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

Season’s Greetings

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

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There has never been a better time to enter the water sector | Talking with The Water Council’s Beverley Ferrara – #womeninwater

For the fourth issue, we met with Beverley Ferrara, European Representative of The Water Council.

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AGTIWAS – well planned into the 2nd project year

Shortly before the end of the first AGTIWAS project year, the partners of the German Water Partnership (GWP) and the African Water Association (AfWA) met in Abidjan to plan activities for the coming year.

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German Pavilion at Vietwater 2022: 3 days, 13 German companies and one award

Vietwater 2022 took place in Ho Chi Minh City from 9 to 11 November. The German Pavilion received the award for the most innovative exhibition stand – thanks to the 13 exhibiting German companies.

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