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INTELLIGENT IRRIGATION. "Approximately 70% of the world's freshwater is used by the agricultural industry. Applying a more intelligent approach to water management by deploying precision irrigation systems and computer algorithms and modelling is already beginning to bring benefits to farmers in developed countries." http://lnkd.in/dyFamKB View in LinkedIn

SMART TECHNOLOGY. "New monitoring technologies help companies to ensure the integrity of their vast water supply networks. Electronic instruments, such as pressure and acoustic sensors, connected wirelessly in real time to centralised and cloud-based monitoring systems will allow companies to detect and pinpoint leaks much quicker." http://lnkd.in/dyFamKB View in LinkedIn

CASE AGAINST INVESTMENT. "It does not make commercial sense to invest billions in additional reservoirs and water catchment, treatment plants [and] pumping stations, when as much as 60% of water produced is unaccounted for," says Dale Hartley, director of business development at SebaKMT, a water leak detection specialist." http://lnkd.in/dyFamKB View in LinkedIn

ESTIMATES OF $3-5 TRILLION have been made for replacing the aging US water infrastructure. Clearly, this is unlikely to happen. As urbanization trends increase and more people live in cities, and as all the problems with chlorination byproducts emerge, point-of-use water purification systems in homes or small communities start to make sense. http://cei.org/sites/default/files/Bonner%2520Cohen%2520-%2520Fixing%2520America's%2520Water%2520Infrastructure.pdf View in LinkedIn

US EPA ON INTRUSION PROBLEMS. Low or negative water pipe pressures, especially below the water table, result in up to 50% of the pipes being contaminated with fecal bacteria and viruses from outside the distribution system (a study of 8 facilities in 6 US states). http://lnkd.in/dduVeJq View in LinkedIn

NO CLEAN CHOICES. "In California, 680 community water systems are forced to rely solely upon a contaminated groundwater source. Nearly 40 percent of these water treatment systems have been in violation of standards, according to the California Department of Public Health." http://www.watertechonline.com/articles/166470-infusing-technology-into-the-drinking-water-industrys-future View in LinkedIn

US WATER QUALITY VIOLATIONS. "In 2011, there were 8,322 reported violations of maximum contaminant levels affecting 14,915,599 people. There were 109,167 total violations from all categories in 2011 — a big increase from 2010 where there were only 75,857 total violations." http://www.watertechonline.com/articles/166470-infusing-technology-into-the-drinking-water-industrys-future View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENTED WATER SYSTEMS. "There are approximately 161,000 public water systems in the U.S., including about 53,000 community water systems, the remainder are non community systems. Of those, an alarmingly high number have been found violating maximum contaminant levels or treatment standards." http://www.watertechonline.com/articles/166470-infusing-technology-into-the-drinking-water-industrys-future View in LinkedIn

INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT UNPOPULAR. “For decades, these systems ... have been ignored by politicians and residents accustomed to paying almost nothing for water delivery and sewage removal. And so each year, hundreds of thousands of ruptures damage streets and homes and cause dangerous pollutants to seep into drinking water supplies.” http://realtruth.org/articles/100709-002-americas.html View in LinkedIn

CRUMBLING US WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. "According to the American Society of Civil Engineers report card, there are about 170,000 public drinking water systems and more than 1 million miles of water mains throughout the country. Some of those pipes are from the Civil War period." http://lnkd.in/dfHUZnx View in LinkedIn