Pipe condition assessment and digital twin platforms

Water scarcity is becoming one of the most pressing challenges of our time. While the planet has the same amount of water it always had, we're using it faster than natural systems can replenish it, and climate change is making water cycles more unpredictable.

Nearly half the world's population already experiences severe water scarcity for at least one month each year. Meanwhile, aging infrastructure loses billions of gallons through leaks, and 2 billion people still lack access to safely managed drinking water at home. Agriculture consumes 70% of global freshwater, often inefficiently, while extreme weather events — both floods and droughts — are becoming more frequent and severe.

This isn't just about inconvenience. Water stress drives conflict, forces migration, threatens food security, and holds back economic development. The technologies in this category work to stretch our water supplies further, deliver clean water more efficiently, and help communities adapt to an increasingly unpredictable water future.

In many cities, 20-40% of treated water never reaches a tap — it leaks out of aging pipes underground. That's like filling a bathtub with the drain half-open. These losses waste energy, money, and precious water resources.

Most water systems were built decades ago and are now crumbling. Finding and fixing leaks in thousands of miles of buried pipes is like looking for needles in a haystack, but new technologies are making this detective work much more precise and cost-effective.

These systems create detailed digital models of water networks, combining data from sensors, inspections, and historical records to predict which pipes are most likely to fail next. This helps utilities fix problems before they become expensive emergencies.