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Utilities unite to develop digital twin to combat flooding

Flooding in Nottingham in 2013 (image: Wikimedia Commons/Chris Sampson87).

Anglian Water, BT and UK Power Networks are partnering with the National Digital Twin programme (NDTp) to develop a digital twin that will help make those utilities more resilient to the extremes of global warming.

Known as the Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo), the project looks at the impact of flooding caused by climate change on energy, water and telecoms networks. It will demonstrate how those who own and operate them can use secure information sharing, across sector boundaries, to mitigate the effect of flooding on network performance and ensure reliable service delivery to customers.​

Anglian Water, BT and UK Power Networks will use their asset and operations data combined with data supplied by the Met Office to inform an increased level of infrastructure resilience. ​

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