Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) Pipeline and Digital Twin – SPA Initiation Case Study (SPA1)
The Anglian region is one of the driest regions in the country receiving on average only two thirds of the national average rainfall. In addition to water stress the region’s population has grown by 20% in the last twenty years and is expected to grow further. There is also a need to protect the environment from over-abstraction and hence the 2025 vision is to deliver a large-scale, holistically linked water transfer resilience system. It will be operated, performance managed and maintained using advanced digital technology. SPA will deliver elements of the AWS Water Resource Management Plan (WRMP) to make the East of England Resilient to the risks of drought and reduce customers on single supply system to 14.1% by 2025. The SPA project consists of up to 420km of pipeline, pumping stations, storage points and a Digital Twin.
This is the first of a number of case studies that will track the progress of the SPA programme, taking ‘snapshots’ at appropriate milestones. This Case Study is the ‘SPA Initiation’.
