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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. 

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14 Projects 2 Web Tools
Asset Management
Big Data
Monitoring
Sensors
Project #4759

Integrated Management of Sensor Data for Real Time Decision Making

$382,971
In Progress

Project Highlights

The objective of this research was to develop a framework for an overall decision support system (DSS) to aid operators and managers of direct potable reuse facilities make appropriate real-time actions based on anomalies and events at critical process control...

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Principal Investigator
Jeff
Neemann
Research Manager
Dr. Kenan Ozekin

Recent Updates

Project #4917
Utilizing Smart Water Networks to Manage Pressure and Flow for...

Reporting Period: July 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019. During this reporting period, the project team...

Project Update
04/21/2020
Project #5014
Practical Framework for Water Infrastructure ...

Reporting Period: December 16, 2019 - March 15, 2020. Case study framing questions and a template...

Project Update
04/17/2020
Project #4917
Utilizing Smart Water Networks to Manage Pressure and Flow for...

During this reporting period, the project team made progress under the information gathering and project planning...

Project Update
11/12/2019
Project #4902
Leveraging Big-Data and Deep Learning for the Condition Assessment of...

Reporting Period: June – December 2019. The automated system was tested under three scenarios: (1) detection...

Project Update
12/31/2019
Project #4902
Leveraging Big-Data and Deep Learning for the Condition Assessment of...

During this project period, the automated system was extended to detect fractures (i.e., structural defects that...

Project Update
11/07/2019
Project #4911
Sampling and Monitoring Strategies for Opportunistic Pathogens...

Reporting Period: July 16, 2019-January 15, 2020. During this project period, the team conducted two literature...

Project Update
04/13/2020
Project #5015
Solutions for Failing Drinking Water Systems in ...

During this project period, a March 2019 site visit to systems in Fresno was conducted, a...

Project Update
10/31/2019
Project #4911
Sampling and Monitoring Strategies for Opportunistic Pathogens...

During this project period, the research team:


  • Conducted two literature surveys

  • Selected detection techniques for evaluation...
Project Update
09/19/2019
Project #4727
An Asset Management Framework for Forested ...

This is the first web update, reflecting the initial 6 months of project activity. So far...

Project Update
06/09/2019
Project #4727
An Asset Management Framework for Forested ...

In this period, the researchers completed the literature review, and developed drafts of four case studies...

Project Update
09/25/2019

News

vGis

Technology Spotlight
Alec Pestov
08/07/2019

What is your technology? vGIS is the leading augmented reality visualization platform for GIS. Using the vGIS system, field personnel can see an augmented view that includes holographic infrastructure objects...

Opti RTC

Technology Spotlight
06/17/2019

Opti is a cloud technology platform for real-time environmental monitoring and control of civil infrastructure. Opti’s flagship product, OptiNimbus, provides intelligent stormwater retention based on precipitation forecasts and on site...

VODA.ai

Technology Spotlight
Jim Fitchett
09/11/2020

What is your technology? VODA.ai provides machine learning (a subset of artificial intelligence) to predict water main failures in the next 12 months and over longer time frames for purposes...

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Related Projects

Project #4744

Intelligent Assets-Condition and Performance Monitoring Techniques

Completed

Monitoring of critical assets can provide an early warning of possible failure, allowing for early intervention and avoiding or mitigating impacts on customer service. There are various condition...

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Project #4836

Leveraging Other Industries - Big Data Management (Phase I)

Completed

This research project examines the current capabilities and state of knowledge of Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data processing within the water industry and certain non-water sectors...

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Project #4835

Designing Sensor Networks and Locations on an Urban Sewershed Scale (Phase I)

Completed

The research examined current and future states of the use of advanced sensors (those that monitor, collect, and transfer measurements in near real-time and can be remotely deployed)...

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Project #5039

Definition of a Smart Utility - How to Be a Digital Utility and the Framework for an Intelligent Water System

In Progress

The water sector is undergoing a transition to a digital and smarter water sector. Nevertheless, there is not a comprehensive framework to guide the digital maturity transformation journey...

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Project #4908

Demonstrating Real-Time Collection System Monitoring for Potable Reuse

In Progress

Real-time sensor-based monitoring has the potential to improve our understanding of water quality issues within the collection system. This project demonstrated, at full scale, the ability of use...

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Project #4954

Integration of High-Frequency Performance Data for Microbial and Chemical Compounds Control in Potable Reuse Treatment Systems

In Progress

In direct potable reuse (DPR), the environment (i.e., aquifer or reservoir) does not provide the post-treatment benefits of additional treatment, dilution, and retention time that it provides during...

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