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Artificial Intelligence for Water and Wastewater: Friend or Foe?
Author(s) -
Lunani Mahesh
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/opfl.1017
Subject(s) - wastewater , pride , heartbeat , workforce , service (business) , business , process (computing) , automation , engineering , engineering management , process management , operations management , marketing , computer science , computer security , waste management , economics , law , political science , economic growth , mechanical engineering , operating system
More than 50,000 water and 16,000 wastewater utilities operate in the United States. The heartbeat of each one is the operations and maintenance (O&M) workforce, a core team of dedicated professionals who take pride in treating water and wastewater, meeting demand, providing reliable service, and complying with permits and regulations. Daily decisions are driven by decades of accumulated experience backed by the use of various process and business automation tools.