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FOCUS WATER & WASTEWATER ASIA | SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2021 In China, severe river pollution has become a major issue, with algae blooming in water bodies such as the Chao Lake. In fact, the Ministry of Water Resources in China recently released an investigation report claiming that over 80% of shallow groundwater sources in the country are polluted. The Water Pollution Action Plan and the New Environmental Protection Law issued in 2015, prompted a wave of wastewater treatment plant upgrades across the municipal and industrial sectors. Plant operators also had to work towards minimising wastewater discharge and increasing reuse efficiency to support the country’s push for greater sustainability. How will you describe the role of digitalisation in water, and what are some of the digital water trends you foresee taking place in the industry over the next decade? Debruyne: With digitalisation, the water industry can move towards pre-emptive asset management and optimisation, and in the process drive a significant shift from reactive to real-time monitoring. This can reduce the risk of unplanned disruptions and improve operational resilience for both municipals and businesses. Leveraging on the potential of real-time data and analytics capabilities that digitalisation offers, companies in the water industry can better serve their customers. Decision makers can also utilise the insights generated from digital water technologies to deliver more desirable outcomes. In many cities across Asia, urbanisation has brought about an extensive growth of towns and cities, and the local authorities have had to expand existing water facilities in order to meet demand. According to the United Nations’ World Urbanisation Prospects: The 2018 Revision report, an estimated 55% of the world’s population lived in urban areas, but this number is projected to increase to 68% by 2050. Besides bringing about greater investments in physical network infrastructure and treatment technologies, this growth Recent and historical contamination events are driving utilities to consider real-time digital monitoring of the quality of water in their pipelines. Thomas Debruyne Head of Digital Transformation – Asia-Pacific, Veolia Water Technologies Hubgrade offers operators access to all of Veolia’s water cycle expertise for the optimal and continuous monitoring of their installations also provides utilities the opportunity to establish smart technology in their new water networks to allow for network monitoring and control in the longer term. This gives utilities an advantage over their developed counterparts, which may often wait until the existing infrastructure needs to be replaced or try to build smart solutions that fit within the existing infrastructure. Recent and historical contamination events, such as the November 2020 crisis in Selangor, Malaysia, are driving utilities to consider real-time digital monitoring of the quality of water in their pipelines. The fear of bio- and chemical attacks on water distribution networks is also a driver for real-time water quality monitoring in these regions. Veolia has joined forces with two partners, namely IAGE and Phytocontrol, to detect and quantify the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater in France. 44
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