아메리칸 워터(American Water)는 코로나 환경자문회사(Corona Environmental Consulting)와 ‘WaterSuite™’로 알려진 클라우드 기반의 지리정보시스템 소프트웨어 플랫폼을 개발하기 위한 파트너십을 체결했다고 발표했다. 이번 파트너십은 아메리칸 워터의 혁신적 개발 프로세스의 결과로, 혁신을 주도하고 신제품 개발을 지원한다.

웨스트버지니아 아메리칸 워터(West Virginia American Wate)는 ‘WaterSuite’ 도구 개발을 개척하기 위해 코로나와 파트너십을 체결했다. 다양한 자료원에서 얻어진 실시간 데이터를 통합함으로써 ‘WaterSuite’는 효과적이고 효율적인 수자원 관리를 위한 맥락을 구축하고, 즉각적인 데이터 기반 의사결정을 가능케 한다.

 

 

 

American Water (NYSE: AWK), the nation’s largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company, announced today that it has formed a partnership with Corona Environmental Consulting to develop a cloud-based geographic information system software platform known as WaterSuite™. This partnership is a result of American Water's Innovation Development Process, which drives innovation and supports the development of new products.

 

West Virginia American Water partnered with Corona to pioneer the development of the WaterSuite tool. By integrating real-time data from various sources, WaterSuite creates a context for effective and efficient management of water resources and enables prompt data-driven decision making. Its array of features allows utilities to visualize potential sources of contamination within a watershed, import and share water quality measurements and emergency monitoring plans, track water quality and movement of chemicals in the event of an unplanned release, and search for possible contaminants by characteristic, all within a platform that is highly secure, interactive, and easily customized.

 

“In contrast to paper source water assessment reports, WaterSuite is a ‘living’ source water assessment and a key tool for use in source water protection and event response," said Paul Gagliardo, Manager, Innovation Development. “As a leader in researching and deploying water industry innovations, American Water is committed to using technologies that help us increase our efficiencies and the value of the water services we provide to our customers.”

 

“We’re very excited to be working closely with American Water to ensure that the tools we are creating meet the needs of the water industry to better understand and manage water resources,” said Corona CEO Jeffrey Rosen. “In each service area across the company’s footprint where WaterSuite is being integrated, American Water personnel will collaborate with Corona to establish requirements and test the system and its functionality for the best possible solution and outcomes.”

 

The software is also being expanded to capture, integrate and analyze water quality data to identify conditions that may need further investigation. Such tools will allow for the development of more accurate early warning systems to identify potential declines in source water quality.

 

Corona is the sixth company to become a Certified Innovation Partner of American Water through its Innovation Development Process. Formed in 2009, American Water's Innovation Development Process is an initiative that leverages the company's position and expertise as the nation's largest water and wastewater services provider to develop innovations by performing idea validation tests using the company's large and geographically diverse footprint, ultimately becoming an early adopter of new technologies for industry use. It combines American Water's research and development acumen, technical expertise and infrastructure assets with internal innovations and those of its partners in order to create greater efficiencies in the areas of water reuse, desalination, wastewater operations, and bio-energy.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2016년 1월 6일]