IBM announces launch of Digital Delta innovation programme for the Dutch water system

摘要

IBM has announced the launch of its Digital Delta programme, in collaboration with Rijkswaterstaat (the Dutch Ministry for Water), local Water Authority Delfland, Deltares Science Institute and the University of Delft. The innovation programme will transform flood control and the management of the Dutch water system by investigating how to integrate and analyze water data from a wide range of existing data sources including precipitation measurements, water level and water quality monitors, levee sensors, radar data, model predictions as well current and historic maintenance data from sluices, pumping stations, locks and dams.