AGS works with a number of renowned national and international research centres and is taking part in several Research & Development projects, including:
 
						IWIDGET
Improved Water efficiency through
ICT technologies for integrated
supply-Demand side
manaGEmenT
see website
 
						IGPI
National Initiative for Infrastructure
Asset Management
 
						CARE-W
Computer Aided REhabilitation of
Water Networks
press
publications
participation in conferences
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					press11 Out 2023AGS Water Solutions supports urban water cycle operators in optimising, transforming and modernising their organisationsSee how on pages 128 to 131 of iAgua Magazine no. 46. Full article07 Jul 2023AGS Water Solutions no Japão para priorizar a reabilitação de uma rede de distribuição de águaA cidade de Sendai, no Japão, com mais de 1 milhão de habitantes, desafiou as empresas que operaram maioritariamente no setor da água, a apresentar soluções para encontrar a melhor opção para priorizar a reabilitação da rede de distribuição de água de Sendai. Full article26 Jun 23Solução de IA de empresa portuguesa é eleita no Japão para reabilitar redes de águaA cidade de Sendai receberá a solução Infrawise, baseada em inteligência artificial e machine learning. Full articleFEB 2020PRESS RELEASE: AGS – Water Solutions has been revitalisedThe development of a new identity has come about through a process of analysis and debate... Full articleJUL 2020The rebranding of these AGS products is effectiveThe Flowise, Meterwise, Waterwise and Workwise software solutions by AGS – Water Solutions, a company that... Full article
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					publications2024Águas & Resíduos, Series V - No. 01, August 2024 Control of Illicit Inflows - Methodology Applied to a Real Case Study 
 Authors: Joana Cassidy, Ana Neto, Alice Ganhão, Ana Rita Santos, João Faria Feliciano
 2023Sustainability journal, August 2023, Basel, Switzerland Integrating Reliability and Energy Efficiency Assessments for Pinpointing Actionable Strategies for Enhanced Performance of Urban Wastewater Treatment Plants 
 Autores: Joana Cassidy, Tatiana Silva, Nuno Semião, Pedro Ramalho, Ana Rita Santos, João Feliciano, Catarina Silva (LNEC), Maria João Rosa (LNEC)2022ENASB 2022, November 2022, Cascais, Portugal Control of undue inflows in a wastewater drainage system – methodology applied to a real case study 
 Autores: Joana Cassidy, Ana Neto, Alice Ganhão, Ana Rita Santos, João FelicianoStatistical models for predicting water mains failures – more data or better data? 
 Autores: André Marques Arsénio, Joana Cassidy, Ana Rita Santos, Alice Ganhão, João FelicianoDigitization of asset management in managing entities - a case study with two entities 
 Autores: André Marques Arsénio, Joana Cassidy, Bárbara Barbosa, Sofia Graça, Ana Rita Santos, Alice Ganhão, João Feliciano
 Forumul Regional al “Apei Dunăre-Europa de Est”, September 2022, Bucharest, Romania The route for efficiency by reducing water losses in Constanta 
 Autores: Cosmin Radu, Ciprian Banciu, Diana Agastra, José Miguel Maia, Pedro Ramalho, Rui Malheiro, Ana Rita Santos, Bárbara Barbosa, Miguel Zilhão
 IWA World Water Conference & Exhibition, September 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark Improving Inflow & Infiltration control in wastewater systems – a methodology applied to a real case study 
 Autores: Joana Cassidy, Ana Neto, Alice Ganhão, Ana Rita Santos, João Feliciano
 SWAN 12th Annual Conference, May 2022, Washington DC, USA Digitalization of integrated asset management approaches at water utilities - A case study with two utilities 
 Autores: André Marques Arsénio, Joana Cassidy, Ana Rita Santos, Alice Ganhão, João FelicianoThe link between Digital Maturity and Operational Capacity in Water Utilities – The Case of AGS 
 Autores: André Marques Arsénio, Joana Cassidy, Ana Rita Santos, Alice Ganhão, João Feliciano
 LESAM 2022 - Leading-Edge Conference on Strategic Asset Management, May 2022, Bordeaux, France Knowledge management and performance in water utilities, a balance between human resources and digital maturity – the case of AGS 
