Ras Al Khaimah Wastewater Agency targets 30% reduction in cost of collecting and treating wastewater
Infor recently announced that Ras Al Khaimah Wastewater Agency (RAKWA) has deployed Infor EAM, a powerful enterprise asset management solution, to boost the efficiency of its operations, maximize the value of its assets, and help improve water sustainability in the UAE.
RAKWA is the public utility charged with collecting and treating 12mn cbm of wastewater generated each year in Ras Al Khaimah, the most northerly of the seven emirates of the UAE.
RAKWA manages the operation and maintenance activities of four sewage treatment plants in addition to 330km of sewage networks and 13 pumping/lifting stations across the emirate.
With such a large-scale and asset-intensive operation, RAKWA was keen to improve the way it monitored and maintained its assets, including thousands of pumps, motors and pipes. To achieve this, RAKWA deployed Infor EAM, which enables organisations to digitize, monitor and optimize their asset maintenance operations.
Intertec, Infor’s technology partner in the UAE, implemented Infor EAM at RAKWA in mid-2018 and the deployment took about six months.
“By doing the right preventive maintenance at a high quality, we are able to keep the assets running at optimal performance with less corrective maintenance and fewer costs,” remarked Walid Abdulrehman Mohammed, RAKWA’s Operations & Maintenance (O&M) department manager.
“Effective asset management is essential to all organizations, especially those that provide essential utilities such as RAKWA,” commented Khaled AlShami, Director, Solution Consulting, Middle East & Africa, Infor.
