Thursday 26 May 2011

Dubuque, Iowa and IBM Combine Analytics, Cloud Computing and Community Engagement to Conserve Water

The City of Dubuque and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that the IBM analytics and cloud computing technology deployed in 2010 by Dubuque as part of its Smarter Sustainable Dubuque research helped reduce water utilization by 6.6 percent and increased leak detection and response eightfold.

The Smarter Sustainable Dubuque Water Pilot Study empowered 151 Dubuque households with information, analysis, insights and social computing around their water consumption for nine weeks. By providing citizens and city officials with an integrated view of water consumption, the Water Pilot resulted in water conservation, increased leak reporting rate, and encouraged behavior changes.


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Dubuque, Iowa and IBM Combine Analytics, Cloud Computing and Community Engagement to Conserve Water