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We often choose to raise dikes, build new pumps and dig new canals. These actions are often very expensive. Another method is to optimize the existing (waste) water system by using real-time control. This allows reduction of pollution of surface water, reduction of required capacity for wastewater treatment plants, prevention of floodings and better respons to failures in the controlled system.
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In many cases RTC can reduce the need to heighten dikes
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The controllers from Control NEXT are free for use. For coding the controllers standard scripting languages are used. This provides a flexible way to add new controllers. Within the Control NEXT platform it is possible to have more than 1000 controllers run independently to control the water system. It makes no difference whether the system controls of open water systems, sewer systems or water treatment systems.
The modules of Control NEXT can be considered as building blocks
Simple and complex controls
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