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H
eavy rain in the sewers of
Auckland causes frequent
overflows that flush raw
effluent into local rivers and
harbours, posing a serious
health risk for the thousands
of swimmers who frequent local beaches.
In an effort to better track and mitigate
the problem, Auckland Council worked with
Mott MacDonald's Smart Infrastructure
business to create a powerful, so-called
digital twin of the city's wastewater
infrastructure.
Digital twins have been used by the
likes of NASA and Formula 1 and,
thanks to recent advances in cloud
computing and sensors, utilities are
exploring their potential to improve
asset monitoring and maintenance
and more accurately simulate
different effects on the network
By Stephen Cousins
D I G I T A L T W I N S
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