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Digital Technology Supercluster Signs Master Agreement for Fresh Water Data Commons Project

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Digital Technology Supercluster Signs Master Agreement for Fresh Water Data Commons Project

Canada NewsWire

VANCOUVER, Nov. 25, 2019 /CNW/ - Carl Data Solutions as the project lead is pleased to announce that the Digital Technology Supercluster has signed a Master Project Agreement (MPA) to proceed with the $4.65 million Fresh Water Data Commons (FWDC) Project.  Carl Data Solutions is leading the consortium which includes Astra Smart Systems, Genome BC, i4C Innovation, Living Lakes Canada, Microsoft, Teck Resources Limited, and the University of Victoria. The project will develop a balanced private-public water monitoring platform that will allow others to contribute and access the data.

"The platform and the technology developed for the Fresh Water Data Commons will offer a technological tool to help every part of Canada, and the world, use data to protect water, people, ecosystems and the economy as the demand for fresh water continues to rise", said Pilar Portela, Project Lead for the FWDC.

The project will be located in the Columbia Basin in southeastern British Columbia. The region presents a diverse set of data types and monitoring conditions owing to varied geographies ranging from remote areas to locations with large industrial users of water. Monitoring water is essential to understand and characterize challenges and collecting regional data can provide a real-time view of what's happening, as well as help to forecast, plan, and predict. 

Data, monitoring, and water management systems from municipalities, industry, regulators, and local communities will be connected and the information will be stored centrally in the cloud.  Existing data will be supplemented with real-time data collected through a network of low-power sensors across the project area. Sensors will measure water quantity, quality, flow and precipitation. Biomonitoring will collect data that will build an understanding of the relationship between water quality and microorganisms with active industry.  These insights will help us to understand and mitigate risks associated with our regional watersheds.

SOURCE Carl Data Solutions Inc.

View original content: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2019/25/c4248.html

Carl Data Solutions: Cailey Murphy, NNW Communications, 604-837-0521, cailey@nnwcommunications.ca; Digital Technology Supercluster: Kathleen Reid, Switchboard Public Relations, 604-724-1242, kreid@switchboardpr.comCopyright CNW Group 2019