oe intpe stn Water & civil Division Water AM (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) Project ‘SUIDELINES FOR BULK WATER METER INSTALLATION 1, Water meters, 80mm dia. and greater sizes shall be installed horizontally inside the meter chambers as shown in standard installation drawing PEW-STD-AMI-006, These meters shall be installed in concrete waterproof chambers inthe same level of mainline or raised to ground level as per the site condition to avoid ground water flooding inside the meter chamber. 2. Water meters, 50mm dia, shall be installed in Meter Cabinets on wall/ free standing in vertical position as shown in standard instalation drawing PEW-STD-AMI-004 & 005 3. In certain circumstances, 50mm dia, buk water meters shal be installed horizontally in Meter ‘Chambers based on site conditions and as instructed/approved by DEWA Engineer 4. Buk meter 50mm dia. and greater sizes should not be installed in the basement, pump room, ‘meter room, upper floors of roof of the buldings under any circumstances. ‘5, Meter installation guidelines shal strict be folowed while instaling the meter. 6, Meter should not be allowed to fal or receive impact damage during instalation. 7. Meter shall be installed in accordance with the arrows shown on the body ofthe meter 8, Meter register shall be arranged to read the meter easily from outside the chamber! cabinet. 8. Pipes, valves and all other fitings used for meter connection shal be high quality, heavy duty, non-toxic, non-corrosive material 10.Instaiation of T joints, bends etc. immediately before or after the meter should be avoided. 11.The meter should always be full of water to avoid airflow through the meter, a 90 deg. bend ‘alsed upwards shall be installed after meter to connect it to customer pipeline, as required. 12.Proper Concrete Support shall be provided for the Valves, Strainer, Pipes and fitings inside the meter chamber in order to avoid any displacement of meter and associated fitings. Water “Meter and Strainer body, flanges or any other part should not be covered by concrete, 18.Do not step on the meter while installation, reading or maintenance ofthe meter. 14. connections shall be checked thoroughly for leak aftr installation of the meter. 18.Do not attempt to correct problems by hiting the body ofthe meter. 416. Never try to adjust the meter position after tightening the bots, 17.Pipeline shal be flushed thoroughly before the instalation of the meter. 18. Strainer shall be fited downstream the meter to avoid entry of debris into customer pipelines ‘and reservoir. 419, Non-Return Valve (NRV) shall be installed after the meter, i the supply is from two directions to avoid reverse readingfiow through the meter, as per the site condition, 20.Fulk-bore valves shall be fited upstream & downstream to isolate the meter for maintenance. 21.Consumer shall installa separate valve outside the meter chamber on thelr pipeline to isolate ‘ater supply for any maintenance works. Page: 1622. Installation of water booster pump upstream or downstream the meter is prohibited, any Violations willbe penalized as per the applicable laws. 23,Consumers can install water pumps after their storage tank, if required. 24.Ensure the construction/installation of meter chamber including the chamber cover is ‘completed before insaling the meter to avoid damage to the meter, similarly ensure the meter cabinet sin place before the installation of buk meter inthe cabinet. 25,Detailed shop drawing shal be submited for DEWA approval before commencement of work. (GUIDELINES FOR BULK WATER METER CHAMBERS 1. The meter shal be installed in a chamber (meter shall not be buried) suitable in size for fting in, maintenance and removal ofthe meter. 2. The meter chamber, precast HOPE or Concrete, shall be waterproof, clear of obstacles, even, Figid and not sippery, There shall be a sump pit inside chamber for draining water 3. Annon-corrosive/GRE ladder shall be provided permanently in chambers deeper than tmtr for ‘easy access tothe meter. 4. Ladder shall be installed away from the meter to provide sufficient space for water meters to Permit installation, reading, servicing and removal of the meters. 5. Meter chamber shall be protected from getting buried by sand, rainwater, flooding and barricaded to avoid parking vehicles on the chamber. 6. The flange or body of the meter, strainer and valve should not be covered by concrete while ‘constructing the chamber. 