 Autores: André Marques Arsénio, Joana Cassidy, Ana Rita Santos, Alice Ganhão, João FelicianoDigitalization of integrated asset management approaches at water utilities - A case study with two utilities 
 Autores: André Marques Arsénio, Joana Cassidy, Ana Rita Santos, Alice Ganhão, João Feliciano2021Water Journal, November 2021, Basel, Switzerland Knowledge Management and Operational Capacity in Water Utilities, a Balance between Human Resources and Digital Maturity – The Case of AGS 
 Authors: João Feliciano, André Marques Arsénio, Joana Cassidy, Ana Rita Santos, Alice Ganhão
 IWA International Conference on Rethinking Treatment with Asset Management, 22-24 September 2021, Porto, Portugal Reliability and energy performance assessment of two urban wastewater treatment plants 
 Participants: Joana Cassidy, Tatiana Silva, Nuno Semião, Pedro Ramalho, Catarina Silva, Maria João Rosa, Ana Rita Santos, João Feliciano
 IWA World Water Congress 2021, 24 May - 4 June 2021, Virtual Infrastructural Condition Of Water Supply Networks And Non-revenue Water - An Indissociable Relationship 
 Participants: Pedro Ramalho, Ana Neto, Bárbara Barbosa, Alice Ganhão, Ana Rita Santos, João FelicianoCustomer Meters Metrological Behaviour - Apparent Losses Management Optimization 
 Participants: Ana Rita Santos, Ana Neto, Bárbara Barbosa, Pedro Ramalho, Alice Ganhão, João Feliciano2020Journal of Hydroinformatics, December 2020, London, England Taking water efficiency to the next level – digital tools to reduce non-revenue water 
 Authors: Joana Cassidy, Bárbara Barbosa, Marco Damião, Pedro Ramalho, Alice Ganhão, João Feliciano
 H2Open Journal, January 2020, London, England Improving Wastewater Treatment Plants Operational Efficiency and Effectiveness Through an Integrated Performance Assessment System 
 Authors: Joana Cassidy, Tatiana Silva, Nuno Semião, Pedro Ramalho, Ana Rita Santos, João Feliciano
 Water Supply Journal, August 2020, London, England Improving Wastewater Treatment Plants Operational Efficiency and Effectiveness Through an Integrated Performance Assessment System 
 Authors: Pedro Ramalho, Ana Rita Santos, Bárbara Barbosa, Sofia Graça, Joana Cassidy, Alice Ganhão, João Feliciano2019ENEG 2019 - National Meeting of Water and Wastewater Water Utilities, 19-22 November 2019, Ílhavo, Portugal Metrological performance of water meters – optimisation of management to reduce losses 
 Participants: Ana Rita Santos, Ana Neto, Bárbara Barbosa, Pedro Ramalho, Alice Ganhão, João FelicianoCondição infraestrutural de redes de abastecimento e água não faturada – uma relação indissociável 
 Participants: Pedro Ramalho, Sofia Graça, Ana Neto, Bárbara Barbosa, Alice Ganhão, Ana Rita Santos, João Feliciano
 LESAM - Leading-Edge Strategic Asset Management/PI 2019, 23-27 September 2019, Vancouver, Canada Improving Wastewater Treatment Plants Operational Efficiency and Effectiveness Through an Integrated Performance Assessment System 
 Participants: J. Cassidy, T. Silva, N. Semião, P. Ramalho, A. Santos, J. FelicianoAsset management – The overlooked gains from efficiency projects 
 Participants: P. Ramalho, A. Santos, B. Barbosa, S. Graça, J. Cassidy, A. Ganhão, J. Feliciano
 IWA water losses 2019, 22-24 September 2019, Bucharest, Romania Apparent losses control – Customer meters renewal policy optimization 
 Participants: A. Santos, A. Ganhão, S. Graça, P. Ramalho, J. Feliciano201818th Meeting Sanitary and Environmental Engineering / 18th SILUBESA 10-12 October 2018, Porto, Portugal The influence of meteorological variables on the occurrence of bursts in distribution systems 
 Participants: Alice Ganhão, Rita Almeida, Ana Rita Santos, Pedro Ramalho, Sofia Graça, Bárbara Barbosa, Miguel Soares, João FelicianoControlling apparent losses – optimisation of the meter replacement policy 
 Participants: Ana Rita Santos, Alice Ganhão, Ana Margarida Ferreira, Miguel Soares, Sofia Graça, Pedro Ramalho, Rita Almeida, João FelicianoThe iEQTA project at AGS: Sustainability and resilience in wastewater services 
