Rosatom Shares Digital Utility Experience With Belarus Water Utilities
International seminar “Tsifrovoy vodokanal” was held in Minsk
Specialists from Rusatom Infrastructure Solutions (RIR) presented their expertise in urban infrastructure development at the international seminar Tsifrovoy vodokanal (Digital Water Utility): Identifying Key Development Paths, Challenges and Solutions, held in Minsk. The discussion focused primarily on the digital transformation of Belarus’s water supply and wastewater sector. Russian participants shared their experience and recommendations, the Rosatom press service told IT-Russia.
Solutions Developed for In-House Projects
RIR Director for International Activities Dmitry Repin spoke about Rosatom’s technologies for urban infrastructure and digital management of water supply systems. According to him, the company follows a core principle – to first develop technologies for its own infrastructure projects and only later scale them after testing in real operating conditions.
As examples, Repin presented the rollout of digital technologies in water supply systems in Glazov, Obninsk, Lipetsk, Voronezh, and Krasnodar. According to operational results, the technologies cut water losses in networks by half, reduced electricity costs by 25 percent and lowered the number of accidents by 20 percent. At the same time, response times to emergency situations improved by 40 percent.
Water Utilities Move Into Digital Systems
The technological backbone of these solutions is the Tsifrovoy vodokanal (Digital Water Utility) system. RIR engineers developed it on top of their platform Tsifrovoye resursosnabzhenie (Digital Resource Supply). The system automates core operational processes at utilities and energy companies.
The platform is already used in more than ten Russian cities. It runs on domestic technologies, including the Russian operating system Astra Linux and locally developed database solutions. The system can also be integrated with Russian hardware.
The experience gained in Russia may now be used to support the modernization of Belarus’s water infrastructure.
Earlier, IT-Russia reported that Astrakhan became another region where remote monitoring systems were deployed to track the condition of water networks.
