1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST
Location: Online via Zoom
Speakers:
Kathy Gee, Opti
Smart Stormwater Infrastructure: Integrating AI and Real-Time Controls
Smart stormwater management relies on Real-Time Controls (RTC) - also referred to as Continuous Monitoring and Adaptive Control (CMAC) - to dynamically manage water assets. This session moves beyond the general benefits of RTC to focus on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in maximizing system effectiveness and defensibility.
We will explore how the application of AI, particularly within systems like Opti's Continuous Monitoring and Adaptive Control (CMAC), is fundamentally changing how stormwater professionals design both parcels and communities.Discover the direct applications and benefits of using AI-driven optimization to enhance your CMAC program’s design and planning workflows:
- What can I rely on? Hear a discussion about how CMAC configuration provides predictable behaviors, even though every storm is a little different and weather forecasts, an input to CMAC operations, are imperfect.
- Learn how AI agents combine with browser-based CMAC design tooling to simplify the planning phase of CMAC projects. Instead of manually defining design scenarios, AI can translate your requirements to standard CMAC configuration settings, enabling you to quickly identify design alternatives that meet performance requirements and regulatory criteria.
- Watershed-scale CMAC exploration: learn how AI approximations of CMAC behavior enable exploration of possible watershed-scale CMAC benefits without developing individual facility configurations.
Integrating AI into infrastructure via RTC requires effective human oversight of the system. . This webinar also addresses questions about the role of humans in managing RTC-enabled stormwater systems:
- Levels of Autonomy: Who ultimately makes what decisions—the AI algorithm, the person who configured the system, or the person handling O&M? We will discuss a framework for defining responsibilities that allow RTC to enhance system performance and compliance with the resources available today.
- Defining the Role of the Operator: Explore the critical role of human oversight in an automated world. Learn how best-in-class CMAC systems are designed for transparency, ensuring operators understand and can approve/override AI-driven actions, thereby maintaining accountability for the final decision.
- Transparency and Validation: Auditability is critical for effective risk management. We will cover the necessity of system transparency and external validation to verify that the AI is performing in line with designed expectations, giving operators, regulators, and the people who live close to RTC facilities confidence in the autonomous control actions.
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