The Race To Resilience – In Real-Time Water is critical to human survival, and technology is key to managing it better Videvo.net: NASA
  • At H2i, our focus is on both existing and emerging technological tools that have massive potential when applied to environmental management.

    At H2i, our focus is on both existing and emerging technological tools that have massive potential when applied to environmental management.

    We provide the private and public sectors, including water management agencies, the digital solutions that allow them to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to a precarious future. This includes mining better insights from data, as well as drawing more effectively on the advantages presented by modelling, AI and Machine Learning, for instance, in urban design and coastal management, as well as the development of early flood warning systems.

Virtual Water

In Singapore, our flagship project Virtual Water is a simulation engine whose model calculation core allows for ultrafast processing of highly detailed 3D data to predict and simulate floods that could follow heavy rainfall.

The research project, currently focused on several flood prone areas in Singapore, gives agencies clarity on points of vulnerability and the effectiveness of various adaptation and mitigation measures. This means being able to better manage flood prone areas now and in the future. This NRF-funded research project is supported by the country’s National Water Agency PUB, which is also Singapore’s Coastal Protection Agency.

As an island-state, Singapore is well aware of its vulnerabilities and the need to prepare for inevitable sea level rises that could threaten critical infrastructure and lives.

NRF Virtual Water
United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Many other countries are racing to do the same, also because astute water management will be key to achieving several of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including access to “clean water and sanitation”, “climate action”, and “life below water”, which concerns the sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources, and ensuring water quality. By addressing these SDGs among others, we are able to deliver a transition to SDG 11, “sustainable cities and communities”.

“The fast-movers know that harnessing the right technological tools and expertise provides the benefit of foresight and a chance to factor mitigation into planning before it becomes untenable and more costly to manage. Modelling tools, for instance, mean we can run scenarios and give shape to some of these uncertainties, and then plan better for them.”

Martin Lechner
Chairman of the Board, H2i

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