7. Nut & Bott shall be positioned in such a way that Nut on wallconcrete block side and Bolt on Meter/Vave sie for easy tightening and removal ofthe same. 8. A 25mm dia. heavy duty conduit shall be laid between Water Meter Chamber and LV room for Meter communication cable, 8. The conduit shall be Gi if routed along walls/ceilings leading to LV room or CPVC (with wall thickness of 2.8mm) if laid underground in sand or concealed in concrele/block walls. In any case, while entering the LY room, the conduit shall be changed to GI at a minimum of 2m distance before entering LV room. 10.A two way junction box of appropriate material shall be provided at every 25m length and each ‘corner (direction change) of the conduit with metalic pling eprng for cable pulling purpose. In ‘case of underground conduit, a concrete pit of dimension 200X200X150mm shall be provided to accommodate the two way Junction box. The connection of conduit to Junction box shall be done with proper coupings/adaptors. 411, PVC Junction box of dimension 100X100X50mm and IP 68 rating shall be provided inside ‘Meter Chamber and fited with a PVC PG-7 gland, Page: 2016otetnasaian 12.A HOPE box of dimension 200X200X150mm shall be recessed on the floor near Meter Chamber and connected to the Junction box inside Chamber through a separate 25mm CPVC ‘conduit with proper couplings/adaptors as shown inthe drawing, 18.4 Gl Junction box of dimension 150X150XSOmm and IP $6 rating shall be installed inside the LV room on wall at a suitable postion at @ height of 1600mm from finished floor level. The ‘connection between conduit and Junction box shall be through sultable coupingsladaptors. 14.8 HOPE box of dimension 200x200x150mm shall be recessed on the interlock paved floor near meter chamber and connected to the JB inside chamber through 25mm CPVC conduit with proper couplings/adaptors, Interlock tiles. shall be paved on the surface area (Min +1000mm width) around the meter chamber. 15.Meter chamber cover shall be clearly and indelibly marked with DEWA logo and the wording "Water Meter’ on the cover in Arabic and English language. 16.DEWA Account No. plate shall be affixed inside the meter chamber wal for identification. 17-The inlet valve and pipe before the meter shal be direct buried with a 150mm dia, ductile iron ‘cover to the inlet valve. Meter, strainer, outlet valve and associated pipes & fitings shall be inside the chamber for 200mm dia. and greater size meter. 18.The dimensions given below shall be folowed strictly forthe construction of meter chamber to accommodate meter and associate fitings a8 per typical installation drawings: (PEW-STD- ‘AMI-006), eT GR MENON Raper S| ase fos) on se] feb |e | « [amen] na came |» [1 [ome me [=> | o| im] — [amen] me | em | m= | om | mom | mmm [=| [| | — [aon me | [mw [ | mom | om [=| = | «|» [msn| soon! am |= | | « [ammo] mom [=| =| © |» [omea) atm) om |_@ | = | = | ammo| cme [| | a | m [amamn| monn) am |e | m |e | mm | ome [= [a [| a [oecen|mmamen| oe [ee [me | me | ame | ee Page: 38ime pasaies 19.DEWA is responsibie forthe supply and installation of water meters, strainers and valves for ew connections, Meters are installed either by DEWA staff or Contractors acting on behalf of EWA. Customers and property developers are responsible for supply and installation of all ancilary fitings and pipe-work after the meter and connecting the supply from the meter to their pipe connections/storage tank in accordance with relevant DEWA specifications. and standard drawings. 20.Meter sizes, minimum and maximum size of the pipe in accordance with size of the meter ‘required for meter installation, quantity of water each size of meter can deliver in 24 hours and ‘capacity of storage tank required for each type of premises are given below: Tre Cay Saas Ta Presi | sarsze | Sumayetvaer | stoage Ten | Requremert tr Labour rt tir | MMS] “otucercan | Reqrament br Sie! | _ Asn re (om) Datvrin2t Hows | “Render! ronises | cher ag Conumoten (impra Galen) rome an 5 cao) ESRSRTSTTHaS | Eat Hea ‘comumoten ‘Corson oew wm come | ERNST Haas |Eaavioe aos ‘Conuroten Coreingion ‘oow no) to wm quae Hous | Fault 28 Hous 9 ‘onsumeton ‘Corman a 5 Rane | EaRRTS RTF | PaaS aaa Consumgton ‘Comumgton oy Soa | RSET Tae | ESATA Haas 0 Conergzen ‘conungton oom onl Jeoome | SESRTETTTERS | Eaanar ore Favs] 0. Coreargton ‘Conunoton ‘SPECIFICATION FOR WATER METER CABINET (FOR 50 MM DIA. BULK METER) 1, The size of water meter cabinet for SOmm dia. bulk meters shall be 1500mm height, 600mm width and 400mm depth 2, The water meter cabinet shall have UV resistant viewing Perspex, 250mm x 250mm, minimum ‘5mm thick clear glass which shall not fade/defuse with time that to be provided on the cabinet {door in the same level of the meter to facilitate direct meter reading. 