Skip to main content  Water Management  Whether too much or not
enough, the world needs a smarter way to think about water
management.  Download the PDF  Smarter water for a smarter
planet Sensor networks, smart metering and advanced computing
and analytics are helping to ensure the flow of clean, plentiful
water around the planet.   A series of conversations for a
smarter planet. Smarter water fora smarter planet.  Water flows
through everything-the air, the land, our own bodies and the
global economy. In fact, every time a good or service is bought
or sold, there is a virtual exchange of water. It takes 700
gallons of water to make a cotton T-shirt, 2,000 gallons to make
one gallon of milk, and 39,000 gallons to make a car.  We use
water to process raw materials, manufacture products, generate
electricity, and to transport people and goods. We desalinate it
to build cities in the desert. Is it any wonder that in the last
100 years global water usage has increased at twice the rate of
population growth?  Eve