IoT.H20

IoT for Supervision and Control of Water Systems.

 

The IoT.H20 approach for water systems control is completely new, innovative and original, but with a high and promising potential specifically for smaller water utilities.
The approach is opening the way for new solutions including big data analysis for water loss reduction, energy savings by optimized pump operation, protection of assets by condition monitoring and predictive maintenance and optimized system operation by use of hydraulic models, virtual twins and artificial intelligence. The sensors that are used, are also produced to provide in the future cheap but reliable information for the monitoring of the network.
The outcome of the proposed optimized operational control will include pressure management and leak detection as important measures to reduce water losses, an extremely important aspect for Brazilian water utilities facing more than a decade of water scarcity. The proposal relies on low-cost technologies, contributes to more targeted maintenance and strengthens the water system resilience by supporting risk alarms and actions in case of incidents like urban flash floods threatening neuralgic points of water systems.