Shelly Vaish

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When we look at the conveyance part of the service chain, components like Auxiliary Pumping Stations (APS), Main Pumping Stations (MPS) are used for pumping the wastewater from the collection network to the treatment plants. They are the most energy-intensive components and of great operational and maintenance value. 3 percent of the total cost of a typical pump is for purchase, 74 percent for energy and 23 percent for operation and maintenance (Pradeep Kumar, 2017). They require high capital investment in terms of procurement of pumps, installation cost, system design, labor cost, and contract cost. Under urban Jeevan Yojna of Smart City Mission, SCADA has been installed in the forty-five APS. In compliance with the vision of the sanitation group for Vadodara, this intervention focuses on enhancing the service delivery of the conveyance part of the service chain and augmenting the system’s efficiency. The intervention aims to explore the potential of this technological infrastructure investment (SCADA) as a tool for planners for better, accurate and reliable data collection, service delivery, system’s efficiency, planning, and decision making.