3. The water meter cabinet shall be weather proof and anti-andal rigid construction, high impact, corrosion and temperature resistant, manufactured with non-corrosive! GRP material with a ‘minimum thickness of 6mm, suitable for outdoor use. 4. The meter cabinet shall have plain semi-gloss white gel coat external finish to RAL 9010. 55, The water meter cabinet shall have PGS ingress protection and able to withstand 80°C temperature and 100% humidity. Page: 4866, The meter cabinet shall be fe retardant, sel-extingulshing to BS 476: Part 7: 1997 Class 2. 7. Cross ventilation holes/louvers shall be provided at top and bottom corners with SS316L wire ‘mesh protection 8. The cabinet door shall have liftoff type SS 316L hinges, heavy duty handles, 3 point type locking arrangement and have 180° door opening. ‘9. The cabinet door shall have long life and high temperature resistant EPOM rubber door seal and the door locking eystem shall be master key type locks. 10.Meter cabinet canopy shall have sufficient stop infront for protection from sun and rain, 41. Allhardware shal be stainless steel 316. including all nut & bots. 12.Foundation bolt holes (4 nos ), suitable size, shall be provided at each comer. 413. The base of meter cabinet shal be strong enough to hold the free-standing cabinet in place. 14, ctainlese steel mounting platelpadding shall be provided inside the cabinet to install meter ‘and associated fiting by providing sultable studs to detach from cabinet as shown in the drawing, PEW-STD-AMI-0048. 005, 416, The isolation valve, union and bend aftr the meter shall be situated inside the meter cabinet “The consumer pipe towards the storage tank shall be routed on other side of the wall and ‘connected to the meter through the back entry provided on the GRP cabinet 16.While inetallation sufficient space shall be provided around the water meter inside the ‘cabinet to permit servicing and removal of the meter easily without any obstruction. 17.8 25mm dia. heavy duty conduit shall be laid between Water Meter Cabinet and LV room for Meter communication cable. 18. The conduit shall be GI if routed along wallsicelings leading to LV room or CPVC (with wall thickness of 2.6mm) if laid underground in sand or concealed in concrete/block walls. In any cease, while entering the LY room, the conduit shall be changed to GI at @ minimum of 2m distance before entering LV room. +19, two way junction box of appropriate material shall be provided at every 25m length and each ‘comer (ditection change) of the conduit with metalic pulling spring for cable puling purpose. In ‘case of underground conduit, a concrete pit of dimension 200X200X150mm shall be provided to accommodate the two way Junction bex. The connection of conduit to Junction box shall be done with proper couplings/adaptors. 20.A PVC Junction box of dimension 100X100XSOmm and IP 68 rating shall be provided inside Meter Cabinet and fitted with a PVC PG-7 gland. Connection of the conduit to Junction box shall be done with proper coupings/adaptors. 21. GI Junction box of dimension 150X150X50mm and IP 56 rating shall be installed inside the LL room on wall at a suitable positon at a height of 1600mm from finished flor level. The ‘connection between conduit and Junction box shall be through sutable coupings/adaptors. 22.The meter cabinet shall be fixed at standard height and the meter shall be at a height of +1000mm so thatthe meter can be readirepairediremoved easily without the use of ladder Page: 508BAS cotta nsiles 23,4 permanent NoticenWaming plate “Landlord/Customer is not allowed to install any other devices inside the water meter cabinet and also not allowed to do any modification to meter ‘connection, pipes and fitings without writen permission from DEWA" in Arable and English language shal be affixed inside the meter cabinet 24, DEWA Account No. plate shall be affixed on the meter cabinet door for identification 25.DEWA logo and ‘Water Meter plate in Arabic and English language shall be affixed on the cabinet door 26.There shall be no obstacles in between or beside the water meter cabinet for door opening at 180 degree, and meters shall be accessible to DEWA staff at anytime. 