Learn about digital water The concept of digital water Digital water is a novel concept completely aligned with the current Industrial Revolution. It covers the digital transformation of the whole water sector, from wastewater management to water distribution systems, or other aspects at the water customer level, for example. The key of this concept is the access to digital data, which contains critical information about the water infrastructure and its underlying complex processes, and will be used to provide a competitive advantage to the water sector for improving management and smart decision making. It is based on five pillars. First, the Cyber-physical systems, commonly known as sensors, used to transform the physical world into the digital world. Then, the Internet of Things (IoT), a network of sensors (cyber-physical systems) deployed throughout the water infrastructure. Third, Internet Services, which refers to the online access to the information and its process via, for example, Cloud Computing technologies. The fourth pillar is Big and Small Data Analytics which, based on novel methodologies and algorithms from Data Science and Artificial Intelligence domains, for example, processes the water data to generate valuable insights for improving decision making. And, finally, the Cyber security pillar. Nowadays, it must be present in any Digital Water Solution, since the water infrastructure is digitally operated, and online attacks may result in catastrophic situations involving climate risks or humans losses. What are the expected impacts on the water sector? The Digital Water concept is already impacting the Water sector. Nowadays, we can see how the whole water infrastructure is under a critical and necessary digitalization process, which is establishing the basis for the actual Digital Water revolution. In this line we will see, for example, a bunch of smart Decision Lluís Echeverria EURECAT Work Package 3 leader Back to content
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