 Participants: Pedro Ramalho, Nuno Semião, Tatiana Silva, Joana Cassidy, Rita Almeida, João Feliciano
 IWA World Water Congress 2018, 16-21 September 2018, Tokyo, Japan Boosting network efficiency through real-time monitoring 
 Participants: A. Santos ; M. Soares ; P. Ramalho ; A. Ganhão ; R. Almeida ; J. Feliciano2017ENEG 2017 - National Meeting of Water and Wastewater Water Utilities, 21-24 November 2017, Évora, Portugal Assessment of rehabilitation needs in water services based on asset performance 
 Participants: João Feliciano, Rita Almeida, Pedro Ramalho, Alice Ganhão, Ana Rita Santos, Bárbara Barbosa, Dídia Covas, Helena AlegreLong-term planning for the control of infiltration and inflow 
 Participants: Ana Ferreira, Pedro Ramalho, Rita Almeida, Alice Ganhão, Orlanda Carvalho, Marta Nalha, João FelicianoApplication of the water and energy nexus concept to water utilities in the AGS group 
 Participants: Rita Almeida, Ana Rita Santos, Miguel Soares, Ana Ferreira, Pedro Ramalho, Alice Ganhão, Dália Loureiro, João FelicianoContribution of infrastructure asset management to the improvement in operating efficiency – non-revenue water 
 Participants: João Feliciano, Dídia Covas, Helena Alegre
 LESAM - Leading-Edge Strategic Asset Management 2017, 20-22, June 2017, Trondheim, Norway Rehabilitation needs in water utilities – asset useful life adjustment and infrastructure value index assessment 
 Participants: João Feliciano, Rita Almeida, Pedro Ramalho, Alice Ganhão, Ana Rita Santos, Helena Alegre, Dídia CovasA way to successfully implement an infrastructure asset management approach in urban water utilities 
 Participants: João Feliciano, Rita Almeida, Pedro Ramalho, Alice Ganhão, Ana Rita Santos, Helena Alegre, Dídia CovasKnowledge creation through the implementation of na Infrastructure Asset Management methodology 
 Participants: João Feliciano, Helena Alegre, Dídia Covas201617th ENaSB - Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Meeting, 14-16 September 2016, Guimarães, Portugal Contribution of infrastructure asset management to the management of human resources in water utilities 
 Participants: João Feliciano, Rita Almeida, Pedro Ramalho, Alice Ganhão, Ana Rita Santos, Helena Alegre, Maria Adriana CardosoChallenges and opportunities in the implementation of infrastructure asset management plans 
 Participants: João Feliciano, Rita Almeida, Pedro Ramalho, Alice Ganhão, Ana Rita Santos, Pedro Ramalho
 20th Exposition of Municipal Experiences in Wastewater, 16-19 May 2016, Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil Contribution of performance assessments to improvements in operational management - a practical example 
 Participants: João Feliciano, Rita Almeida, Alice Ganhão, Pedro Ramalho, José Miguel Maia, Paulo Faria de Oliveira, Fábio Ribeirete SilvaHow to promote the reduction of water losses through integrated projects with different municipal companies 
 Participants: João Feliciano, Rita Almeida, Ana Rita Santos, Pedro Ramalho, José Miguel Maia, Paulo Faria de Oliveira2015LESAM 2015 – Leading-Edge Strategic Asset Management, 17-19 November, Yokohama, Japan Assessing human resources renovation needs in water utilities 
 Participants: Feliciano F., Almeida R., Santos A., Ramalho P. Ganhão A., Alegre H., Covas D.Finding new trends through data analytics in infrastructure asset management – rehabilitation investments versus operational management 
 Participants: Feliciano F., Almeida R., Santos A., Ramalho P. Ganhão A., Alegre H., Covas D.Water systems design impact on utilities efficient management – Long term planning in a multi-utility Group 
 Participants: João Feliciano, Rita Almeida, Ana Santos, Alice Ganhão, José Maia, Alberto Kresse, Dídia Covas, Helena Alegre
 IWA Water Efficiency and Performance Assessment of Water Services, 20-24 April, Cincinnati, USA Enhancing water distribution systems’ operational efficiency through performance assessment- Finding new trends 
 Participants: Feliciano F., Almeida R., Santos A., Ganhão A., Alegre H., Covas D.How can regulatory policies influence water systems operational efficiency? 
