Smart Water Management (SWM) can be explained as a brand-new water management paradigm into which various technologies are fused together, including water resources and supply management to minimize water quantitative and quality risks through combining infrastructure-based water management technologies with Sensing, Information and Communications Technologies (SICTs).
Smart technologies can be defined as the perfect integration of relevant materials, solutions and systems to make water supply infrastructure provide the following functions are below:
- Real-time monitoring & diagnosis, determination of maintenance priority and historical data management
- Remotely monitoring & controlling the whole processes of water distribution networks
- Complying with regulations & policy requirements for water conservation
- Providing information needed by consumers (e.g., water use pattern)
The development of smart water management technologies helps water utilities improve operational efficiency and control and manage water supply systems in an initiative way. In this presentation, implementation technologies for smart water city are introduced for the purposes of healthy and safe drinking water to customers from source to water tap. As an example of smart water city, Paju city was selected and smart technologies are applied to provide reliable water to customers based on effective and safe supply of water including information which can secure total process of water supply systems. Also, application results of smart technologies to water supply and distribution systems are introduced and a paradigm shift related water sector can be shown and the future of water linked with Internet of Things and Intelligence will be discussed.