Energy Transitions Podcast: Smart water at the heart of sustainable cities
Pamela Largue
Posted on: 8 November 2022
As more frequent extreme weather events occur, smart water meters help cities improve water management and become more sustainable.
In the face of more frequent extreme weather events caused by climate change, cities are facing new challenges and need to find new solutions to face them.
One of these challenges is to improve water management – one of the key pillars of sustainable cities – a factor behind the rapidly maturing smart water solutions market.
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To investigate how cities and utilities are employing smart water solutions to manage water resources, prevent flooding and drive resilience within the water and power sectors, Yusuf Latief is joined by two experts from Guidehouse Insights; Eric Woods, Research Director, Smart Cities and Urban Innovation and Grant Samms, Climate and Energy Research Analyst.
"We have a suite of technologies like smart metering, sewer overflow detection, flood detection prediction engines, or smart valves that can prepare cities for large volumes of incoming water and...both cities and market vendors are going to have to change their practices to meet in the middle somewhere and in all honesty, take some risks"
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Resources:
Smart Water Systems for Smart Cities report from Guidehouse Insights
Previous Energy Transitions podcast episodes:
The role of industrial clusters in accelerating net zero
Optimising smart meter installations and project execution
