Urban water management

Cities around the world increasingly face pressure from both growing populations and climate change, challenging urban water supply in terms of available resources and in terms of treatment of increased wastewater volumes. An integrated approach to urban water management can ensure cost efficiency and synergies. E.g., wastewater treatment can provide the city with energy and nature-based solutions can delay or store rainwater for later use.

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Water resource management

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NB-IoT sensors support a more efficient and responsive water supply in Halsnæs

Utility company Halsnæs Forsyning, located in northern Zealand, Denmark, aimed to improve its operational efficiency and service quality by gaining better insight into conditions across its water supply network. Until recently, monitoring was largely dependent on manual inspections, making it diffic

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Water management

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Pressure monitoring supports more efficient network management at Verdo

For water utilities, ensuring reliable pressure across the distribution network is essential for maintaining service quality and operational efficiency. Like many utilities, Verdo, located in the city of Randers, Denmark, had limited visibility into pressure conditions beyond its pumping stations an

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Non-revenue water

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Enhancing non-revenue water management through real-time valve monitoring

Non-revenue water (NRW)—water that is produced but not billed due to losses or unmeasured use—represents a key area of focus for water utilities aiming to improve efficiency and reduce waste. Accurate water balance calculations and minimum night flow monitoring are among the most effective methods t

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Water supply

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Improving water distribution efficiency through IoT monitoring

Slovakia’s Bratislava Water Company (Bratislavská vodárenská spoločnosť – BVS) is responsible for ensuring reliable drinking water supply in and around the capital. Like many utilities, BVS needed better visibility into the operational status of its water distribution network—particularly in key zon

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Water supply

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Real-time valve monitoring enhances network reliability across UK water utilities

Water utilities across the UK face a recurring operational challenge: accurately tracking the open or closed status of valves across extensive, often buried, pipeline networks. In District Metered Areas (DMAs), boundary valves play a crucial role in isolating zones, managing pressure, and maintainin

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Water management

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Smart valve monitoring strengthens water network management in the UK

Accurate and real-time data about the position of valves in a water distribution network is critical to ensuring system stability, water quality, and operational efficiency. Gate valves, particularly those placed at the boundaries between district metered areas (DMAs), play a strategic role in contr

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Ramboll

Ramboll is a leading international architecture, engineering, and consultancy company, owned by the Ramboll Foundation.

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Air pollution from industry production

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COWI

COWI is a global consulting group headquartered in Denmark. Our services cover engineering, architecture, renewable energy, environmental services, and more.

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Water management

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Grundfos

Global leader in water solutions. When you need water, we get it to you efficiently. We’re a global leader of energy-efficient water solutions for use in homes, buildings, industries, utilities and ag

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Buildings

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Danfoss

The global climate crisis caused by carbon emissions is a key threat to society and our planet. Danfoss’ energy-efficient and climate-friendly solutions enable a cost-effective green transition.

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Biodiversity

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cirka cph

In cirka cph, we are dedicated to democratising taking action that contributes to planetary sustainability. We contribute to this through project work and close collaborations with both public bodies,

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Digital water solutions

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Bionic System Solutions

Bionic System Solutions (BSS) develops AI-driven automation systems for wastewater treatment, remote asset monitoring, and advanced signal processing applications. Our cost-effective and reliable solu

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Digital water solutions

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Watopi Hospital A/S

Founded in Denmark in 2020, Watopi is a cleantech company special-izing in decentralized wastewater treatment systems. Designed for hospitals, small communities, and households, our solutions achieve

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Digital water solutions

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Water Valley Denmark

Water Valley Denmark bring the best minds in the water industry together. We facilitate project collaboration and innovation in order to create solutions for the world’s fundamental water challenges

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Urban air pollution

With urbanisation set to increase, air pollution will affect even more people in the future if no action is taken. Through strict environmental legislation and air quality monitoring, Denmark has reduced atmospheric pollution in most areas to less than one-fifth of the levels during the late 70s.

Climate change adaptation

Expanding mitigation to include adaptation in dealing with climate change, enables a holistic view that can combat previous negative social, environmental, and economic impacts and result in both climate resilient and more liveable places to live. Over the next 15-20 years, Denmark will spend more than EUR 5 billion on adapting its cities to climate changes.

Smart cities

As the pace of urbanisation quickens, cities face immense challenges related to waste management, mobility, climate adaptation and energy. However, as their political, economic, and technological power grows, cities can harness this trend to act as leaders in the green transition and drivers of the green economy. Cities need smart solutions to ensure that they are optimised for sustainable economic activity, energy consumption, and an improved environmental impact.

Urban mobility

Cities must be built for people to be sustainable, healthy, and liveable. Targeted policy-making with urban mobility in mind is a strong reinforcement of these objectives. The key is to acknowledge the importance of city space and city life as an attractive, informal, and democratic meeting place for the city residents.

Urban waste management

Urban waste management entails the entire system of collecting, sorting, treating, utilising and ultimately disposing of waste. When properly facilitated it can provide a source of energy and resources, while significantly reducing pollution.