27.As-built drawings showing the pipelines to the meter and after meter to the customer pipe ‘connection to thelr storage tank and the PVC Conduit from meter tothe bulling’s LV Room or outside the periphery of the meter chamber / cabinet shall be prepared and submitted to DEWA. Reference Drawings: 1. PEW-STD-AMI-004 2. PEW-STD-AMI-005 3. PEW-STD-AMI-006 Date: 1210072017 Pogo: 608Bis DETAIL OF WATER CONSUMPTION. LATIONS, ee a 24 HOUR WATER REQUIREMENT SL.NO. DESCRIPTION | ory \TER TOTAL WATER CONSUMPTION REQUIRED IN IMP. -IXIME. GALLONS. ‘GALLONS : ] 3 _ ~ _ : : : ; : — | 4 3. DOMESTIC USE TOTAL cise Se —— aoe aoe a SORTA a a on Pr Sittaima ounce cbnnaiatuteonSmesengeat Stepan nao seRe pol ag lym Sole ‘covimewent OF UNA Dibat ects eter ator GUIDELINE FOR WATER DAILY CONSUMPTION awcus | scars | rocats | socats | ssocars TaGaLs ments Sorcais |" swents Amocus MOSQUE _Eanoue sc10rsWater & Civil Division Water AM! (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) Project ATER METER INSTALLATION IN METER ROOM ‘All domestic wator meters in high rise (6 storied and higher) residential and commercial buildings shall be arranged in groups and housed inside the water meter rooms. as shown in standard ‘drawing PEW-STD-AMI-003, The meter rooms shall be used solely for water meter installation to protect them against exposure to undue external interferences. No other service installations will be allowed in the water meter room. Meter should not be installed in the basement of the building, pump room or in underground meter chambers, A. WATER METER ROOM REQUIREMENTS: Water meter room shall comply withthe following requirements 1. Meter Room in highrise buildings shall be located in each flor ofthe building and adjacent to the Electricity Meter Room, 2. The size and shape of the water meter room shall be determined based on the number of water meter to be installed and minimum size ofthe water meter room shall be 150mm length x 1500mm depth x 3000mm height 3. The meter room door shall have minimum 800mm width and 200mm height. 4, The water meter room shall be designed to arrange water meters as groups in one layer with sufficient clearance for installation and maintenance of meters ‘5. Meter room shall be located in common area for safe, fee and uninterrupted access. 6. Install a 25mm dia. PVC conduit with pulling spring between the water meter rooms fiom the highest floor to ground floor to lay interconnecting cable for meter communication and Install, junction boxes, Trunking and associated fitings in every floors as described in Section C. 7. There shall be provision of adequate drainage inside the meter room to remove flushed water during installation and maintenance ofthe meter. 88, Meter room flooring shall be clear from obstactes and shall be even, rig and not slippery. 8, Meter room level shall be lower than (min.t0Omm) the passage or other flor areas so that water from the meter room should not ow tothe passage, other floor areas and elevators, 410. There shal be sufficient ventilation and ilumination inside the meter room 111, waterproof 13 Amp. Power socket shall be provided in the meter room, 12.All electrical fitings in the water meter room shall be waterproo. 48,4 permanent NoticeWaming plate "Landlord/Customer is not allowed to install any other devices in the water meter room and also not allowed to do any modification to meter ‘connection, pies and fitings without walten permission from OEWA" in Arabic and English language shal be affixed inside the meter room, 114.The ‘DEWA Water Meter Room’ plate in Arabic and English language shall be affixed on the ‘door and meters shall be accessible to DEWA staf at anytime. 