 Participants: Feliciano F., Almeida R., Santos A., Ganhão A., Alegre H., Covas D.20142014 IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, 21-26 September, Lisbon, Portugal How Big Data can enhance multi-utilities management 
 Participants: João Feliciano, Rita Almeida, Ana Santos, Alice Ganhão e João CoelhoEnergy efficiency in water distribution systems - A path to an ideal network 
 Participants: João Feliciano, Rita Almeida, Ana Santos, Alice Ganhão, Helena Alegre e Dídia Covas
 12th Water Congress / 16th Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Meeting (ENaSB) / 16th Luso-Brazilian Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Symposium Pressure management contribution in water losses reduction – Resources reuse and recovery 
 Participants: Feliciano J., Almeida R., Santos A. R., Ganhão A., Ferreira A. M., Soares M.
 12th Water Congress / 16th Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Meeting (ENaSB) / 16th Symposium Contribution of the IAM to the paradigm shift in planning at water utilities for water and wastewater services - Asset management, savings and regulation Support Tools and Methodologies for the Implementation of Water Safety Plans at Water Utilities - Protection of human health and ecosystems 
 Participants: Feliciano J., Almeida R., Ganhão A., Coelho J., Santos A. R.2013ENEG - National Meeting of Water and Wastewater Water Utilities, 3-6 December 2013, Coimbra, Portugal Infrastructure Asset Management - Implementation of a corporate programme at AGS. 
 Participants: Feliciano J., Almeida R., Ganhão A., Santos A. R., Ferreira A. M.Service Order Management – Moving towards efficient operational management at Water Utilities 
 Participants: Almeida R., Santos A. R., Ganhão A., Coelho J., Andrade J. M., Feliciano J.
 Leading-Edge Strategic Asset Management, September 2013, Sidney, Australia Energy efficiency in water distribution systems – A path to an ideal network – AGS experience 
 Participants: Feliciano F., Almeida R., Alegre H., Covas D.Asset management in small and medium water services – Knowledge transfer in a multi-utility organisation 
 Participants: Feliciano F., Almeida R., Alegre H., Covas D.
 Asset Management for Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Water and Wastewater Systems, April 2013, Marbella, Spain Asset management in small and medium water services – AGS’ experience 
 Participants: Feliciano F., Almeida R., Alegre H., Covas D.201215th Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Meeting (ENaSB), 10-12 October, Évora, Portugal Analysis and information needs on the road to infrastructure asset management 
 Participants: Beleza J., Feliciano J., Almeida R., Coelho J., Freitas B., Ganhão A., Santos A.Management of infiltration and inflow in wastewater drainage networks 
 Participants: Ganhão A., Feliciano J., Almeida R., Fernandes M., Ferreira A.201014th Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Meeting (ENaSB) / 14th Luso-Brazilian Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Symposium (SILUBESA), 26-29 October, Porto, Portugal Operational control of water losses 
 Participants: Feliciano J., Almeida R., Santos A., Ganhão A., Lourenço D., Ferreira A., Beleza J.Development of a programme for the implementation of water supply simulation models 
 Participants: Feliciano J., Maia J., Almeida R., Beleza J. Santos A., Ganhão A.Integrated management of information at Water Utilities of Public Water Supply and Wastewater Services 
 Participants: Beleza J., Feliciano J., Almeida R., Coelho J., Ganhão A.
