How IoT and AI Can Benefit Water Utility Operators

Water utility operators around the world are under continuous pressure to operate efficiently, conserve water, reduce their environmental impact, and maintain a high level of supply and availability. The adoption of IoT sensors and artificial intelligence (AI) can help the water industry become more resilient and efficient. Many water utilities have started to implement technology such as IoT-connected sensors on pumps, valves, and meters, along with geographic information systems (GIS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). Each of these technologies helps to improve operations, and combined they produce a large volume of real-time data to which operators can apply artificial intelligence predictive modeling. Let's take a look at five benefits of IoT and AI.