15,Detailed shop drawing, elevation plan of the meter rooms with dimensions, including the width ‘and height of entrances shall be submitted for DEWA approval before commencement of work. 416.No plumbing work shall commence inside the meter room before the plumbing proposal is. inspected and approved by DEWA. Page: tof 4pda pesean B. INSTALLATION AND 1BING WORKS {All plumbing work shall be performed in accordance with all local codes, ordinances, laws and ‘regulations; and as recommended by BS EN 12056-2:2000 and BS 8000, Part 13, 14 and 15. Piping shall be installed not to obstruct room entrance or passageways and rigidly anchored to walls with suitable wall brackets. Meter and associated piping works shall be in line with the dimension mentioned in the typical installation Drawing PEW-STD-AMI-003 “The following practice shall be adopted in plumbing work for meter room:- 41. The fitings at the meter postion should facilitate easy installation and removal of the water meter without the need to work on other pipes. All-time maintenance of the meters shall be taken into account while instaling new meters. 2, Pipes, Valves, PRV, NRV and other figs used for meter connection shall be high quality, heavy duty, non-toxic, non-corrosive material approved by DEWA. 23. Pipe size for 4° meter installation shall be 1 to 1° maximum and for 1° meter instalation shal be 1"to 2° maximum, 4. 26 meter can deliver up to 10,000 gallons water in 24 hours and 1" meter can deliver up to 20,000 gallons in 24 hours, approximately. '5. Consumer must have water slorage tank equivalent to 24 hours’ consumption for residential premises and storage equivalent to 48 hours’ consumption for labour accommodation and ther high consumption premises. 6 The pipework at the meter postion should be securely fixed to support the weight ofthe water meter and to resist any torsion, bending and tension during the installation and removal of the meter. 7. The meter shall be installed on a straight length of pipe the same diameter as the meter and ‘equivalent in length to 3 times the meter cia atthe inlet and 2 times dia. atthe outlet 8, Isolation valves shall be installed upstream and downstream the meter to stop water flow from both dictions and a stop cock shall be installed prior to the meter for locking! disconnection of, supply tothe meter 9, In addition to this a main isolation valve shall be installed on the main pipe inet in the meter room to isolate the supply in case of pipe breakages to avoid flooding 410. Main isolation valve shall be provided for every group of five meters in order to sectionaize the ‘group of meters during maintenance without affecting other group of meters 11.Both valves shall be fully open while the meter is in service and no contol of flow shall be ‘made by regulating the inlet and outlet valves, 412. threaded jointunion shall be provided after the meter to make length adjustments for meter ‘connection in accordance with the meter length. 18.Meters shall be installed at a height of 1200mm from the finished flooriground level. The ‘learance between the back plate of meter and the wall plane shall be 200mm and the entre meter group must be adjusted as a single layer. Mutiple layers and different elevations of ‘meters are not permitted inthe water meter room. Page: 2of4tum etnasae 14,Sultable size single header supply lines are to be considered in plumping design for each ‘meter room, multiple or parallel header lies are not allowed in one room. 15,Suffcient space (at least 200mm) shall be provided between and around water meters to Permit installation, reading, servicing and removal of the meters 16,Water meter and its associated fitings/pipes shal not be part of electrical earthing. 17.No water pump shall be installed upstream or downstream the meter and sudden variation of flowipressure shall be avoided. 18 Maximum pressure at the mete inlet shall not exceed 2 bar, PRV and Pressure Gauge shall be installed, at least 1 mtr. before the meter, to achieve the required pressure, 49.Meter shall be easily accessible for reading - without the use of miror, ladder etc. 20.Meter installation guidelines shal strictly be followed while instaling the meter. 21.Meter shall be installed in accordance withthe arrows shown on the body of the meter and tegister shall be arranged in the most convenient postion for reading 22.The meter room shall be suitable for the Technician to stand straight and removetrefx the meter easily. 23, Prepare As-buit drawings showing the pipelines to the meter and after meter to the customer pipe connection to their storage tank and the PVC Condult from meter to the building's LY ‘oom for communication cabling and submit to DEWA. 24,Nc, No. & Flat No. plates shall be affixed on wall immediately adjacent to the meter (not on the meter) for identification. 