Making urban water smart: the SMART-WATER solution

Antzoulatos, Gerasimos; Mourtzios, Christos; Stournara, Panagiota; Kouloglou, Ioannis-Omiros; Papadimitriou, Nikolaos; Spyrou, Dimitrios; Mentes, Alexandros; Nikolaidis, Efstathios; Karakostas, Anastasios; Kourtesis, Dimitrios; Vrochidis, Stefanos; Kompatsiaris, Ioannis

doi:10.2166/wst.2020.391

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“…Smart water management, also known as the smart water system or smart water network, incorporates IoT, big data, and other technologies into urban water management. It applies sensor monitoring, real-time data transmitting, real-time remote controlling, and machine learning-based processes to reduce water consumption, detect leakage, assure water quality, along with other functions that lead to sustainable and self-sufficient water exploitation [12,46,47]. The smart monitoring system of water quality is an important part of smart water management.…”

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Digitalisation for Water Sustainability: Barriers to Implementing Circular Economy in Smart Water Management

Liu

Yang

2021

Sustainability

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“Clean water and sanitation” is listed as one of the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and implementing circular economy principles in the water sector has been widely regarded as an important approach in achieving this goal. In the era of Industry 4.0, research and practice in the digitalisation of the water sector to create a smart water system have attracted increasing attention. Despite the growing interest, limited research has been devoted to how digital technologies might enhance circularity. In practice, smart water systems often fail to promote circularity in such aspects as water reuse and resources recovery. This paper aims to identify the main barriers to implementing circularity in the smart water management system in Zhejiang, China. The research adopts a mixed research method that includes a literature review to identify the potential barriers from the existing studies, a case study to determine the most critical barriers in practice, and a fuzzy Delphi method to reach a consensus on the crucial barriers. The research identified 22 main barriers to implementing circular economy in smart water management. The barriers are divided into three categories: infrastructure and economic, technology, and institution and governance. The results show that the barriers related to recycling technologies, digital technology know-how, and the lack of CE awareness raise the most concern. Our findings also indicate that experts are interested in the decentralized wastewater treatment system. This research provides significant insights that practitioners, researchers, and policymakers can use in developing and implementing digital-based CE strategies to reduce water scarcity and pollution.

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Section: Digital Technologies Implementation In the Water And Wastewater Sectormentioning

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Digitalisation for Water Sustainability: Barriers to Implementing Circular Economy in Smart Water Management

Liu

Yang

2021

Sustainability

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“…At a residential level, Antzoulatos et al [16] proposed an IoT network for monitoring and controlling water usage, as well as providing data analytics and management solutions to provide innovative solutions to consumers and water utility companies. The complete platform aimed to support decision-making in the field of urban water management.…”

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“…The algorithm was tested on two highly differentiated use cases in two European countries with meaningful results. Amini et al [49] Antzoulatos et al [16] Castrillo and García [52] Chen and Han [51] Christodoulou et al [46] Comboul and Ghanem [47] Devasena et al [38] Farah et al [43] Farah and Shahrour [44] Farah and Shahrour [45] Gautam et al [57] Geng et al [42] Gong et al [39] Howell et al [56] Howell et al [33] Kalimuthu et al [59] Kofinas et al [60] Legin et al [53] Levinas et al [32] Llausàs et al [50] Nie et al [55] Oberascher et al [48] Ramos et al [41] Rout et al [58] Slaný et al [17] Stephens et al [40] Level…”

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“…Following the 4th industrial revolution, urban water management has also been transformed into "smart" [16,17] as the only viable way to achieve water sustainability in the cities of the future [18]. According to the International Water Resources Association [19], "smart water management" utilizes information and communication technology (ICT) and Sustainability 2021, 13, 13940 2 of 14 real-time data to tackle water management challenges by integrating digital solutions into urban, regional, and/or national strategies, indicatively referring to water quality and quantity, efficient irrigation, leakages, pressure and flow, floods, and droughts.…”

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Smart Technologies for Sustainable Water Management: An Urban Analysis

