Author(s): Christian Cuellar; Modesto Perez-Sanchez; P. Amparo Lopez-Jimenez; Francisco-Javier Sanchez Romero; Helena M. Ramos
Linked Author(s): Modesto Pérez Sánchez, Amparo López Jiménez
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Abstract: Improving sustainability in water systems is important in all terms. In this sense, digitalization in the field of water distribution systems involves many aspects; the modeling of the systems, the implementation of tools that allow the interaction of the models with data in real time, and communication with the decision-making elements. To achieve this, Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, data analysis, cloud computing, augmented intelligence and blockchain, give us new capabilities to analyze, automate, correct in real time, predict, and manage networks. When these systems are well developed, there will be great advantages in the water distribution networks that will improve their sustainability conditions, such as extending the useful life of aging assets, reducing leaks, attacks (and other anomalies in the network distribution), improve water quality, service levels and supply reliability. When this is achieved and the networks are monitored sufficiently, through the methodology proposed here, digitalization will improve the sustainability of the networks from the monitoring of their main indicators, based on the UN SDGs.
Year: 2024