In his regular column, Oliver Grievson, Associate Director AtkinsRéalis and Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at the University of Exeter, asks how we can accelerate the digital transformation of the water industry. Digital transformation of the water industry is going to be essential in order to deliver on the proposals for AMP8. In November at the Digital Water Summit 2024 it was made clear that the tools and the technology within the digital water space already exist but uptake is slow, which has been the case for some time. So, the questions is how do we accelerate the digital transformation of the water industry, particularly as the industry now seems ready to accept and welcome the benefits it will bring. But when we talk about digital water, what exactly does that mean? In reality the industry doesn’t have a clear definition of what it actually is, and the truth is that it is different for different stakeholders. Currently within the UK water industry there are organisations such as BIM4Water, SWAN and the International Water Association, all approaching digital water from different aspects with their own opinion as to what it is. In my view, what we’re talking about […]
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