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The wastewater created by various residences can also be handled in community-based water treatment plants and utilized for general purposes such as irrigation.
Fremont, CA: Water is a fundamental resource. It is widely used for general and commercial reasons and industrial uses. However, less than 2 percent of the water available on Earth's surface is drinkable. As a result, it is becoming increasingly necessary to begin using treated water as an option to meet global water demands.
Industries constantly use freshwater as a coolant and solvent to improve the quality of their goods. However, directly exposing this used water to the environment can severely intoxicate it. As a result, industries must install a wastewater treatment plant on their premises to ensure that discharge rules and safety requirements are satisfied.
A corporation may protect the environment and human health by installing a water treatment plant in its building. The wastewater created by various residences may also be handled in community-based water treatment plants and utilized for general purposes such as irrigation. Furthermore, cleaned water may get reused by the industry for various activities.
The advantages of IoT in wastewater management are as follows:
Harmful chemical detection
Treatment facilities can employ various IoT sensors to identify these harmful compounds in the water. These pollutants can then get eliminated from the effluent by utilizing multiple procedures.
Using analytics to select a certain treatment process
Specific elements must get eliminated using specific treatment techniques. For example, based on water concentration, an IoT solution's advanced analytics capability can offer a sequence of appropriate operations.
This allows the treatment facility to utilize the fewest procedures possible to remove extra pollutants from the wastewater. As a result, treatment plant processes improve, and operating expenses decrease. These methods can also get adjusted to prepare water for industrial purposes such as coolant or solvent.
Equipment Monitoring
To satisfy the water demands regularly, a water treatment facility must be operational 24 hours, seven days a week. Furthermore, the treatment plant's equipment and machinery must be maintained to ensure that water flow never stops and to avoid sudden failure.
IoT provides data intake for EAM (equipment asset management) and CMMS (computerized maintenance management system) in the water treatment facility. This improves data collection capabilities and implements real-time monitoring in its architecture. As a result, machine performance parameters may be monitored utilizing real-time data collected by various embedded sensors, increasing equipment productivity and boosting maintenance activities.
