The document discusses a "Big Top Tent" session during the Disruptive Innovation Festival 2015 on the topic of "Water and Circular Economy". The session will take place on November 12, 2015 from 3-4pm GMT. It provides a registration link. It then discusses how hydroinformatics uses modeling tools and information and communication technologies to take a holistic approach to sustainable water management, addressing physical, social, and economic factors. The Center for Water Systems at the University of Exeter is given as an example. Benefits of the circular economy approach for water management are listed as saving energy and water, ensuring food security, reducing waste through reuse and recycling, generating new uses for used products, preserving natural resources, fighting climate

1. Water, Hydroinformatics and Circular Economy
Prof. Dragan Savic FREng 12 November 2015

2. What?
• A ‘Big Top Tent’ session during the
Disruptive Innovation Festival 2015
• “Water and Circular Economy”
When?
• Thursday, 12th of November, 3-4pm GMT
When?
• Register to attend at:
https://www.thinkdif.co/big-top-tent-
sessions/water-and-the-circular-economy
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3. Credit:
The Blue Planet?

4. Credit:
Earth’s Water

5. Credit:
Fresh Water

6. Credit:
Lakes & Rivers
Agriculture
accounts for 70%
of all water
withdrawn

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We have the ability to measure, sense and
monitor the condition of almost everything
© Sensus
30 billion
More than 30
billion RFID tags are
embedded into our
world and across
entire ecosystems
62 million
There will be more
than 62 million
smart meters in
Europe by 2016

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Big Data
Quantity of information now available is
unprecedented in human history
2.5 Exabyte (1018)
Every day, we create 2.5
quintillion bytes of data
— so much that 90% of
the data in the world
today has been created
in the last two years
alone
Source: IBM
Data management, exploratory analytics and data
visualisation tools to help discover important
characteristics of highly‐complex water systems
34 petaflops (1015)
No. 1 on a list of the
world’s fastest
supercomputers at the
National University of
Defense Technology,
China - it runs at about
34 petaflops
Source: Wikipedia

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Big Data
Quantity of information now available is
unprecedented in human history
Data management,
exploratory analytics and
data visualisation tools to
help discover important
characteristics of
highly‐complex water
systems
Cannot continue
like this!

10. Further Drivers
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 Ageing infrastructure
 50% of London's pipes are over a century old
and 30% date beyond 150 years
 Cost implications
 Over $1 trillion will need to be invested in U.S.
water infrastructure (by 2035)
 Health impacts
 Safe, reliable, affordable, and easily accessible
water supply is essential for good health
 Customer expectations ~1Bn people

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Hydroinformatics
Synergetic use of modelling tools and ICT within
single methodological approach dealing with
physical, social and economic aspects of
sustainable water management

12. www.ex.ac.uk/cws
Centre for Water Systems
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13. www.ex.ac.uk/cws
Centre for Water Systems
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Benefits
• Saves energy and water
• Ensures food security
• Reduces waste (reuse & recycle)
• Generates new uses for used products
• Helps preserve natural resources
• Helps fight against climate change
• Creates jobs and wealth
• Promotes innovation