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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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Project 5121

Development of Hybrid Digital Twins for Predictive Nutrient Control

$666,135
Completed

Project Highlights

This project developed, implemented, and studied how live digital twins of nutrient removal water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs), which included machine learning (ML), could be used to benefit ongoing operations. In the three full scale pilots completed, digital twins were...

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Principal Investigator
Bruce
Johnson
Research Manager
Harry Zhang, PhD, PE

Recent Updates

Project 5261
Smart Metering Playbook: Compendium of Resources ...

April 15, 2024 – June 15, 2024 

Project Update
07/16/2024
Project 5174
Satellite and Drone Remote Sensing Models and Tools for Water Quality...

March 1, 2024 - August 1, 2024

Project Update
09/25/2024
Project 5174
Satellite and Drone Remote Sensing Models and Tools for Water Quality...

Reporting Period: September 2023 – February 2024

Project Update
03/19/2024
Project 5189
Quantifying the Impact of Artificial Intelligence/Machine...

Reporting Period: July 16 – October 15, 2023

Project Update
11/08/2023
Project 5101
Real-Time Carbon Management of Water Resource Recovery...

Reporting Period: February – August 2023

Project Update
09/06/2023
Project 5101
Real-Time Carbon Management at Water Resource Recovery...

Reporting Period: January 16, 2022 - January 15, 2023

Project Update
02/08/2023
Project 5101
Real-Time Carbon Management at Water Resource Recovery...

Reporting Period: January - July 2022

Project Update
01/09/2023
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 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 5273
RT-ddPCR for EBPR Biomonitoring

Reporting Period: December 2024 – February 2025

Project Update
04/29/2025

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News

The Digital Transformation

By Miriam Hacker, PhD, The Water Research Foundation
12/03/2024

Exploring Data Science Careers in the Water Sector The use of advanced technologies and data to improve decision-making is the basis of the emerging topic area, Intelligent Water Systems. The...

2024 Intelligent Water Systems Challenge

David Morroni
01/19/2024

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 sixth Intelligent Water Systems...

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