Recently, the water authorities of China and Singapore convened the 7th Meeting of Singapore-China Joint Working Group for Water Cooperation. During a dedicated session on Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, the innovative practices in smart water management shared by the Chinese enterprise Shenzhen Water and Environment Group sparked keen interest. In fact, as early as January 2024, senior officials from Singapore's Public Utilities Board (PUB) had visited this company. To date, the two sides have engaged in multiple technical exchanges focusing on enterprise digital transformation and the intelligent upgrading of water treatment plants.

The industry widely predicts that AI technology represents the next value frontier for smart water. Can you believe it? The adoption of AI technology in Chinese water plants has reached such an astounding level------with AI coverage exceeding 75%. Fifteen core production and operational scenarios, including water quality monitoring, intelligent chemical dosing, supply-demand balancing, and intelligent inspection, have undergone AI-enabled upgrades. A water plant with a daily treatment capacity of 600,000 tons now requires fewer than 20 staff members, and chemical usage has been reduced by 12%! Let's take a closer look inside this Chinese water plant.

In the production workshops of this Chinese water plant, manual intervention by staff is minimal, and the systems operate with remarkable stability. The plant has moved beyond traditional decentralized control models. Its control logic is not confined to individual process stages; instead, the application of trend analysis, multivariable control logic, and AI algorithm models enables coordinated regulation across the entire process chain, including chemical dosing, intelligent backwashing, and intelligent sludge discharge. Taking intelligent chemical dosing as an example, precise 24/7 dosing of agents like PAC and sodium hypochlorite is achieved through an "AI + Feedforward + Feedback" system, effectively managing risks from sudden water quality changes. To balance water production and supply, the plant utilizes big data to build predictive dynamic models, intelligently regulating inflow. This ensures stable operation during daytime off-peak periods, prevents overflow, stores energy for the subsequent evening peak, maintains safe water levels in clearwater tanks, reduces unnecessary equipment operation, and lowers energy consumption.

Inside the central control room, operators no longer need to navigate multiple systems for work order or asset management. Using a single smart operations platform, they gain a unified view of all operational data—production, incidents, equipment, and more. Leveraging video analytics, remote monitoring, and a digital twin of the plant, staff conduct remote inspections via the platform. If anomalies are detected, work orders are automatically generated, reducing the need for manual patrols from 12 times per day to just 2-3 times. Furthermore, by deploying a locally-hosted DeepSeek to build a plant knowledge base, employees can use conversational queries to access forecasts for water quality and flow trends for the next seven days.

This water plant belongs to Shenzhen Water and Environment Group—the first mainland Chinese member to join the Leading Utilities of the World (LUOW). Its intelligent transformation was undertaken by Shenzhen Water Technologies Co., Ltd. With 27 years of deep expertise in water sector digitalization and over 60 years of heritage in the water industry, the company has successfully implemented smart solutions in more than 80 water and wastewater treatment plants worldwide.

Driven by a mission to advance intelligent environmental water management globally, Shenzhen Water Technologies Co., Ltd. has engaged in in-depth technical exchanges with partners in regions like Southeast Asia and the Middle East, sharing its mature smart water technologies and experiences to promote energy savings and address global water challenges.

Company: Shenzhen Water Technologies Co., Ltd. (Subsidiary of Shenzhen Water and Environment Group)

Contact Person: Mr. Xu

Phone: +86-755-82484195

Email: market@sz-watech.com

Website: https://en.sz-watech.com/

City: Shenzhen

Country: China