FUTURE ON WATER: IOT INFILTRATION INTO WATER MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

Presented at the 2016 Minnesota Water Technology Summit at US Bank Stadium:

ABSTRACT: As populations rise and urbanization trends continue, water utilities are finding it increasingly difficult to meet the growing demand for water resources. Challenged by aging infrastructure, an aging workforce, and limited budgets, utilities must find ways to run more efficient operations. With modern inline sensing equipment, simple communications hardware, and a flexible software platform approach, utilities can use real-time sensor data to better manage the quality of their water networks and the efficiency of their plant operations. This presentation explains numerous benefits from using inline monitoring technologies to improve the efficiency of plant operations and concludes with an argument that the health of the water management industry depends on a thriving ecosystem of policy makers, environmental agencies, manufacturers, municipalities, plant operators, and users.

To manage #water better, need to measure says @markbenson. Agreed, & to share and interpret those data in non-creepy ways... #mnwater16

— Kate Brauman (@KateBrauman) September 20, 2016