SCADA & AUTOMATION RESOURCES

• How Artificial Intelligence Is Solving The World Water Crisis

  The population on Earth is rapidly growing and the demand for clean water grows with it. According to a U.N. report, global water demand is expected to grow by 50 percent by 2030. This puts pressure on both nature and on the water industry to quickly adapt. The importance of advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources is more important than ever.

• What Innovyze Means to Me

  Uber. Airbnb. Pinterest. Snapchat. Slack. Square. Stripe… it feels like we’re bombarded by news of a newly minted ‘unicorn’ almost every single day.

  And it's frustrating as hell.

• Arcadis Completes Hong Kong MTR Extreme Weather & Climate Change Impact Study With InfoWorks ICM

  Arcadis was commissioned to support this client’s long-term resilience investment strategy by using catchment-level hydraulic modeling and holistic risk assessment. The work assessed flood risks arising from extreme weather events.

• Water System Operator Is Cutting NRW Losses Down To Size

  When the aging water distribution infrastructure in Araguaína, Brazil, (pop. 183,000) reached a level of 47 percent non-revenue-water (NRW) loss, the contracted utility operator knew that something needed to change. With such a massive challenge, they concluded that their best approach was to divide and conquer. Here is the story of how they are breaking their problems down to size with a solution that is on pace to pay for itself.

• Protecting Critical Infrastructure With Real-Time GIS Data

  Critical infrastructure deserves real-time monitoring. With a service territory of 2,000 square miles in the center of southwestern Pennsylvania, the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County (MAWC) directly serves 130,000 customers with water and wastewater services. MAWC also serves other water utilities, heavy industry companies, and a power production plant. With a fleet of over 300 vehicles and 2,500 miles of underground assets, MAWC keeps track of its real-time data using Esri's ArcGIS® GeoEvent™ Server.

• Gwinnett County Explores Benefits Of Digital Twins At Pump Station

  As a leader in the water industry, Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources (GCDWR) aims to provide superior water services at an excellent value. The multi-award-winning utility has been recognized both statewide and nationally for excellence in water production, wastewater treatment, infrastructure development, and customer satisfaction. GCDWR operates and maintains two water production facilities; three water reclamation facilities; more than 200 pump stations; and nearly 8,000 miles of water, sewer, and stormwater pipes that provide essential services to more than 900,000 people each day.

• Harnessing The Power Of GIS To Improve Customer Service

  The COVID-19 pandemic has rewritten the way businesses and organizations operate and serve their customers, and utility districts are no exception. White House Utility District (WHUD), Tennessee's largest water and wastewater provider in terms of geographic area served, is a case in point.

• Water Outage Map Gives Seattle Residents And Staff Crucial Information

  Seattle Public Utilities tackled a vexing water shutoff communication problem and found that a map and automation helped them see the network more clearly.

• WWEMA Window: Wading Into Smart Water

  If you’ve gone down the smart home rabbit hole, it will be easy for you to relate to B2B customers on their journey to smart water. The options can be overwhelming, the limitations confusing, the pros and cons hard to quantify, and the solutions infinite, with costs that quickly escalate.

• GoAigua, The European Company With The World’s Largest Operation To Detect SARS-CoV-2 In Wastewater, Is Helping Communities In New England Stop The Spread

  Community testing for COVID-19 has become a hot topic in the last months, especially when looking at wastewater. Since March 2020, some of Europe’s largest cities have been implementing widespread surveillance systems that are efficiently testing entire cities every day, at a neighborhood and even building level, by detecting traces of the virus RNA in wastewater. GoAigua, the leading European player in wastewater-based epidemiology, has been helping over 20 cities in Europe and performed over 20,000 tests this year to provide communities with a reliable and anticipated source of community infection assessment.