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					participation in conferences2024 Iberian Water Meeting – Building Bridges in Urban and Agricultural Water ServicesDecember 12, 2024, Lisbon, Portugal  EUROSAM 2024: 9th EUROpean Sewer Asset Management NetworkSeptember 17, 2024, Sheffield, England  IWA World Water Congress & ExhibitionAugust 14, 2024, Toronto, Canada  Conference on Innovation, Artificial Intelligence & PeopleJune 20, 2024, Torres Novas, Portugal  2024 Danube Water Forum – IAWDMay 29–31, 2024, Brașov, Romania  Water Conference – Future ChallengesMay 16–18, 2024, Faro, Portugal  IWA Water Loss 2024April 14–17, 2024, San Sebastian, Spain 2023 ENEG 2023 – National Meeting of Water and Sanitation UtilitiesNovember 27–30, 2023, Gondomar, Portugal  1st Municipal Sustainable Development Seminar8 a 13 October 2023, Horta, Azores, Portugal Portugal Smart Cities Summit10 a 12 October 2023, Lisboa, Portugal ENERH2O - Energy and Water Innovation & Technology27 e 28 September 2023, Matosinhos, Portugal CESDA Meeting "Reducing Water Losses - A Challenge Within Everyone's Reach"6 e 7 July 2023, Santo Tirso, Portugal  SWAN 13th Annual Conference9-11 May 2023, Glasgow, Scotland  APDA - Meeting "Management of apparent water losses - The contribution of meters”29 March 2023, Castelo Branco, Portugal 2022 IWA Digital Water Summit29 November - 2 December, 2022, Bilbao, Spain ENASB 2022 - Encontro de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental24-26 November 2022, Cascais, Portugal  Forumul Regional al “Apei Dunăre-Europa de Est”28-30 September 2022, Bucharest, Romania  IWA World Water Conference & Exhibition11-15 September 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark  SWAN 12th Annual Conference24-26 May 2022, Washington DC, USA  LESAM 2022 - Leading-Edge Conference on Strategic Asset Management11-13 May 2022, Bordeaux, France 2021 IWA International Conference on Rethinking Treatment with Asset Management22-24 September 2021, Porto, Portugal  IWA World Water Congress 202124 May - 4 June 2021, Virtual 2019 ENEG 2019 - National Meeting of Water and Wastewater Water Utilities19-22 November 2019, Ílhavo, Portugal  LESAM - Leading-Edge Strategic Asset Management/PI 201923-27 September 2019, Vancouver, Canada  IWA water losses 201922-24 September 2019, Bucharest, Romania 2018 18th Meeting Sanitary and Environmental Engineering / 18th SILUBESA10-12 October 2018, Porto, Portugal  IWA World Water Congress 201816-21 September 2018, Tokyo, Japan 2017 ENEG 2017 - National Meeting of Water and Wastewater Water Utilities21-24 November 2017, Évora, Portugal  LESAM 2017 – Leading-Edge Strategic Asset Management20-22, June 2017, Trondheim, Norway 201617th ENaSB - Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Meeting14-16 September 2016, Guimarães, Portugal 20th Exposition of Municipal Experiences in Wastewater16-19 May 2016, Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil 2015LESAM 2015 – Leading-Edge Strategic Asset Management17-19 November, Yokohama, Japan IWA Water Efficiency and Performance Assessment of Water Services20-24 April, Cincinnati, USA  European Utility Week - Smart Water4-6 Novembro 2015, Amesterdam, Holland 2014 2014 IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition21-26 September 2014, Lisbon, Portugal 12th Water Congress / 16th Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Meeting (ENaSB) / 16th Symposium5-8 March 2014, Lisbon, Portugal 2013ENEG - National Meeting of Water and Wastewater Water Utilities3-6 December 2013, Coimbra, Portugal LESAM 2013 – Leading-Edge Strategic Asset Management10-12 September 2013, Sidney, Australia Asset Management for Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Water and Wastewater Systems24-26 April 2013, Marbella, Spain 2012 IWA World Water Congress and ExhibitionSeptember 2012, Busan, Korea Workshop on Strategic Management and long term planning of water and wastewater assetsJuly 2012, Mumbai, India 2011 2nd IWA Development Congress & ExhibitionNovember 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malasia LESAM 2011 – Leading-Edge Strategic Asset Management27-30 September 2011, Muelheim An Der Ruhr, Germany  ACWUA’s 4th Best Practices ConferenceSeptember 2011, Sharm El Sheikh, Egipt 201014th Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Meeting (ENaSB) / 14th Luso-Brazilian Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Symposium (SILUBESA)26-29 October, Porto, Portugal 2009Lusophone Congress of Environmental EngineeringOctober 2009, Faro, Portugal AwardsAGS won two international awards through its participation in the AWARE-P project and its Infrastructure Asset Management programmes: National Initiative for Infrastructure Asset Management (iGPI) and Infrastructure Asset Management Programme (PGPI) which took place in Group companies. The awards serve as recognition of the research and development work and transfer of knowledge carried out through the AWARE-P project and the AGS iGPI and PGPI programmes. IWA 2014 PROJECT INNOVATION AWARDS (PIA)  The first award was given by the International Water Association under the scope of the IWA 2014 Project Innovation Award (PIA), which aims at recognising excellence and innovation in hydraulic engineering projects all over the world. 
 INTERNATIONAL MULHEIM WATER AWARD 2014  The second award was given by the Muelheim an der Ruhr IWW Water Centre under the scope of the International Muelheim Water Award, which presents awards to important project in research and/or implementation of innovative concepts that contributed to improved water management in Europe. 
 
 
						 
						 
						 
						