THE GUYANA Water Incorporated (GWI) will be strengthening its capabilities in regard to flow measurement and control techniques by sending to India an engineer for training in the relevant sector.GWI Process Control and Instrumentation Engineer Duane Tobin departed Guyana for India last Tuesday. He will be attending a training programme on ‘Flow Measurement and Control Techniques/Software in Industrial Process and Water Distribution System’, being sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India, under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC)/Special Commonwealth Africa Assistance Plan (SCAAP) and TCS of Colombo Plan.

This course costs in excess of US$4,000 and will be held at the Fluid Control Research Institute in India from March 25 to May 25, 2016.

Tobin is quoted as saying: “The objective of the training programme is to equip technical personnel in mechanical, instrumentation, civil and hydraulic sectors with knowledge of industrial instrumentation and control of fluid flow. This would assist GWI in managing bulk meters and domestic meters.”

Bulk meters record the flow of water from GWI water production facilities, including well stations and water treatment plants. This aids the company in measuring the amount of non-revenue water; that is, water which cannot be accounted for.

The training programme will also build the company’s capacity for leak detection through the use of flow meter devices.

A GWI release added that the programme will also introduce the GWI engineer to new technology and software that can be used to improve processes involved in flow measurement and control techniques.

“New technology is pivotal to reducing leaks and controlling non-revenue water,” Tobin said, and “armed with this knowledge, GWI can significantly improve techniques used for leak detection and measuring non-revenue water”.