Putting a bike PUTTING A BIKE ON A
Putting a bike PUTTING A BIKE ON A on a boat! BOAT! BOB STEAR Bob Stear Deputy Chief Engineer DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER
CONTENTS The questions I’m going to address: • What are some of our big challenges? • What types of things work for us? • What have we learnt? • Why Bike on a Boat? ! The route through: • Our geography, stats, objectives • Using our structure to tell the story • So what about these challenges? • Summary
§ Serving over 8 million customers § Providing 1. 8 billion litres of drinking water per day § 47, 000 km of water mains § 93, 000 km of sewers § 1, 026 sewage treatment works § 156 water treatment works § Over 5, 000 employees § 700, 000 tonnes of sludge recycled to farmland/year
OUR FIVE CORE OBJECTIVES Objective 1 Embed customers at the heart of all we do Objective 2 Drive operational excellence and continuous innovation Objective 3 Invest responsibly for sustainable growth Objective 4 Change the market for the better Objective 5 Create an awesome place To work
WE BENCHMARKED OURSELVES AND WE FOUND 1. Focus 2. Processes/Structure 3. Culture
Head of Innovation Front End Innovation Team Portfolio Management Team Technical Team Innovation Exploitation & Governance Team Smart Cities & Model Sites Team
OPEN INNOVATION 1 2 Identifying trends and future innovation needs 3 Finding a home for new ideas All underpinned by creating a culture of curiosity and collaboration Generating ideas
OPEN INNOVATION 7
INTERNAL IDEATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT 8
TOTEX - LEARNING FROM OTHERS Trial of MIT, Boston novel leakage robot Sustainable drainage in Australia Add Footer Text 9
WHO’S GOING WHERE? Mark Gwynne Leicester Adam Perkins Copenhagen Emma Fitzgerald San Francisco Andrew Fairburn Antwerp Elliott Walker San Francisco Peter Jones San Francisco Bob Stear Singapore Dave Sklenar San Diego Add Footer Text Mark Craig Namibia Mikal Willmott Cape Town James Goldfinch Adelaide Ian Hope New Zealand 10
Head of Innovation Front End Innovation Team Portfolio Management Team Technical Team Innovation Exploitation & Governance Team Smart Cities & Model Sites Team
We manage our network to minimise problems PRESSURE TRANSIENTS Totex: Calmer, more resilient networks
We manage our network to minimise problems RAPID DETECTION OF BACTERIA Totex: Proactive detection of coliforms
We will keep our bills low REAL TIME ABSTRACTION MANAGEMENT Totex: Management of raw water quality at the intake
We will keep our bills low LOW-P TRIALS Conventional R&D: Taking the P out of Packington
We will keep our bills low SLUDGE DEWATERING Conventional R&D: Reducing the cost of moving sludge
We manage our network to minimise problems FATS OIL AND GREASE Keeping our sewers flowing freely
Head of Innovation Front End Innovation Team Portfolio Management Team Technical Team Innovation Exploitation & Governance Team Smart Cities & Model Sites Team
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT 19
We will keep our bills low SECURING EXTERNAL FUNDING £ 27. 3 m Externally funded research Add Footer Text 20
Head of Innovation Front End Innovation Team Portfolio Management Team Technical Team Innovation Exploitation & Governance Team Smart Cities & Model Sites Team
We manage our network to minimise problems INTELLIGENT PUMPING STATIONS Totex: Resilient, efficient assets with optimised maintenance Proactive asset maintenance Optimise energy use Optimise TOTEX Flood prevention Effective operational interventions
FOUR BIG CHALLENGES Add Footer Text 24
SUMMARY Did I address the questions? • What are some of our big challenges? • What types of things work for us? • What have we learnt? • Why Bike on a Boat? ! • Thank you for listening!
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