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

Application of Big Data for Energy Management in Water Utilities

$280,961
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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Principal Investigator
Carla
Cherchi
Research Manager
Mr. Ashwin Dhanasekar

Recent Updates

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...

Project Update
08/20/2021
Project #4797
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...

Project Update
04/06/2022
Project #5048
Integrating Real-Time Collection System Monitoring Approaches...

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

Project Update
06/08/2022
Project #5048
Integrating Real-Time Collection System Monitoring Approaches...

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

Project Update
07/16/2021
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 #4954
Integration of High-Frequency Performance Data for...

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

Project Update
04/06/2022
Project #5101
Real-Time Carbon Management of Water Resource Recovery...

Reporting Period: October 16, 2021 to January 15, 2022. The main activities since the last website...

Project Update
03/25/2022
Project #5014
Practical Framework for Water Infrastructure ...

Reporting Period: June 17, 2020 - September 15, 2020. During this period, Task 1 - Kick...

Project Update
12/31/2021
Project #5101
Real-Time Carbon Management of Water Resource Recovery...

Reporting Period: April 16, 2021 to July 15, 2021. The main activities since the previous report...

Project Update
10/22/2021
Project #5087
Implementation of Innovative Biological Nutrient Removal...

Reporting Period: April - July 2022

Project Update
10/28/2022

News

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...

2021 Intelligent Water Systems Challenge Launched

Press Release
03/16/2021

The 2021 Intelligent Water Systems Challenge (IWS Challenge) is underway and will showcase innovative ways that intelligent water systems can be utilized by utilities to improve resilience. The overarching goal...

inCTRL

Technology Spotlight
Leiv Rieger
11/02/2020

What is your technology? opsCTRL is a flexible and rugged monitoring and control platform for water resource recovery facilities (WRRF) and biogas plants. The software system addresses and overcomes hurdles...

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