DigiDrick - Digitalisation of Drinking water production for safer water quality

Purpose and goal

Climate change and urbanization are putting pressure on drinking water production. DigiDrick developed digital systems for safe drinking water to secure water production for future challenges. We developed pilots for operational and decision support that provide completely new opportunities to optimize production in terms of quality, environmental goals, and production volumes. As a result, water plants can react more quickly to short-term disturbances and long-term changes.

Expected results and effects

The project created several digital solutions for the water plants that have a potential to be further developed for the market such as methods that improve the long-term evaluation of operational data. The project evaluated various sensors, new data sources from environmental monitoring, early warning systems and developed a decision support system that can be used to plan maintenance safely. The decision support can also be used to share information within the municipality and with regulators.

Planned approach and implementation

DigiDrick´s strength has been the collaboration with several drinking water producers and their willingness to work with other parties to find solutions that can be scaled up and spread. From the start, we have brought IT security as a pillar to build trust in the increased digitalization.