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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.
In many cases RTC can reduce the need to heighten dikes
Real-time control is not a new technology, but in the (waste) water management is still limited aplied. To encourage the development and implementation of real-time control and to share experiences a platform was developed: Control NEXT. By sharing knowledge and experience we try to optimize the knowledge and experience on real-time control. So Control NEXT aims to share knowledge and experience of RTC controls and make it available via open standards to users.
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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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