Water 4.0

Water 4.0 focusses on digitalisation and automation as the core points of a strategy for a water management which is at the same time resource efficient, flexible and competitive. In analogy with the initiative of Industry 4.0, Water 4.0 refers to core characteristics and terms of this industrial revolution like networking of machines, processes, storage systems and materials, smart factory or the internet of things, connecting these in order to achieve systemic water management.

Putting Water 4.0 into practice, Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) are the drivers of the optimal networking of vitual and real water systems: planning, construction and operation are imbued by software. This entails an intelligent networking of water consumers (agriculture, industry and households) and components for a future-compliant water infrastructure with the environment and the water cycle, following a holistic approach along the value chain. Furthermore Water 4.0 provides transparency for water users covering current needs and providing opportunities for future-compliant, creative jobs in water management.

GWP and the “Digital Twin” Project at the TU Berlin

News & Information

German Water Partnership at the ABIDJAN2023

From February 19th – 23rd 2023, the 21st International AfWASA Congress & Exhibition and the 7th International FSM Conference were held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. GWP…

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Accelerating Change: World Water Day 2023

“Accelerating Change”: The United Nations is calling for action on the occasion of World Water Day. 2023 marks the mid-term for the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Successful Market Exploration in Cambodia

From 27th February to 3rd March 2023, German Water Partnership e.V. (GWP) accompanied a market exploration trip with the aim of familiarising itself with and better understanding the water sector in Cambodia, as well as establishing first contacts in the country.

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Season’s Greetings

German Water Partnership wishes you a happy Holiday Season and a prosperous New Year!

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