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26 FOCUS To build a business case for tapping into all streams of water data, organisations need to bring together a cross-functional team with representation from people on the ground, strategic planners and business intelligence. Start by asking the right questions and go from there. Try to solve a small problem and use that as your leverage to get more funding to build the people, process, and technology that can help you make real strides towards reaching the four water data management milestones: 1. Water data consolidation to break down data silos 2. Water data analysis to turn raw data into actionable insights 3. Internal knowledge sharing across , government departments, and international bodies 4. External knowledge sharing with industry and the public to educate, inform, and encourage respect for one of our most important resource By connecting the dots between water data sets, we can proactively predict issues, and ultimately better protect our communities and ecosystems. John Yap, senior product manager for WaterTrax, said, “By sharing vital water data with the public, with regulators and with international bodies, we can raise awareness, better predict events and drive real sustainable change.” opportunities for water, similar to other government-owned utilities, whereby the resource is based on supply and demand. Attitudes towards sharing of water data are already changing. NASA shares water data to support water management efforts in the US and internationally. NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites measure the environmental and human impacts on water across the planet. In the US, the agency’s Western Water Applications Office works with multiple entities to track how drought affects agriculture and water supplies. Globally, agricultural irrigation accounts for 70% of water usage. By contrast, municipal water represents a mere 8% of global use. Wasteful irrigation systems on farms consume over double the freshwater of any other industry. Inefficient irrigation practices in farming can hurt our water in other ways, such as washing pollutants into rivers, streams or other freshwater ecosystems. Monitoring river and groundwater quality is the first step to identifying contaminants of agricultural run-off. “If this information is available to all stakeholders in a timely fashion—as in near real-time—you have true transparency for immediate action,” said Misson. “The farmer can fix the irrigation inefficiency and steps can be taken to treat or discard the contaminated water and prevent a health advisory or ecological domino effect.” NASA also works with the U.S. Agency for International Development to provide satellite data, computing tools and training through the SERVIR program. The programme is intended to help African partners generate better flood forecasts. GRACE satellites also monitor water and ice inventory in the glacier-covered Himalayas to improve understanding of how the climate is changing snow packs. Consolidating NASA data with local water data could help move us towards sustainability of water sources worldwide. The data generated from all monitoring activities can allow water resource managers to identify where pollution problems exist, where to focus pollution control activity, and where progress has been made. Most municipalities are already using some degree of water data management tools to monitor and manage the entire health of the water cycle. Streamlining and unlocking that data within organisations and across community lines and around the world, is proving to be beneficial and achievable with cloud-based solutions. Friendly user interfaces are also improving public access to that data and providing sustainable communications to all stakeholders. WaterTrax is a software programme that helps agencies and utilities monitor and manage their water and wastewater system data to streamline regulatory compliance practices and improve data integrity. Perhaps because water is largely unpriced, global water infrastructure is drastically underfunded. Sharing data about water can change this. By sharing information with the public about water conservation efforts in their communities, governments can help change attitudes about the value of water. This can open up dialogue about new pricing WaterTrax is a software programme that helps agencies and utilities monitor and manage their water and wastewater system data January / February 2021 • waterwastewaterasia.com
FOCUS 27 Growing industrial businesses in South East Asia with smart water management By Evan Jayawiyanto, Ecolab, South East Asia, AVP and GM, Nalco Water Division While we are dealing with the devastating effects of COVID-19, another equally impactful, longerterm crisis looms ahead: water scarcity. By the year 2040, it’s estimated that water use globally will exceed supply by as much as 40%. In Indonesia and Malaysia, palm oil milling consumes 3,500 to 7,500 litres of water per metric ton of oil produced, used in fruit processing, steam boilers and water-intensive cooling systems. That means by end of this year, with global production of palm oil of 72.27 million metric tons, palm oil processing absorbed an amount of water roughly equivalent to the water volume of Indonesia’s largest lake, Lake Toba. Palm oil is not the only thirsty industry. In South East Asia, the rapid rise of data centres, powering cloud computing across the region, is also impacting water supplies. January / February 2021 • waterwastewaterasia.com
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