What Water Can Learn From Mobility - 7 Lessons from the Car and Aircraft Industries

“Effective utilisation of data, digital twins and robotics have the potential to improve how we manage complex water systems. The car and aircraft industries can share seven valuable lessons when it comes to digital adoption, risk mitigation and accident avoidance.
Over the last two decades, modern digital technology has transformed our society by improving the planning and management of complex systems. Banking, transportation, marketing, entertainment and tourism industries have all witnessed huge disruption. The water sector, too, has seen increased applications of wireless sensor networks, autonomous robots and sophisticated artificial intelligence tool applications. Given the multifaceted challenges surrounding water, this acceleration of digitalisation appears inevitable to improve how we manage this precious resource. However, there will inevitably be additional risks associated with those developments. One benefit of being behind the digital curve is that the sector has the opportunity to learn from others that are more advanced in terms of automation and digital transformation.”

(Citation: Savic, D.A. – What Water Can Learn From Mobility – 7 Lessons from the Car and Aircraft Industries – REVOLVE Magazine 41(2021)Fall, p 8-14)