A Blueprint For Smart Water Management

Nestled between the Bay of Biscay and the Pyrenees, Bilbao’s geography – a blend of coasts, valleys, and mountains – poses unique water management challenges. Volatile weather, with heavy rain and long dry spells, has become the norm.

Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia (CABB) has embraced technological innovation to tackle these challenges over the past 40 years. CABB’s long-term investments in advanced digital tools such as AI, predictive weather models, and decision-support systems have empowered them to transform data into actionable resilience strategies. 

Ferrán Bosch, Senior Business Development Manager Xylem Vue at Xylem, speaks with Koldo Urkullu, Director of Operations and Asset Management at CABB, about how the utility is innovating to meet volatile weather patterns head-on.