback that the tool became their companion doing all the low valuable job daily, so, users can focus on making decision about servicing, preventive servicing, and investments. It also helped to gain more recognition from the city managers and get more funding based on data. Based also on increasing challenges, such as water scarcity and energy price More utilities are adopting this tool and keep asking new features. Scaling-up the spread of this easy-to-use tool with appropriate IoT is a solution to greatly improve water network efficiency by drastically decrease water leakage impact, drinkable water wastage , saving energy and chemical to produce water. This innovation won the best Sustainable AI Solution Neuron Award at WAICF 2022
    Expected Impact
    Drinking Water: by improving water network efficiency, this solution is already decreasing water leakage by more than 50%, and helps to achieve water network efficiency of more than 90%, meaning saving drinking water Water stress: by significantly saving drinkable water, water resource is less used, so, water stress is reduced and better managed Water management: tackling specifically this topic since this solution is addressing water management challenges by monitoring, digitalise, understanding, and manage efficiently water and water network. It helps to reduce by 96% the time to analyse, so, water manager can focus on decision and actions Efficiency: by maximizing water network efficiency near its maximum of 98%, it provides the best efficiency possible of provided drinking water Participation: with dashboard, data visualisation, and real-time information and through string collaboration with existing cities, it helps to improve awareness for citizen and mayors to implement innovative solutions such as "water social pricing" and drinkable value awareness for wiser usage
    Partners

    Nevers City

    Additional information
    https://www.villeintelligente-mag.fr/LACROIX-s-attaque-aux-pertes-d-eau-potable-dans-les-canalisations_a1410.html https://www.actuia.com/english/nevers-agglomeration-optimizes-the-operation-of-its-drinking-water-networks-thanks-to-artificial-intelligence/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O54-sMiiZl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls4U8I-hrMw https://www.facebook.com/NeversAgglomeration/videos/-lacroix-gagnant-waicf-world-ai-cannes-festival-dans-la-cat%C3%A9gorie-sustainableai-/319260113639645/

    Goal 6

    Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

    Goal 6

    6.1

    By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all

    6.1.1

    Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services

    6.2

    By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations

    6.2.1

    Proportion of population using (a) safely managed sanitation services and (b) a hand-washing facility with soap and water

    6.3

    By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally

    6.3.1

    Proportion of domestic and industrial wastewater flows safely treated

    6.3.2

    Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality

    6.4

    By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
    6.4.1

    Change in water-use efficiency over time

    6.4.2

    Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources

    6.5

    By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate

    6.5.1

    Degree of integrated water resources management 

    6.5.2

    Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation

    6.6

    By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
    6.6.1

    Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time

    6.a

    By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies
    6.a.1

    Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government-coordinated spending plan

    6.b

    Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management

    6.b.1

    Proportion of local administrative units with established and operational policies and procedures for participation of local communities in water and sanitation management

    Goal 17

    Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

    Goal 17

    17.1

    Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection

    17.1.1
    Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source
    17.1.2
    Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes

    17.2

    Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries

    17.2.1
    Net official development assistance, total and to least developed countries, as a proportion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee donors’ gross national income (GNI)

    17.3

    Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources

    17.3.1

    Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources 

    17.3.2
    Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP

    17.4

    Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress

    17.4.1
    Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods and services

    17.5

    Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries

    17.5.1

    Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries

    17.6

    Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism

    17.6.1

     Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed

    17.7

    Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed

    17.7.1

    Total amount of funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies

    17.8

    Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology

    17.8.1
    Proportion of individuals using the Internet

    17.9

    Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation

    17.9.1

    Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South‑South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries

    17.10

    Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda

    17.10.1
    Worldwide weighted tariff-average

    17.11

    Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020

    17.11.1

    Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports

    17.12

    Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access

    17.12.1

    Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States

    17.13

    Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence

    17.13.1
    Macroeconomic Dashboard

    17.14

    Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development

    17.14.1
    Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development

    17.15

    Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development 

    17.15.1
    Extent of use of country-owned results frameworks and planning tools by providers of development cooperation

    17.16

    Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries

    17.16.1

    Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

    17.17

    Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships 

    17.17.1

    Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure

    17.18

    By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts

    17.18.1

    Statistical capacity indicators

    17.18.2
    Number of countries that have national statistical legislation that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
    17.18.3

    Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding

    17.19

    By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries

    17.19.1
    Dollar value of all resources made available to strengthen statistical capacity in developing countries
    17.19.2

    Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration

    Name Description
    Successful cooperation with Nevers City to co-innovate and deploy the first "water advisor" fueled with artificial intelligence and IoT
    Deployment of the solution at 3 territories in France
    Adding energy management for water production and distribution, water stress resource and a tool for mayors and citizen awareness and Deployment of the solution in France, Spain, Italy, Benelux
    Global deployment of the solution including IoT, artificial intelligence for drinking water, waste water and water resource management with KPI. Plus a tool for politicians and end users awareness plus a tool for implementing social price of water
    Staff / Technical expertise
    3 people dedicated for 5 years from LACROIX. 2 persons dedicated from Nevers City
    Other, please specify
    Q1 2023 setting-up a team of 10 people to deploy and improve the existing solution
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    Timeline
    01 October 2020 (start date)
    01 June 2026 (date of completion)
    Entity
    LACROIX Group
    SDGs
    Region
    1. Africa
    2. Europe
    3. North America
    Other beneficiaries

    water managers
    cities and territories
    local politician
    citizen / water end-users
    national policy makers

    Countries
    France
    France
    Contact Information

    Stephane, EVP Strategic Innovation & Partnership