28.DEWA is responsible for the supply and installation of water meters for new connections. Meters are installed either by DEWA staff or Contractors acting on behalf of DEWA. Customers and property developers are responsible for supply and installation of all ancy fitings and pipe-work beyond the meter in accordance with relevant DEWA specifications and standard ‘drawings. . WATER METER COMMUNICATION NETWORK INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS 41. Install 25mm dia, PVC conduit vertically between the water meter rooms from the highest floor to lowest floor for interconnecting communication cable for Smart water meters. Install PVC junction boxes at 25m interval (ifthe length exceeds 25m) and corner portions with puling spring £0 as to provide ease of access to cable circuits throughout the route. The JB shall be a ‘wo way PVC JB for easiness of cabling pulling 2. In the water meter room (each flor), install 50X50 mm PVC trunk horizontally on the wall surface behind the back plate of the meter by utlzing the achieved clearance of 165mm. The trunk shall be single plece securely fixed and aligned at an elevation of 1600 mm from the finished foor level and installed with proper end caps. 3. PVC trunk shall be installed with PVC PG-7 glands equal to the number of Water Meters in the Water Meter room, 4. PVC trunk shall be of high quality complying with 8S4607 and of rectangular cross-section of whieh one side is removable, 5. All PVC conduits, trunk, glands and coupling accessories must comply with BS 4607 and be suitable for the ambient conditions expected. It shal be corosion resistant. Page: 3 0f46. The extemal and internal surface of pipes shall be clean, smooth and virally free from Grooves or other indentations or projections, The smoothness ofthe internal surface ofthe pipe ‘hall be such that the puling through of the cables in long lengths shall be facilitated without tisk of damage to the exterior surface of the cable. The ends of conduit, trunk and cable tray ‘shall be provided with bushes or other finished ends such that cables do not sustain damage ‘during installation or throughout the Ife of the Installation and must be suitably sealed against the ingress of water. 7. PVC conduits shall be clamped at every 1 meter interval using suitable and safe ftures. The connection of conduit to JB shall be done with proper coupings/adaptors, 8. Provide an IP65, PVC Junction Box of dimension 150X150 100mm for up to 10 Water Meters ‘and 200X150X100mm for up to 25 Water Meters in water meter room on each floor with DIN, rail for fixing the water meter communication interfacing unt. {9 The Junction Boxes shall be mounted on the wall planes inside the meter room at an elevation fof 1800mm from the fished floor level and minimum 500mm away from the nearest water meters. 40.PVC trunk behind the meters shall be connected fo the Junction Box through 25mm PVC ‘conduit by using proper coupings/adaptors, The PVC conduit shal have sof bends and proper ‘mounting. There shall be one connection for up to 10 water meters and two connections for up 0 25 water meters. {1,8 heavy duty GI conduit of 25 mm dia. shall be provided between the ground floor water meter oom and LV room (or the water meter room on the floor nearest to LV room) with puling ‘spring for interconnecting meter communication cable with data concentrator. Install puling junction boxes in every 25 meters interval and comer portions. The connection of GI condult shall be done with proper GI couplings. ‘2. Install an [P56 GI Junction Box of dimensionS0X150XS0mm at suitable postion on the wall inside LV room at an elevation of 1600mm from the fnished floor level. Ths shall be connected with the GI conduit mentioned above. 13.As built drawing of the communication instalation shal be submitted for approval 14 Sample Installation of AMI Smart Water Meter and Communication Network is displayed at DEWA Sustainable Building Al Quoz, Smart Metering Office as a guideline fo the Developers, Landiords, Consuitants and Contractors to finalize their design drawings and to submit for EWA approval before commencement of construction Reference Drawing: PEW-STD-AMI-003 Date: 12/12/2017 Page: 4 04== Wg SIDEVIEN incon ELEVATION es ya ce ue (Const Ste) rvaowy) 2 SHE aE re mevere ae gett Ol AMI (ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE) WATER METERS IN METER ROOM'scocxParn = SECTION ‘A-A’ SECTION 'B-B' ~~» [STEEL DETAIL CASE oF RCC ALL AMI 2" to 12" BULK WATER METER INSTALLATION IN CHAMBER - DETAILS