CAREER: Cyberinfrastructure for Intelligent Water Supply (CIWS): Shrinking Big Data for Sustainable Urban Water

1552444(霍斯堡)为了克服使用智能水表作为可持续管理城市供水的有效工具方面的挑战，一项名为智能供水网络基础设施的综合研究和教育计划正在实施中。CIWS将研究新型网络基础设施和分析，以推进智能计量技术，实现对居民用水行为的详细描述，并为可持续管理城市供水建立科学数据和知识库。CIWS将使现有的传统“哑巴”水表(目前使用的绝大多数水表)转变为低成本(约100美元)的“智能”和具有计算能力的设备，这些设备可以收集高频数据，使用板载处理能力通过提取单个最终用水的时间和水量来“缩减”收集的数据，然后将可操作的数据产品传输给水管理人员进行分析-所有这些都不会更换或影响水表的功能。CIWS将能够弥合在家庭和水系统层面上对用水行为的理解和量化能力方面的关键差距。它还将有助于确定其他水资源管理战略以及节约用水和提高效率的机会。CIWS和相关的居民用水研究提供了一种描述居民用水特征的方法，并产生了关于以下方面的新知识：1)不同社会人口群体和社区类型之间的用水行为有何不同；2)用水需求的时间以及供水商如何利用这些信息来确保供水可获得性和效率，规划相关的能源需求，并提高客户满意度；以及3)在提供了详细的用水信息后，用水者如何改变他们的行为。这些信息对于确定保护机会、预测需求以及确定用水模式如何随时间变化以应对人口增长、人口结构变化和技术改进至关重要。CIWS将促进对用水行为、智能计量的网络基础设施以及能够实施智能计量的“精通网络”的专业人员和学生的了解，所有这些都对实现智能计量的承诺至关重要。将为新一代工程师和科学家提供指导，他们将接受培训并从事研究，为利用新的网络基础设施做好准备。水用户将直接参与数据收集和信息传输。数百名密歇根州立大学的学生将参加一场旨在利用该项目开发的网络基础设施进行节水和可持续发展的校园“水战”比赛。洛根市和密歇根州立大学的设施将成为数据收集方面不可或缺的合作伙伴。最后，研究生和本科生将使用住宅水表的连续流量数据进行可视化挑战。这些努力将让来自代表性不足群体的参与者参与本科研究，方法是利用USU现有的项目进行有针对性的招聘。

1552444 (Horsburgh)To overcome challenges in using smart water metering as an effective tool for sustainably managing urban water supplies, an integrated research and education plan called Cyberinfrastructure for Intelligent Water Supply (CIWS) is being implemented. CIWS will investigate novel cyberinfrastructure and analytics to advance smart metering technology, enable detailed characterization of residential water use behavior, and build the scientific data and knowledge base for sustainably managing urban water supplies. CIWS will enable transitioning of existing conventional "dumb" water meters (the vast majority of water meters in use today) into low-cost (~$100) "smart" and computationally-capable devices that can collect high frequency data, use onboard processing capability to "shrink" the collected data by extracting the timing and volume of individual water end uses, and then transmit actionable data products to water managers for analysis - all without replacing or affecting the functionality of the meter. CIWS will be capable of closing critical gaps in understanding of and ability to quantify water use behavior at the household and water system level. It will also enable identification of alternative water management strategies and opportunities for water conservation and increased efficiency. CIWS and associated residential water use studies offer a way to characterize residential water use and generate new knowledge about: 1) how water use behavior varies across socio-demographic groups and neighborhood types; 2) the timing of water demand and how this information can be used by water providers to ensure water availability and efficiency, plan for related energy demand, and improve customer satisfaction; and 3) how water consumers change their behavior given detailed information about their water use. This information is critical in identifying opportunities for conservation, forecasting demand, and determining how water use patterns may change over time in response to population growth, demographic shifts, and technology improvements. CIWS will advance understanding of water use behavior, the cyberinfrastructure for smart metering, and the pool of "cyber-savvy" professionals and students capable of implementing smart metering, all of which are critical for realizing the promises of smart metering. Mentorship will be provided for a new generation of engineers and scientists who will receive training and engage in research that prepares them to leverage new cyberinfrastructure. Water users will be directly engaged in data collection and information transfer. Hundreds of USU students will engage in a campus "Water Wars" competition aimed at water conservation and sustainability using cyberinfrastructure developed by this project. Logan City and USU Facilities will be integral partners in data collection. Finally, graduate and undergraduate students will be engaged in a visualization challenge using continuous flow data from residential water meters. These efforts will involve participants from underrepresented groups in undergraduate research through targeted recruiting using existing programs at USU.