Imagine a Day Without Water 2018

Can you Imagine A Day Without Water? Tomorrow is a day to reflect about how much water we use -- not just in drinking -- but how much water it takes to produce so many of the foods we eat and products we use. 
One affirmative action is to thank the water professionals who help provide that water to us.

Celebrating WaterProfessionalsWeek (is it just in California?) we want to give a shout out to our local Hillsboro partner Clean Water Services for winning third place in the Intelligent Water Systems Challenge last week at WEFTEC2018. The competition challenged students and professionals to use innovation and data to help solve “real-world problems” facing water and wastewater utilities. Eileen O’Neill, executive director for the Water Environment Federation (WEF), says, “Our hope is that the Intelligent Water Challenge will demonstrate the value of intelligent water systems to utilities and help foster the adoption of smart water technologies.”

What is Smart Water? Thanks for asking. According to Bob Crossen, managing editor for Water and Wastes Digest, “Smart water encompasses the analysis of data, whether from meters or other equipment in a treatment plant, to improve operations, efficiency and, perhaps most importantly, quality treated water.” Bottom line, “to make decisions easier.”

Weather data with monitoring equipment from Columbia Weather Systems can help make your water utility smarter. Check out our white paper to find out how: https://columbiaweather.com/reso…/5-reasons-water-utilities/



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