title: Barriers and Solutions to Smart Water Grid Development.
abstract: This limited review of smart water grid (SWG) development, challenges, and solutions provides an initial assessment of early attempts at operating SWGs. Though the cost and adoption issues are critical, potential benefits of SWGs such as efficient water conservation and distribution sustain the development of SWGs around the world. The review finds that the keys to success are the new regulations concerning data access and ownership to solve problems of security and privacy; consumer literacy to accept and use SWGs; active private sector involvement to coordinate SWG development; government-funded pilot projects and trial centers; and integration with sustainable water management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography and Atmospheric Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA. somin@ku.edu.
authors.forename: So-Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Cheong
authors.affiliation: Incheon National University, 119, Academiro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Gye-Woon
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Smart Water Grid Research Group, 738 Dongchun-dong, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Ho-Sun
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017149:Private Sector; D014881:Water Supply
keywords: Conservation; Efficiency; Privacy; Smart water grid