Local authorities
To remember
  • Move from short-term fixes to long-term resilience strategies
  • Combine real-time control with predictive planning for water security
  • Break down data silos and accelerate decision-making with integrated tools

Up to 

35%
improvement in drought preparedness through predictive planning

40%
faster scenario analysis for severe weather events

100 %
secure integration of operational data

Plan Smarter, Respond Faster to risk of drought and disruption with Aquadvanced, Optimizer, and eRIS

Extreme weather events, droughts, and unexpected disruptions are becoming more frequent. You need to ensure water security and maintain service continuity under these challenging conditions. Traditional manual planning and single-scenario analysis are no longer enough. That’s why we developed Aquadvanced water supply, Optimizer, and eRIS Data Hub—a comprehensive solution for operational resilience.

Risk mitigation through preparing for an increasingly uncertain operating environment

Drought, extreme weather, unexpected system disruptions, and other disasters are testing the resilience of water utilities like yours in ways never experienced before. You must respond to conditions in real time while also planning years ahead—often with incomplete information and increasing scrutiny. We work hard to help you strengthen operational resilience by connecting real-time control, predictive analytics, and long-term planning into a single, integrated approach.

A unified approach to real-time response and long-term preparedness

Our solution brings together Aquadvanced water supply, Optimizer, and the eRIS Data Hub to help you anticipate disruptions, optimize production, and make confident decisions before, during, and after critical events. By unifying operational control with strategic planning on top of a trusted data foundation, you can prepare for uncertainty without compromising service.

Adapting operations dynamically as conditions change

With secure, integrated data flowing through eRIS, Aquadvanced enables real-time operational adjustments based on current system behavior, weather conditions, and demand patterns. Machine learning models continuously evolve, improving accuracy and adaptability as operational strategies and external conditions change.

Planning for droughts and disruptions before they occur

Advanced scenario modeling allows you to test “what-if” conditions across both short- and long-term horizons. Severe droughts, wet weather events, infrastructure failures, or demand shocks can be simulated to understand impacts and prepare response strategies in advance. Long-term planning horizons help assess water security under demographic growth, climate variability, and regulatory constraints. Proactive planning reduces the risk of service disruptions for large local, state, and national water systems.

Evaluating investments across multiple uncertainty scenarios

Optimizer extends resilience planning beyond single-event analysis by evaluating multiple scenarios and investment strategies simultaneously. You can compare outcomes across different storm magnitudes, drought severities, and operational constraints—supporting defensible decisions that balance risk, cost, and service reliability.

Protecting critical customers and service continuity

By combining predictive insights with optimized planning, you can prepare for unplanned breaks or system abnormalities while maintaining service for critical customers and essential services—even under challenging conditions. Effective risk mitigation helps protect communities from the impacts of drought and disaster, especially when state or national emergency protocols are activated.

A secure data foundation for resilient decision-making

All resilience capabilities are enabled by the eRIS Data Hub, which securely connects operational systems, planning tools, and external data sources into a unified view. Built-in cybersecurity protections and a robust connector library accelerate deployment while ensuring data integrity and trust. The eRIS Data Hub serves as your center for integrating data of all kinds such as climate feeds and national datasets to support water risk decisions.

Building resilience today and water security for the future

Together, Aquadvanced, Optimizer, and eRIS help you:

  • Prepare confidently for droughts and disruptions
  • Respond dynamically in real time
  • Improve planning efficiency and decision accuracy
  • Protect service levels and critical customers
  • Communicate strategies clearly to stakeholders
  • Strengthen long-term water security
  • Reduce the impacts of drought and disaster on large-scale infrastructure
  • Access centralized resources to support state and national risk mitigation efforts

Operational resilience you can rely on

By combining real-time control, predictive analytics, and integrated data, we enable you to move beyond reaction and toward true operational resilience—supporting reliable water service today while safeguarding the future. Whether managing drought conditions or large-scale infrastructure stress, our platform gives your team the confidence to act.

Learn more

Learn more by contacting us to discover how Aquadvanced, Optimizer, and eRIS can help you strengthen operational resilience, manage drought risk, and ensure water security for your community. Explore resources tailored to state agencies, national programs, and large utilities navigating today’s most pressing water challenges.

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Anglian Water : Building resilience across the UK’s largest water grid

Anglian Water's 290km Strategic Pipeline Alliance—one of Europe's largest infrastructure programs—needed advanced production planning to manage drought risk, abstraction licenses, and growing demand across the East of England.

Working collaboratively with Optimatics and SUEZ, they trialed the Aquadvanced water supply production planning module across two phases. The tool successfully built a model that replicated system performance, safeguarded abstraction licenses and improved reliability of supplies, and enabled confident, visual decision-making through a clear visual representation of planned production and transmission. Following the successful trial, Anglian Water adopted the solution for full regional rollout.

