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SWAN Corner: Unlock Data To Improve Water Distribution System Operations
By Jeff McCracken Water distribution system infrastructures are designed to deliver drinking water to end users, but utilities are continually faced with distinct challenges to fulfill this fundamental objective. For example, these utilities improve customer service by delivering water with high pressure, but on the other hand, water conservation policies push them to minimize water distribution leaks.
Making Every Drop Count During Drought And Fire Season
By Jeff McCracken, Director, Operations Management Outcomes for Itron Originally published in WaterWorld magazine, June 2021 The year 2020 was truly devastating for wildfires. From California to Australia, the world got a firsthand glimpse into how warmer, drier conditions are enabling harsher periods of drought – resulting in longer fire seasons and greater water scarcity. Significantly, more than were burned in 2020, compared to 4.7 million acres the previous year.
Managing Water In The Face Of Natural Disasters
By Jeff McCracken With resiliency, water scarcity, and cost efficiency top of mind for water utilities, smart water operations come to the fore as an all-of-the-above solution. Data show extreme weather events are increasing.1 This is challenging utility providers who are managing critical infrastructure around the globe. The year 2020 was truly devastating for wildfires.
10 Fresh Jessica Walter Movies and Series
(Photo by Fox/ courtesy Everett Collection) Jessica Walter kicked off her acting career during her early twenties in the 1960s with a Broadway debut of a Peter Ustinov play, followed by a flurry of television guest-stints and movie ensemble parts, like in John Frankenheimer’s Grand Prix and Sidney Lumet’s The Group.
The Key to Thwarting Non-Revenue Water? Understanding It
By Jeff McCracken Non-revenue water loss is among the biggest challenges facing the water industry and the world. Nearly one-third of all water, amounting to $39 billion annually, is lost before it ever reaches a customer, according to a report from Frost & Sullivan. Water scarcity will proliferate with the aging water infrastructure, rapid urbanization and worsening disaster seasons throughout the world.
Unlocking the Power of Analytics
As the Internet of Things becomes a reality, billions of connected devices are generating massive amounts of data. In fact, by 2020, the number of internet-connected things is estimated to reach 50 billion. All this data has a lot of potential for utilities. However, massive amounts of data are meaningless if utilities are unable or unwilling to analyze and use it.
The Power of Distributed Analytics for Outage Management
With storms becoming more frequent and powerful, utilities have a renewed focus on improving grid reliability and restoring power as quickly as possible in the event of an outage. Delivering consistent and reliable power to customers is the top priority. When service is interrupted, the utility is expected know about it when it happens and to restore service quickly and efficiently. Smart metering technology has added a useful data stream to help manage outages, but it is not a panacea.
After having a stroke, I’m running a 10K
In December 2014, Jeff McCracken awoke soaked in sweat with a 103 degree fever. The only thing he was able to say to his panicking wife was “yeah.” “My 3-year old son walked into the room and asked, ‘Who’s that?’” McCracken, a Bloomberg journalist, tells The Post. “And I said, ‘yeah.’ ” After being taken to the ER, McCracken, who’s now 47, was diagnosed with endocarditis, a virus that inflamed his heart’s inner lining and attacked a valve that he had from a previous open-heart surgery.
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