Artificial Intelligence of Things Enabling Autonomous Waste Catchments

Artificial Intelligence of Things Enabling Autonomous Waste Catchments

Led by: Severn Trent Water

Partners: South West Water, Southern Water, Thames Water, Hafren Dyfrdwy Water, Northumbrian Water, Microsoft, Rockwell, British Telecom, Blackburn-Starling, 8power, National Cyber Security Centre, Exeter University

A cross-sector coalition – with partners including Microsoft, BT, the National Cyber Security Centre and the University of Exeter – to pilot the use of artificial intelligence that monitors a waste catchment area in real time to minimise the risk of flooding and sewage pollution. With the water industry accounting for 35% of river pollution, the project has received around £2 million to develop new and integrated approaches for spill prevention.

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Update from the project (July 2024)

Operational technology and middleware detailed design for the first trial is complete. This will screen, transfer, and implement the commands produced by the AI. We are now building underway with the pre-construction phase of the trial (H&S, Contracts, Test planning). AI models are complete they are now being productionised

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Resources

For more information on Artificial Intelligence of Things Enabling Autonomous Waste Catchments, take a look at the following resources:

• Read the case study from December 2022
• Watch the below interview
• The project presented at the Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring Conference (WWEM) in October 2024 – summarised in this LinkedIn post