{"id":7055,"date":"2025-09-17T17:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/en-ca\/building-a-flexible-digital-water-strategy-in-7-steps\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:02:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:02:18","slug":"building-a-flexible-digital-water-strategy-in-7-steps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/en-ca\/building-a-flexible-digital-water-strategy-in-7-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a flexible digital water strategy in 7 steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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James Leverton<\/h3>\n

Digital Water Lead, Europe<\/p>\n

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Ryan Apps<\/h3>\n

Digital Water Lead, Canada<\/p>\n

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Cameron Tonkin<\/h3>\n

Program Management Strategy and Growth Lead, Europe<\/p>\n

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Water infrastructure is under pressure. Aging assets, growing populations and changing climate patterns are accelerating the need for resilient, high-performing systems. With the limitless potential for new technology growth, a flexible digital strategy supports efficient, future-ready infrastructure. Our Europe digital water lead, James Leverton<\/a>, Canada digital water lead, Ryan Apps<\/a>, and Europe program management strategy and growth lead Cameron Tonkin<\/a>, explain how this flexibility drives continued asset performance improvements, supporting safe operations and delivering value for any major water infrastructure upgrade. <\/em><\/strong>    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water utilities must carefully prioritize their capital to optimize asset performance. The latest technologies are often incompatible with legacy infrastructure. As a result, communication, data flows, security and systems frequently operate across multiple platforms, creating technological and operational inefficiencies.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Establishing a flexible digital strategy \u2014 one that incorporates technology principles the organization can commit to \u2014 as part of the owner requirements serves as a North Star for any asset program. It allows utilities to plan more holistically, improve coordination across leadership and strengthen customer, regulator and shareholder relations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flexibility for a rapidly evolving landscape<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Moore\u2019s Law, the prevailing trend of the electronics industry, states that computer chip processing efficiency would double every two years. Today, it\u2019s estimated that the computational power of artificial intelligence doubles every six months<\/a>. Against this backdrop, how can utilities design systems traditionally meant to last decades?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agility is key. An effective long-term plan is built on strong foundational technology, on top of which new digital developments can be implemented. This allows for the adoption of potential new advancements and adaptation to technologies that consider, for instance, how data can enhance energy efficiency.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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