Atlanta to tap AI to detect water main breaks
JUNE 10, 2024
he City of Atlanta plans to use artificial intelligence to address its aging water infrastructure, Mayor Andre Dickens announced in a press conference last Wednesday, less than a week after two water main breaks left businesses, medical facilities, concerts, sporting events, and residential neighborhoods under a boil-water advisory over the weekend, and forced a 72-hour state of emergency.
“We are currently coordinating with the US Army Corps of Engineers. We have sought their assistance because they have the most experience in handling a crisis like this,” Dickens said in a statement on June 3, by which time the Atlanta Department of Watershed Management lifted the boil-water advisory. “They will help us develop a plan to assess and evaluate our aging infrastructure.”
