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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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Asset Management
Big Data
Monitoring
Sensors
Project #4836

Leveraging Other Industries - Big Data Management (Phase I)

$150,000
In Progress

Project Highlights

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. The findings indicate that the water/wastewater industry has not embraced Big Data...
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Principal Investigator
Raja
Kadiyala
Research Manager
Mr. Walter Graf

Recent Updates

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...

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

Project Update
11/07/2019
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 #4727
An Asset Management Framework for Forested ...

July 2018 - January 2019 - In this period, the researchers completed the literature review and...

Project Update
09/25/2019
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 #4717
Innovative Technologies to Effectively Manage Deteriorating...

October 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018 - Finalized the survey analysis result summary as part...

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

January 2018 - June 2018 - So far, we have initiated the project, established subcontracts and...

Project Update
06/09/2019
Project #4742
Probability Management for Water Finance and ...

August 1, 2017 - January 31, 2018 - The team observed different levels of comfort in...

Project Update
06/09/2019
Project #4742
Probability Management for Water Finance and ...

Different levels of comfort were observed for addressing uncertainty through the principals of probability management.

Project Update
07/03/2019
Project #4689
Assessing Water Demand Patterns to Improve Sizing of Water Meters...

Work continued on Task 1 Collect and Analyze Utility Billing Data and Meter Sizing Methods.

Project Update
07/10/2019

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...

2020 Intelligent Water Systems Challenge

Fidan Karimova
11/12/2019
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 third annual Intelligent Water...
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Application of Big Data for Energy Management at Water Utilities

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