From normal mode to disaster mode

The benefits of integrated ICT-systems in a
disaster situation
Patrick Vercruyssen
Customer relations director, Pidpa
Geospatialworld conference
Amsterdam , april 2012.
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Before we start , 2 questions :
• Do you have a large scale disaster plan in
your company ? ( not an ICT disaster plan,
but a customer focused plan ..)
• Has your company ever used it in a real life
situation ? ( with large amounts of customers
involved ..)
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Pidpa: the company
Available ICT systems.
The morning of 6 december 2010.
From normal mode to disaster mode.
Lessons learned
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Pidpa: an introduction
• One of the biggest
Belgian water companies
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Pidpa: an introduction
• Active in two areas
– Drinking water: 500.000 customers
households & industry in
65 municipalities (1,2 milj. People)
– Wastewater: Pidpa is active in
29 municipalities, mainly with
the transport of wastewater
using the sewerage - system
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Pidpa: the company
• Main Figures drinking water
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Service area : 2.581 km² ( 973 sq.mile)
65 municipalities connected
Water mains : > 12.000 km ( 7460 miles)
Water Production Centers : 12
Water Towers : 61
Pumping stations : 27
Yearly production : 67 million m³
Employees: > 700 people
Turnover : 180 million EUR
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Pidpa: the company
Available ICT systems.
The morning of 6 december 2010.
From normal mode to disaster mode.
Lessons learned
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Available ICT systems (1)
Strong integration between spatial (Esri based)
and non-spatial systems (SAP based).
DIS
GeoLink Distributie
ArcInfo/ArcFM
ArcView Ad-hoc
PRD
(Milieu)
HIDRORIO
ArcView Ad-hoc
ICT GIS
Adm. data
GISApplications
SAP ERP
SAP ISU/CRM
LIMS
SCADA
DM
Archieven
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SAP used for:
- 2002: HR/FIN/LOG
- 2007: ISU & CRM & BW
& MI & MAM
- SAP Portal for internal
use.
GeoLink Hidronet
ArcInfo/ArcFM
ArcView Ad-hoc
Infonet / Infoworks
GeoDatabase
Labo
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ArcView Ad-hoc
ArcView Ad-hoc
GeoLink Distributie
GeoLink Hidrorio
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(HR,ICT,…)
ArcView Ad-hoc
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Available ICT-systems (2)
Available ICT systems
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Available ICT-systems (3)
GIS  SAP maintenance orders linked to calamity point
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GIS features :
Calamity point, several subtypes
(breach, corrosion, water quality…)
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SAP features :
SAP PM maintenance order
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Common identifier :
SAP workorder ID
Selection of calamity points
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Available ICT-systems (4)
• SCADA = Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
 realtime management & monitoring in
“waterfactory” ( levels in watertowers, pumps,
alarms .. );
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Available ICT-systems (5)
• SCADA
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Available ICT-systems (6)
• In-house ICT department;
• Business applications also (!) available on thin
client technology ( Citrix Metaframe );
• In-house contactcenter ( 30 people ) based on
Genesys & Alcatel technology;
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Pidpa: the company
Available ICT systems.
The morning of 6 december 2010.
From normal mode to disaster mode.
Lessons learned
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The morning of 6 december 2010 (1).
o 5u34 : a fire in a warehouse filled with textile in
Hemiksem is reported to the local fire department.
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The morning of 6 december 2010 (2).
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Pidpa: the company
Available ICT systems.
The morning of 6 december 2010.
From normal mode to disaster mode.
Lessons learned
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From normal mode to disaster mode (1).
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Customer complaints brown drinking water
not unusual, residual sediments in the pipe
network often appear due to the higher
flow rate during fire-fighting activities
• water samples analysed in water quality
lab using Laboratory Information
Management System (LIMS).
• Quality control after or during a fire is not
a standard procedure!
• Analysis results : massive numbers of Ecoli (Escherichia Coli) and clostridium
bacteria due to (fecal) contamination
• Symptoms : nausea, diarrhea, and fever
(flu-like symptoms).
 “disaster situation” declared for 2
municipalities Hemiksem and Schelle
(+/- 18.000 inhabitants).
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From normal mode to disaster mode (2).
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Pidpa had a disasterplan, partly used for small scale incidents,
not yet on a large scale : +/- 18.000 people + local industry
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Two emergeny-centers where established:
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Operational disaster center : in the firehouse of Hemiksem,
occupied by firedepartment, Red-Cross, local disaster-official, 2
mayors + local Pidpa coördinators + spokesman + distribution
point for drinking water  coördinate urgent actions;
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Strategic disaster center : located in the Pidpa daily
operationscenter. Goal: strategic decision making on how to solve
the situation, Pidpa had the lead  coördinate important actions
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From normal mode to disaster mode(3).
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From normal mode to disaster mode(4).
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From normal mode to disaster mode (5).
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From normal mode to disaster mode (6).
Results from CIN-action (CIN = Crisis information
Network .
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From normal mode to disaster mode (7).
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From normal mode to disaster mode (8).
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From normal mode to disaster mode (9).
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External experts helped Pidpa to find the real cause of the
problem: where are the bacteria coming from?
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Intensive rinsing the water network with chlorine reduced the
number of bacteria but source had to be found!
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From the start the fire works activities were a potential source,
but no real proof …
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Interviewing the fire workers gave no clear indication on what
happened
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with the help of photojournalists material together with external
experts: reconstructing the events from December 6 in a
timeline
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From normal mode to disaster mode (10).
• Conclusion: clear indications that the combined
use of polluted river water and Pidpa-water from
hydrants, handled through high-pressure pumps,
was probably the cause.
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Pidpa: the company
Available ICT systems.
The morning of december 6th 2010.
From normal mode to disaster mode.
Lessons learned
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Lessons learned (1)
• Internal actions : a company wide call : feedback on the
way Pidpa handled the event. More than 200 useful
suggestions for improvement were made ! A 3 monthly
follow-up program was started in order to improve the
internal disaster plan.
• Huge benefit: in May 2011 a smaller scale E-coli incident
happened, 450 customers involved. The adapted and
improved disaster-plan was successfully deployed.
• External actions : contact the national fire-fighter
organisation  avoid the same situation (Belgian Ministry of
Internal Affairs).
• Sharing our experience with other water-utilities on national
and international level
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Lessons learned (2)
• Main lesson learned : you are not alone in a disaster
situation, other organisations outside your company have
experience and are also involved from the start !!
• Maximize your knowledge on who they are and which role
they can play in a disaster situation!
• Collaboration and planning is a critical success factor.
• Continuous, accurate and transparant communication using
one (and only one !) spokesman
• Technical improvement : dynamic tracing in GIS to analyze
better/exactly the flow of the water  limit the contaminated
area.
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Conclusion
1. The use of integrated (world-class) systems SAP
ERP & Esri GIS increased our efficiency and
operations in a remote site and reduced the time we
couldn’t serve our customers as they expected.
2. Be aware of the risk of using mixed water during
fire-fighting !
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The use of booster pumps can be a serious risk of
contamination of drinking water
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Inspection /evaluation of tap water hydrants
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Good communication between fire departement and water
company
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Contact
Pidpa: http://www.pidpa.be
info@pidpa.be
Patrick.vercruyssen@pidpa.be
Mobile: + 32 475 77 11 01
Office: + 32 3 216 88 15
Usefull links: see
http://www.pidpa.be/en/gis/gis.htm
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Questions
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