1) Sustainability Problem: Fresh water is an increasingly valuable resource. Despite utilities having extensive information about how water is sourced, purified and priced, there is no national database.

Category: Water

2) Technology:  Internet of Water

• Water data would be shared and integrated in a standardized digital platform
• Private citizens would be able to gauge the quality of local water
• Public officials would be able to warn citizens of water-borne public health hazards
• Disaster relief efforts would be able to locate the lowest-cost, fresh, drinking water after a natural disaster like a drought or a flood

3) Organizational Stakeholders:

• Citizens
• Government
• Scientists
• Utilities

4) Deployment:

• Collect water utility data
• Standardize data
• Integrate data onto a common digital platform
• Roll-out database for citizens, utilities, scientists and public officials to use

Source:

Coldewey, Devin. Researchers propose an open ‘internet of water’ tracking use, quality and costs. TechCrunch. October 13, 2017. https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/13/researchers-propose-an-open-internet-of-water-tracking-use-quality-and-costs/ Web. Accessed November 25, 2017.