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Climate change resilient water management

The water industry is being affected by climate change more than any other sector. We are experiencing water shortages during ever-more frequent and increasingly prolonged periods of hot weather without rainfall. Few people are aware that in 2019 Europe experienced a water shortage on 29% of its land area.

Read more about the water shortage on the website of the European Comission

Nor do many people know that the World Resources Institute predicts that by 2030 the demand for water will be almost twice as great as the supply of it. Meanwhile, the constantly increasing risks of floods, droughts, rising temperatures, fires, and severe storms places ever-greater amounts of stress on our water infrastructure. These threats can disrupt access to water and sanitation, deteriorate water quality, and ultimately increase risks to human health.

How you can make your water utility reliable with flexible solutions?

Ensure a supply of water in sufficient quantity and quality.
Conserve water resources and mitigate water scarcity.
Control operational costs.
Reduce energy consumption.
Adapt the water infrastructure to the new challenges.
Draft plans to respond to flooding as well as to drought.

Ensuring clean water for ecosystems and society

In conditions as demanding as these, real-time environment monitoring is one of the key components of water system management. It consists of the monitoring of water sources and continuous access to up-to-the-hour online weather forecasts, telemetry alarms, and data from GIS.

Real-time full-spectrum information gathering enables a faster, clearer understanding of the dependencies, relationships and geographic context associated with climate change. A clearer information picture, greater ease of communication and more streamlined management and decision-making are among the system’s benefits.

Mitsubishi Electric delivers on these promises by offering specialised tools such as ICONICS Software Suite. For example, it enables you to be notified of potential problems in real-time and to comprehensively manage alarms by prioritising and filtering them.