Smart Water Networks Articles
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Smart Water Cities Project
Following the successful delivery of the SWM case study report, IWRA, K-water and the Asia Water Council (AWC) agreed to initiate a new phase of collaboration from 2020 to December 2023 with the Smart Water Cities project. The Smart Water Cities project is a three-year project dedicated to the analysis of smart water technologies in urban developments. It is run collaboratively by IWRA, the ...
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How Can Smart Technology Be Used in Water Solutions
Membracon are looking to expand their smart technology offerings, capabilities and partnerships to continue to provide cutting-edge technologies in water treatment. With the rise of global networking and trading, machinery and technology are becoming more integrated than ever before. However, the rise in the market creates an advance in competition. Seeking out the most efficient and cost ...
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What is the Water Heroes Academy?
There are all sorts of innovative ways in which the issues of water stress and scarcity are being addressed around the world… and one of these is the Water Heroes Academy, a global network of youth-led projects with one aim in mind: to tackle water challenges in local communities using football as a conduit for doing so. Back in 2018, Xylem – a smart technology water solutions ...
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Keep Calm and Monitor - Thames Water Case Study
Real-time data help Thames Water mitigate transients & bursts Trunk main bursts are a major problem for large, urban water systems. Detecting, locating, and repairing pipe or joint failures rapidly is crucial to prevent loss of life and limit damage to the surrounding structures, including privately owned buildings, streets, and public utilities. Given the potential economic impact of a ...
By Syrinix Ltd
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Smart Septicity Monitoring for Sewer Networks
Wastewater process control is increasingly complex as regulations become more stringent. The monitoring of wastewater quality plays a crucial part in identifying existing or emerging problems within sewer networks and new technological advances are transforming the future of wastewater management, offering the ultimate smart sewer septicity solution for sewer networks. Managing and controlling ...
By Coftec
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Business Model Innovation Fuels Smart Water Adoption
Today, solution providers in the water space are increasingly realising that in order to stay economically competitive, they need to rethink the traditional ‘product’ oriented, transactional nature of business deals. Whether this involves making minor iterations to a product line, rethinking marketing channels, or offering different procurement-related contract incentives, business ...
By SWAN Forum
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Revamping the Smart Water Network Architecture
Established in 2010, SWAN’s five-layered model of a Smart Water Network (see figure below) is based on the following: The physical layer consisting of pipes, pumps, valves etc. The sensing and control layer consisting of sensors and actuators. The collection and communication layer consisting of data exchange and transmission. The data management and display layer consisting of ...
By SWAN Forum
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Smart water network management and Non Revenue Water loss reduction in Pristina, Kosovo.
In the frames of West Balkan Green Point project we participate at water network developing programme of Pristina Regional Waterworks. The programme includes reduction of the energy consumption, optimization of network pressure, continuous monitoring of water losses, and identification of causes and places of pipeline failures. As first step, a survey of the area, the network and the current ...
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Enabling sustainable reuse with real-time optimization
Digital optimization solutions are improving water treatment facility performance in real-time, supporting industries and municipalities in reducing their environmental footprint and carbon emissions and enhancing operational cost savings. For companies that have a strong water agenda, sustainability is fundamental for long-term success and resilience. Industries such as municipal water and ...
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Tackling Water Infrastructure Challenges by Moving Towards Smart Water Networks
It might surprise you to hear, but there is one particular reason I’m grateful for limited travel this year. The move from in-person to virtual events afforded an opportunity to attend the SWAN 10th Annual Conference. This was my first experience participating in the well-known congress and it did not disappoint. I found many presentations that have enriched my work as a researcher in the ...
By SWAN Forum
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Harnessing the full benefit of AI in water
Water companies, with their huge asset bases and wide-ranging data, can benefit greatly from advances in artificial intelligence – but what steps should they be taking to reap the rewards?Three leading innovation experts lend their insight to Benjamin Tam, managing director of global technology and innovation consultancy Isle UK. From water network monitoring and sewer management, to ...
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Enzyme Enhanced Oil Recovery for Water Alternating Gas Systems
Disclosed is an improvement to water-alternating-gas (WAG) processes for oil recovery that utilizes an enzyme detergent additive to increase the ability of the water phase to change the adhesion behavior of hydrocarbons to recover and mobilize oil. GreenZyme® is non-reactive and can be used with to miscible and immiscible gases processes. In an overview, the water-alternating-gas (WAG) and ...
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HP & Banyan Water - Case study
Tech leader HP (Hewlett-Packard) employs Banyan Water to leverage smart water technology, which has led to a 42% reduction in water use. With three unique water sources on its Palo Alto campus, water management was a challenging task for HP. The tech giant looked to Banyan’s water management expertise to implement a program that maximized the cost efficiency of each source. With ...
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Interoperability: the key for smart water management
The integration of water processes with information and communication technologies systems offers huge opportunities in terms of efficiency gains, improved security, and overall sustainability. However, as this new field of water management – often denoted as ‘Smart Water Network’ (SWN) – is evolving, there are many different vendors, technologies and business models ...
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Algorithmic network monitoring for a modern water utility: a case study in Jerusalem
We report on the design, deployment, and use of TaKaDu, a real-time algorithmic Water Infrastructure Monitoring solution, with a strong focus on water loss reduction and control. TaKaDu is provided as a commercial service to several customers worldwide. It has been in use at HaGihon, the Jerusalem utility, since mid 2009. Water utilities collect considerable real-time data from their networks, ...
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