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As projections highlight that half of the global population will be living in regions facing severe water scarcity by 2050, sustainable water management policies and practices are more imperative than ever. Following the Sustainable Development Goals for equitable water access and prudent use of natural resources, emerging digital technologies may foster efficient monitoring, control, optimization, and forecasting of freshwater consumption and pollution. Indicatively, the use of sensors, Internet of Things, machine learning, and big data analytics has been catalyzing smart water management. With two-thirds of the global population to be living in urban areas by 2050, this research focuses on the impact of digitization on sustainable urban water management. More specifically, existing scientific literature studies were explored for providing meaningful insights on smart water technologies implemented in urban contexts, emphasizing supply and distribution networks. The review analysis outcomes were classified according to three main pillars identified: (i) level of analysis (i.e., municipal or residential/industrial); (ii) technology used (e.g., sensors, algorithms); and (iii) research scope/focus (e.g., monitoring, optimization), with the use of a systematic approach. Overall, this study is expected to act as a methodological tool and guiding map of the most pertinent state-of-the-art research efforts to integrate digitalization in the field of water stewardship and improve urban sustainability.

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“…Gerasimos Antzoulatos, Christos Mourtzios, et al, in their paper, "Making urban water smart: the SMART-WATER solution", have highlighted using the latest technology and tools such as IoT, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, along with cloud-based applications for smart water management [12]. Authors have proposed a framework for urban water management making use of IoT based solutions for remote telemetry and machine learning-based processes for controlling of water supply and consumptions.…”

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Reinventing Smart Water Management System through ICT and IoT Driven Solution for Smart Cities

Gade

2021

IJAEML

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Purpose: Worldwide water scarcity is one of the major problems to deal with. Smart Cities also faces this challenging problem due to its ever-increasing population and limited sources of natural water. Additionally, careless usage of water and large water wastage has made the water issues as a serious concern. Today Smart Cities are using advanced technical solutions to deal with various problems, to deal with water shortage problems, Smart Cities uses Smart Water Management System, an intelligent system which distributes and control existing water supply on need basis, and also it facilitates recycling of water for again using for specific activities. In this paper I have provided the overview of Smart Water Management System, its features, and functionalities. I also reviewed available literature on Water Management Systems for Smart Cities and considering the latest tools and technologies and understanding some of the limitations of existing Smart Water Management Systems, I proposed an easy to develop, operate and maintain Smart Water Management Solution called as "iWMS". The proposed conceptual framework of iWMS is modular and is based on secure Blockchain based Application Layer. The iWMS solution supports entire water management and recycling functioning cycle and can easily integrate with other services of Smart Cities. The evaluation of iWMS framework provided very encouraging results. It is revealed that iWMS meets the stated objectives of water savings through automated operation and also through controlled water recycling. Unlike other Smart Water Management Systems, iWMS also carefully complies the cybersecurity requirements. Based on evaluation, the advantages, and limitations of iWMS are also stated in this paper. Finally, I have also specified the future plans about iWMS to undertake its full-fledged implementation and addressing of its limitations. Design/Methodology/Approach: Primary Data collection through Interviews and Questionnaire responses from Industry Professionals, SMEs, and Researchers working on development, operation, and maintenance of Water Management Systems in Smart Cities and secondary data collected through detailed review of existing literature containing Journal Papers, Conference Papers, and Whitepapers available on Water Management Solutions for Smart Cities, are used to derive the new findings and results presented in this research paper. Findings/Result: Smart Water Management System not only efficiently handles water distribution across Smart Cities but also plays an active role in Water Recycling, Water Control and Monitoring, Estimation of the peak water requirements, and detection of water leakage if any. Smart Water Management System is an essential system in Smart Cities and is the backbone behind Smart Water Service of Smart Cities. Originality/Value: The Information presented in this paper is original and genuine and completely based on own data analysis and findings. It is derived from a systematic literature review of existing research papers and whitepapers on Smart Water Management System and interactions carried out with industry professionals, SMEs, and Researchers working on Water Management Solutions. Paper Type: Technology oriented Research

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Making urban water smart: the SMART-WATER solution

Cited by 41 publications

References 28 publications

Digitalisation for Water Sustainability: Barriers to Implementing Circular Economy in Smart Water Management

Digitalisation for Water Sustainability: Barriers to Implementing Circular Economy in Smart Water Management

Smart Technologies for Sustainable Water Management: An Urban Analysis

Reinventing Smart Water Management System through ICT and IoT Driven Solution for Smart Cities

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