Category: Digital technologies

Water distribution: How new technologies can help preserve and improve drinking water quality

As water is seen as one of the world’s most precious resources, providing enough water with appropriate quality and quantity may be considered as one of the most important challenges in human history.

The world is, as we speak, experiencing serious growth in urban population. This, together with water scarcity and shortage due to climate changes, are creating massive challenges for urban water management. Continue reading “Water distribution: How new technologies can help preserve and improve drinking water quality”

The Digital Twin: What is it and how can it benefit the Water Sector?

Defining its role in providing real customer value

The concept of the Digital Twin is increasingly entering the Water Sector as an innovation driver. More than ever, its role in bringing value to operators is being highlighted by industry professionals around the world.

What is a Digital Twin?

A Digital Twin is a computer model that virtually reflects and simulates a real object, its environment and interaction, providing a picture as accurate as possible of how that object behaves in real time.

This could be a water treatment plant, where the Digital Twin includes process models to simulate the treatment steps, physical assets (e.g. pumps) represented in CAD, and performance models to optimise resources (e.g. energy usage).

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The very basics of artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning

Unsure about the similarities and differences between artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning? This blog post introduces the quick basics. Continue reading “The very basics of artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning”