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2025 USE CASE Providing Potable Water for Refugee Camps Across 15 Countries BACKGROUND Climate change, epidemic episodes and wars have been moving populations for centuries all over the world. During these tumultuous incidents one thing has remained constant – the importance of water as a fundamental element in human life. With this vital point in mind, the United Nations in 2018 set-up a goal to provide access to potable water for 2 billion people worldwide by 2028. In recognition of its innovative water management solutions, Greencityzen, won a UN tender in 2022 for its first production phase of installation for water management in refugees camps. This first production phase came after an experimentation done in 2020-2021 to validate the technology. SITUATION The local water wash cycle in refugee camps follows these four steps: Step 1: The raw water is extracted from the borehole Step 2: The raw water is treated with chlorine to convert it in drinkable water Step 3: The drinkable water is pushed up in the water tower using a solar powered pump Step 4: The water is distributed using the pressure from the height of the water tower During this process, it is important to get data during each step to improve the quality of service for refugees to avoid illness and the necessity of remote maintenance service. ISSUE Radio-connected devices are crucial in the context of remote, difficult to access water production and distribution points. The UN requires monitoring of the entire process, from water production to distribution: each settlement owns from tens to hundreds of tanks, and the system monitors the real-time water stock and quality in each tank, mapping them accordingly. In case of water trucking operations, the system can detect the quantity and shipment dates and will raise an alert in the case of shipment delays. Additionally, the system monitors the energy production and consumption for pumping and reports it in real-time on a dashboard to alert maintenance needs. Groundwater levels in boreholes are also monitored in real-time to anticipate dewatering and eventually manage water trucking operations. Lastly, the system monitors the quality of service in water distribution and sanitation, including availability and waiting time, to better determine the infrastructure's necessary dimensions. SOLUTION The LoRaWAN ® infrastructure is composed by solar-powered MultiTech Conduit ® IP67 outdoor base station gateways connected to The Things Industries (TTI) network server - The Things Stack. "MultiTech is a historic partner for The Things Industries, and our network server is fully integrated with their gateway to provide already configured equipment ready to use in the field by the local installer. The Things Stack can also manage gateways securely in remote areas in different regions of the world. For example, for this project, some gateways will be installed in Cameroun, Bangladesh, and Iraq, using different LoRaWAN channel plans locally," said Wienke Giezeman, CEO of The Things Industries. Smart Water Asset Tracking Partnership Solution COMPANY CONTACT INFO MultiTech, Minnesota – USA https://www.multitech.com/ sales@multitech.com