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5 SWM integration: Strengthening urban water

management

Various smart water management initiatives are driving innovation and creating solutions at
different scales worldwide. Within urban contexts, emerging initiatives involve smart grid
integration, web‐based communication, urban water management tools, models and systems,
among others. The examples presented in this section are meant to provide a snapshot of some of
the initiatives related to urban water management, urban wastewater management, and urban
flood management issues, all of which are of vital importance to the effective functioning of SSC.

5.1 Intelligent solutions in urban water management
Aquadapt

Aquadapt software integrates with existing management systems to help utilities make operating
decisions that reduce energy consumption (i.e. water pumps) typically one of their highest costs
after personnel. Aquadapt also contributes to improve water quality and greater consistency of
operations. This software is used in water utilities in North America, the United Kingdom, Korea and
Australia.

Australian Water Resources Information System

The Australian Bureau of Metrology is currently building the Australian Water Resources
Information System (AWRIS) as a tool to manage and display data from more than 200 organizations
across the nation since it became responsible for delivering water information for Australia. The
information system is intended to be a secure repository for water data and a means to deliver high
quality water information to the public. Through data standardization, integration and organization,
AWRIS will lead to improvements in the quality and efficiency of Australia's water management and
policy decision‐making. The system is illustrated in Figure 12.

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Source: Australian Government, Bureau of Meteorology, (2014).
Figure 12 – The AWRIS system
Further information about this solution is available at:
http://www.bom.gov.au/water/about/wip/awris.shtml

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