Frequently Asked Questions

Aquadvanced combines real-time control with predictive modeling and scenario planning, enabling utilities to anticipate and mitigate drought impacts.

Optimizer evaluates multiple scenarios simultaneously, helping utilities plan for a range of uncertainties instead of just one event.

eRIS securely integrates all data sources, breaks down silos, and accelerates deployment, making predictive tools more effective.

Utilities implementing Aquadvanced, Optimizer, and eRIS can expect meaningful, measurable improvements across operations, planning, and service delivery. Key benefits include:

Stronger drought and disaster preparedness. By simulating severe droughts, wet weather events, infrastructure failures, and demand shocks before they occur, utilities can develop and validate response strategies in advance—reducing the risk of being caught off guard by rapidly changing conditions.
Faster, more confident scenario analysis. Optimizer enables simultaneous evaluation of multiple scenarios and investment strategies, allowing teams to compare outcomes across different drought severities, storm magnitudes, and operational constraints far more efficiently than traditional methods. This supports defensible, data-backed decisions that balance risk, cost, and service reliability.
Real-time operational adaptability. Aquadvanced continuously adjusts operations based on current system behavior, weather conditions, and demand patterns. Machine learning models improve over time, meaning the system becomes more accurate and responsive as conditions evolve.
Enhanced service continuity for critical customers. By combining predictive insights with optimized planning, utilities can maintain service levels for critical customers and essential services even during unplanned disruptions or challenging drought conditions—minimizing community impact.
More efficient use of planning resources. A unified data foundation through the eRIS Data Hub eliminates siloed decision-making by connecting operational systems, planning tools, and external data sources into a single view. This accelerates deployment, improves planning efficiency, and reduces the time and resources required to reach confident decisions.
Improved long-term water security. Long-term planning horizons help utilities assess water security under demographic growth, climate variability, and regulatory constraints—ensuring infrastructure investments are sound across multiple uncertainty scenarios, not just single-event analyses.
Clearer stakeholder communication. With integrated data and scenario modeling outputs, utilities can more clearly communicate risk mitigation strategies and preparedness plans to state agencies, national program partners, and community stakeholders—building trust and supporting regulatory compliance.

Together, these benefits help utilities move from reactive crisis management to proactive, resilient operations—protecting service today while safeguarding water security for the future.

The best way to prepare for a drought is to take a proactive, data-driven approach to water resource management. This includes monitoring water supply and demand trends continuously to identify early warning signs, diversifying water sources to reduce dependence on any single supply, and implementing demand management strategies such as leak detection and reduction programs. Water utilities should also develop and regularly update drought contingency plans that define trigger points, escalation procedures, and operational responses for different drought scenarios. Investing in predictive analytics and AI-driven decision support tools can further strengthen drought preparedness by forecasting supply and demand conditions days or weeks in advance — giving utilities the time they need to act before a crisis develops and maintain compliance with drinking water quality standards and regulatory requirements.

The five most effective solutions to prevent the depletion of water resources are water demand management (reducing consumption through leak detection, metering, and public awareness programs to ease pressure on existing supplies), infrastructure investment (upgrading aging pipes, treatment plants, and distribution networks to minimize losses and improve the efficiency of water delivery), water recycling and reuse (treating and reusing wastewater for industrial, agricultural, or potable purposes to reduce reliance on freshwater sources), catchment and source protection (safeguarding the natural environments that feed reservoirs and aquifers by managing land use, reducing pollution, and maintaining healthy ecosystems that support drinking water quality), and predictive resource planning (using advanced analytics and AI-driven tools to model future supply and demand scenarios, enabling utilities to make smarter long-term decisions about water allocation, storage, and infrastructure — staying ahead of regulatory requirements and protecting water resources for future generations).

Improving drought resilience requires a combination of long-term planning, smarter operations, and investment in the right technology. The most effective approaches include diversifying water sources to reduce dependency on rainfall-dependent supplies, increasing storage capacity through new reservoirs or aquifer recharge schemes that can buffer against extended dry periods, and strengthening demand management through active leak detection, metering, and public engagement to reduce overall consumption. Water utilities should also focus on building interconnected network infrastructure that allows water to be transferred between regions — ensuring that areas under stress can draw on supplies from less affected parts of the system. Finally, adopting predictive analytics and real-time monitoring tools is essential for modern drought resilience, enabling utilities to forecast supply and demand conditions well in advance, identify risks before they escalate, and make confident operational decisions that protect drinking water quality and maintain compliance with state and regulatory requirements — even during the most challenging conditions.