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Berkeley County Water & Sanitation (BCWS) has moved from manual meter reads to remote readings that happen with the push of a button. The result? Massive amounts of data but no clear view into how to use it to benefit its more than 24,000...
Resources - 09/09/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater
When rural North Carolina utility Wake Electric deployed the FlexNet communication network from Council Lead Partner Sensus in 2012, it was able to improve billing accuracy and system management. While some utilities will use a network for one...
Resources - 07/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics
To combat water shortages caused by long-term drought, water conservation goals and water use restrictions have been common in many California cities. By using a smart water network, the local water utility in Fountain Valley was able to get...
Resources - 07/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics
Not so long ago, landscape irrigation in homes and commercial properties was controlled by manual valves—with little regard for how much water was actually needed. In developing its WeatherTRAK solution, HydroPoint Data Systems chose to use an IoT...
Resources - 07/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Connectivity
During winter most residents of Little Egg Harbor, a coastal town in New Jersey, leave until the weather warms up. But in their absence, water pipes in their homes can freeze and break or faucets may begin to leak. Armed with technology from Council...
Resources - 06/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater
Citizens in Cary, North Carolina can manage their water use and identify possible problems with a wireless meter reading system that provides them with hourly water readings. The system, powered by analytics from Council Lead Partner SAS Institute,...
Resources - 05/26/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics
Smart water technology is revolutionizing the water utility industry, enabling the leap from paper orders and mechanical meters to workforce automation and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) systems. And mobile workforces are changing too. Water...
Resources - 04/07/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater
This policy review, a white paper from Council Lead Partner GE, provides a valuable starting point for governments to evaluate the appropriate mix of policies that will best fit their needs as they work to expand their water recycling and reuse...
Resources - 01/29/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Policy frameworks and tools
To provide smart cities with water infrastructure systems, Hitachi is promoting its intelligent water system concept for integrating water treatment systems with information and control systems for the efficient utilization of recycled water.
Resources - 11/05/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Water and wastewater, Policy frameworks and tools, Research, publications and web sites
Cities are expecting dramatic population growth and so it will need new and intelligent infrastructure to meet the needs of their citizens and businesses. The water provided by the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is not sufficient for the use...
Resources - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Responsibility areas, Water and wastewater, Computing resources, Research, publications and web sites
This video from Council Associate Partner Veolia illustrates how the company has used waste management and environmental services to help New Orleans and other areas affected by Hurricane Katrina to recover.
Resources - 09/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Water and wastewater
When the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Authority decided it needed to get away from paper-based service orders, officials there were looking for a solution that would integrate with their enterprise management system and help them deal with...
Resources - 09/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Interoperability
This year (2015) marks 100 years of Black & Veatch providing critical infrastructure solutions for clients around the world. Founded in 1915 by Ernest Bateman Black and Nathan Thomas Veatch with 12 employees, the company now provides energy,...
Resources - 08/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Water and wastewater
This video highlights the Bristol Whales monument, designed to represent the beauty and fragility of our oceans and the increasing human threats that they face. Using 70,000 recycled plastic bottles, it was designed and built by Cod...
Resources - 08/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Waste management, Water and wastewater
In December 2014, a fire broke out at the Maldives Water and Sewerage Co. generator unit located on the island capital Malé, cutting off drinking water to over 150,000 people. Read in this case study how communications giant Ooredoo, a Council Lead...
Resources - 08/10/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
Spring rains and snowmelt pour into the rivers and reservoirs that feed the Calgary’s water supply. As a result, downtown businesses and residents are faced with unpredictable floods that could do millions of dollars of damage. Read in this case...
Resources - 08/09/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Computing resources, Examples and case studies
Water utilities are ready to embrace the promise of smart water technology. Hear more about it in this brief video from Council Associate Partner Black & Veatch. You may also be interested in an important new report from Black & Veatch that...
Resources - 07/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control
When Kansas City Board of Public Utilities installed a water and electric AMI system in 2013, in addition to improving service and reliability, they hoped to empower customers to be wiser energy and water consumers. That goal prompted staff to make...
Resources - 06/14/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
The Makkah Clock Tower, located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is the world’s largest clock tower and the second tallest building. It has 76 stories and is 577 meters high. It is a vast complex with hotels, shopping outlets, food courts, and luxury...
Resources - 06/14/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control
Nontechnical loss of energy and water is a problem that utilities around the world face. Watch this video from Council Associate Partner Elster to learn more about the problem and technology that can help solve it.
Resources - 06/14/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control