Smart Water Tools – Managing Assets Through Data Intelligence

Every minute of every day, your utility system assets are generating and collecting a tremendous amount of data. Primarily generated for the purpose of system controls, once used for that objective, all of this data is archived and rarely tapped. There is extremely valuable information in these data for utility asset management. To be effective, tools have to do more than store and graph data. They have to be “smart.” This paper discusses how shifts in technology and smart tools can allow you to take advantage of available data by alerting operators and community staff to these potential problems when they first start before customers are affected.