Future City Flow was implemented to optimize inflow to the treatment by leveraging existing tunnel storage capacity to a higher degree. Combining model information from the collection systems with site-specific level and flow vari...
Acquasuite OPIR predicts very accurately on a 15-minute interval the water demand for the upcoming two days. Based on this prediction, OPIR gives production plants in the area setpoints on how much water they have to produce and d...
The city of South Bend, Indiana, installed Xylem’s BLU-X™ Wastewater Network solution to seek to avoid flooding. This solution is a distributed real-time decision support system, consisting of smart sensors and actuator...
Meta-data refers to descriptive information essential to convert large volumes of raw data into useful resources. With the advance of digitalisation in the water sector, it is fundamental to avoid data graveyards and, on the other...
Insufficient public and municipal investment represents a major challenge for the long-term management of urban water infrastructure. In Germany, over the last decade, the annual investment for sewer rehabilitation amounted approx...
In recent months, there have been numerous news reports and discussions around the so-called ‘build back better’ agenda. It is a phrase which has become popularised due to its usage by key actors, such as the UN and the World ...
The need to handle increasing amounts of data while improving capital and operational efficiencies has directed the attention of the water sector towards advanced digital tools such as operational digital twins. Digital twins can ...
Digital World Water Congress 2021 IWA will be holding a major virtual event – the Digital World Water Congress – from 24 May – 4 June this year. The Congress will include a range of presentations, networking opportunities, p...
The Nature Conservancy has published a new report on the benefits of nature-based solutions for clean water for European cities. The report is entitled: ‘Resilient European Cities: Nature-based solutions for clean water̵...
By Catarina Morais & Zach White of GSMA In Sub-Saharan Africa there are more unique mobile subscribers (477 million) than there are people with access to safely managed water services (275 million). The expansion of mobile con...
