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Intelligent Water Systems

As with other industries, newly developed technologies drive water utilities to adapt their day-to-day operations. Water networks have been a special focus, with new instrumentation options for water production, transmission, distribution, wastewater collection, and consumer end-points coming to market. Implementing these technologies can improve the efficiency and reliability of water networks, but with myriad options, utilities need guidance on which technologies are most worthwhile and how they should be implemented. 

For more information, contact Ashwin Dhanasekar.

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18 Projects 3 Web Tools 5 Webcasts
Asset Management
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Monitoring
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Project #4978

Application of Big Data for Energy Management in Water Utilities

$280,961
2021
Completed

Project Highlights

The water sector has increased its attention to energy use, including concerns surrounding rising costs, energy security, and energy reliability. Despite the technological and analytical improvements made around the management, accessibility, interpretation, and visualization of energy data, the application of...

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Carla
Cherchi
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Mr. Ashwin Dhanasekar

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Project #4797
Designing Sensor Networks and Locations on an Urban Sewershed Scale with Big...

Reporting Period: April 15, 2021 - June 15, 2021. During this project period, progress was made...

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Designing Sensor Networks and Locations on an Urban Sewershed Scale with Big...

Reporting Period: June 16, 2021 – December 15, 2021. During this period, the team held the...

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Project #5048
Integrating Real-Time Collection System Monitoring Approaches...

Reporting Period: May 16, 2021 – February 15, 2022. A review and summary of commercially available...

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Integrating Real-Time Collection System Monitoring Approaches...

Reporting Period: September 15, 2020 – May 15, 2021. Duringthis project period, a review and summary...

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Integration of High-Frequency Performance Data for...

Reporting Period: December 2021 - May 2022

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Integration of High-Frequency Performance Data for...

Reporting Period: September 2021 – November 2021. A survey of select utilities that employ potable reuse...

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Real-Time Carbon Management of Water Resource Recovery...

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Real-Time Carbon Management of Water Resource Recovery...

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Occurrence, Treatment, and Evaluation of Analytical Methods for...

The overall objective of this project was to develop, improve, and apply sensitive and robust analytical...

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Implementation of Innovative Biological Nutrient Removal...

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The Water Research Foundation and Water Environment Federation Launch the Fifth Intelligent Water Systems Challenge

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02/06/2023

(Denver, CO) 02/6/23 – The Water Research Foundation and Water Environment Federation are pleased to invite teams to participate in the fifth annual Intelligent Water Systems (IWS) Challenge. As technology...

2023 Intelligent Water Systems Challenge

David Morroni
01/20/2023

The Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology (LIFT) program, a joint effort of The Water Research Foundation (WRF) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF), is holding the fifth annual Intelligent Water...

2022 Intelligent Water Systems Challenge

David Morroni
01/11/2022

The Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology (LIFT) program, a joint effort of The Water Research Foundation (WRF) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF), is holding the fourth annual Intelligent Water...

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Designing Sensor Networks and Locations on an Urban Sewershed Scale with Big Data Management and Analytics

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Leveraging Other Industries - Big Data Management Phase I

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Leveraging Other Industries – Big Data Management (Phase I)

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