3. Bad Situation –Hopeful Developments
783M (11%) World’s Population lives without clean drinking water
Every 20 seconds a child dies from drinking dirty water
More than ½ world’s population depend upon sharing water resources
US “breadbasket” may be unable to irrigate crops within 30 years
Viability of biofuels in question
Meeting MDG for water
Fracking’s silver lining –investment in water treatment technology
Acceleration of IoTand Big Data
Smart Cities enable scale solutions
Business water stewardship
“When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.”
Benjamin Franklin
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IOT –What is it?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects accessed through the Internet. These objects contain embedded technology to interact with internal states or the external environment
7. Predictable Silicon Track RecordExecuting toMOORE’s LAWEnabling new devices with higher functionality and complexity while controlling power, cost, and size
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8. Why our industry is differentWhat If You Applied Moore’s LawTo The Auto Industry… 2012–324,000 MPH1971–81 MPH2012 –130,000 MPG1971–26 MPG2012–$0.051971 –$2,500.00Speed IncreaseEnergy EfficiencyCost
Source: Volkswagen 1971 Super Beetle Brochure
9. Applications of Moore’s Law
Enhance scientific understanding, drive innovation, and accelerate transformation
Create new business models and improve processes
Increase public safety and improve efficiency with intelligence
Water Scarcity, Water Security, Water Quality, Water Management, ….
Applying Moore’s Law
10. Internet of Things x Big Data = Unprecedented Value
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11. Internet of Things x Big Data = Unprecedented Value
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13. Could more data have mitigated the flooding of Ireland’s second city in 2009?
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14. Municipal Water
Smart Water Grids
Empowering Consumers
Reducing non-revenue water
Leak detection
Optimized instrumentation
Analytics-Based Asset Management
preventive maintenance
quality of service & product
optimized pricing/costs
Coping with Storms
Flood warning, analytics
15. Summary
There are big problems to be solved
water scarcity, security, quality, optimization
How can we transform at 324,000MPH?