{"id":17125,"date":"2018-09-18T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/industry\/blog\/?p=17125"},"modified":"2023-05-31T16:30:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T23:30:31","slug":"philadelphia-combats-water-pollution-by-moving-to-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/government\/2018\/09\/18\/philadelphia-combats-water-pollution-by-moving-to-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia combats water pollution by moving to the cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/water-pipe.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/water-pipe.png 800w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/water-pipe-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/water-pipe-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/water-pipe-330x219.png 330w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/water-pipe-400x266.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Governments across the US and beyond are feeling pressure to keep up with accelerating change in their communities, and leaders are turning to digital transformation as a way to empower employees and citizens alike.<\/p>\n<p>Although Philadelphia is only one of over 800 American municipalities with combined sewers\u2014handling both stormwater and wastewater through a single pipe\u2014its data-centric approach has made the city an example of how to avoid sewage overflow during rainstorms.<\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia Water Department used <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industries\/government\/\">Microsoft Azure<\/a> and innovative smart monitors to forecast weather and automate control of its stormwater infrastructure. Here\u2019s how moving to the cloud impacted the organization:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kept 1.5 billion gallons of polluted water out of local rivers annually<\/li>\n<li>Reduced runoff by 98.8 percent on pilot property<\/li>\n<li>Helped sewers run smoothly using real-time data<\/li>\n<li>Refined long-term processes with intelligent analytics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Explore our interactive guide <a href=\"https:\/\/info.microsoft.com\/ww-landing-Digital-Transformation-Of-Citizen-Services-ebook.html?lcid=en-us\"><em>Bringing Citizen Services into the Digital Age<\/em><\/a> to see how other governments are improving citizen services through digital transformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read about how the Philadelphia Water Department used Microsoft Azure and innovative smart monitors to forecast weather and automate control of its stormwater 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