Columbia Weather Systems

Meteorological data can be a critical tool for water utility managers to make intelligent decisions to improve efficiencies, safety, and public information. With the rise of data-driven decision-making and inter-agency collaboration, weather monitoring is becoming increasingly important across government agencies. The Internet of Things movement is a big drive toward Smart Everything – Smart Phones, Smart Cities, Smart Governments. With the integration/interoperability of city-wide agency systems, “Smart Water” plays a significant role and weather monitoring is a part of it. Over the next few weeks we’ll highlight more specifics in five areas. The first is Operations. Whether dealing with water supply or water treatment, weather conditions impact operations. Operating procedures are created taking meteorological factors into consideration. Standard decisions can be automated for normal operations and planned/documented for special circumstances such as chemical release or se...

It’s Water Week 2018 -- the perfect time to kick off our next series “5 Reasons Smart Water Utilities Need a Weather Station.” With the rise of data-driven decision-making and inter-agency collaboration, weather monitoring is becoming increasingly important across government agencies. The Internet of Things movement is a big drive toward Smart Everything – Smart Phones, Smart Cities, Smart Governments. With the integration/interoperability of city-wide agency systems, “Smart Water” plays a significant role and weather monitoring is a part of it.  Meteorological data can be a critical tool for water utility managers to make intelligent decisions to improve efficiencies, safety, and public information. Over the next few weeks we’ll highlight more specifics in five areas. The first is Operations. Watch for it next Tuesday.