Software architectures for smart water utilities

Proceedings of International Scientific Conference „ALFATECH – Smart Cities and modern technologies“ (pp. 181-187) 

 

АУТОР(И) / AUTHOR(S): Slavimir Vesić    

 

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DOI:  10.46793/ALFATECHproc25.181V

САЖЕТАК / ABSTRACT:

The scarcity of water at the global level, along with the trends of population growth on the planet and their concentration in cities, are putting increasing pressure on city waterworks. The infrastructure built several decades ago and maintained for almost as long, with occasional reconstructions, is finding it increasingly difficult to withstand large changes in the demand for drinking water. Water is a necessary resource for life, and most people take it for granted. Waterworks should provide drinking water 24/7 for all its citizens with appropriate parameters such as pressure and flow, as well as physical, chemical, biological, and microbiological quality. That is why the operation of city waterworks can be seen as a multifactor optimization problem. In this manuscript, we will analyse the issues that arise in the operation of city waterworks by looking at the core activities in their value chain and the challenges that exist in them. Traditional IS in water utilities like business, geographical and technical IS only to some extent can cope with the mentioned issues. There is a space where IoT, Cloud Computing, Big Data and AI can contribute significantly. We will present some software architectures that can help in solving these challenges.

КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ / KEYWORDS:

smart city; smart water utility; software architecture; industry 4.0

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