When people think of smart water in the water industry, their minds are drawn to flow, pressure and temperature measurement in drinking water systems. But there is a lot happening in the wastewater market where the potential for machine learning and AI applications are arguably more valuable and useful.
Prabhu Chandrasekeran, intelligent water national practice leader for Arcadis, explains how smart wastewater systems are currently being implemented and what the future looks like, particularly with the advent of generative AI in the past couple of years.
Bob Crossen is the editorial director for the Endeavor Business Media Water Group, which publishes WaterWorld, Wastewater Digest and Stormwater Solutions. Crossen graduated from Illinois State University in Dec. 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in German and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. He worked for Campbell Publications, a weekly newspaper company in rural Illinois outside St. Louis for four years as a reporter and regional editor.