2023 Intelligent Water Systems Challenge
The Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology (LIFT) program, a joint effort of The Water Research Foundation (WRF) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF), is holding the fifth annual Intelligent Water Systems Challenge to demonstrate the value of intelligent water systems to utilities and thereby foster the adoption of smart water technologies. The Challenge gives students, professionals, and technology aficionados the opportunity to showcase their talents and innovation, with a focus on leveraging data using the best available tools to help utilities better understand the dynamics of complex systems and make better decisions.
In this Challenge, teams assembled to take on a self-selected Needs Statement. Teams took the following steps to participate:
- Registered their team (min 2, max 6) or individual interest by April 14, 2023
- Submitted their Challenge Plan by May 15, 2023
- Submitted their Challenge Solution by July 31, 2023
- The top 3 submissions below were selected to make a final pitch at WEFTEC 2023 in Chicago, Illinois
Winning Solution
Regional Municipality of York, Ontario Canada
Topic: Leveraging Sanitary Sewer Flow and Rainfall Monitoring Data for System Intelligence
Runners Up
2nd Place - Newport News Waterworks, Virginia and Marathon Consulting
Topic: Optimizing System Flushing with a Smart Phone and a Real Time Model
3rd Place - Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario Canada and CANN Forecast
Topic: Using Machine Learning to Optimize Infrastructure Investment for the Water Distribution Network
