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Digital Water

Building a more resilient water sector by combing water expertise and digital technologiesShape

Digitalisation is transforming the water sector. Rapid advancements in enabling technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), cloud-based services, Internet of Things (IoT) and advanced sensors offer new opportunities that can help the water sector face complex challenges, like ageing infrastructure, the impact of climate change and urbanisation, changing demographics, and an increasing average workforce age. Traditional approaches to water management are less and less able to tackle these challenges. Keeping pace with digital advancements has now become more of a necessity than an option, but a critical perspective and judicious implementation remain necessary.

Digital Water

The concept of digital water includes the use of smart water solutions: digital technologies combined with relevant water knowledge and tailored to water-related applications. Smart water solutions can empower and support the water sector as it deals with operational, regulatory and organisational hurdles, and make it more resilient. The digital transformation process in the water sector and in individual organisations also faces hurdles, like fragmented understanding, unclear objectives, lack of standardised methods, data quality issues, and a perceived absence of trust within the organisation.

KWR combines water knowledge with digital capabilities

The experts at KWR leverage decades of water sector-specific knowledge and expertise. They combine their insight into processes and operations with capabilities in modelling and cutting-edge technologies, such as AI, to provide a wide array of innovative water solutions and digital technologies for the water sector. They focus on knowledge development and the management of risks associated with data-driven decision-making in an increasingly uncertain world.

Support in your digital transition

KWR is glad to support its partners in the water sector in their digital transition towards the systematic and sustainable integration of digital technologies. The KWR experts can serve as strategic guides and knowledge partners, conduct stakeholder analyses and consultations, and assist (waste)water organisations in executing digital water projects. Below, are a few examples of challenges we can help you and your organisation with.

  • I want to develop a digital transformation strategy and implement it in my organisation. Then you can read more on our page about Digital transformation journeys.

The big challenge in pursuing a digital transformation is the sustainable adoption of the digital strategy and technologies, and closely aligning them with the organisation’s needs and long-term objectives. This requires a clear roadmap and the collaboration between different departments.  Read more.

  • I want to apply new and enabling digital technologies to solve operational and business challenges in the water sector. Then you can read more on our page about Smart water solutions.

KWR develops smart water solutions that improve the design, management and performance of water systems. In doing so, it draws on its expertise in process and mechanistic modelling, artificial intelligence (AI), optimisation, uncertainty studies, real-time control and data visualisation. Read more.

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