Guiyang's big data application extends to water governance

A big data platform in Guiyang, the capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, specializing in water governance was launched recently, according to a statement from the city's water governance bureau released Nov 27. 

Part of Guiyang's efforts to build its big data-managing information system for rivers and lakes, the platform aims to promote the intelligence of water governance and the improvement of the river chief system. 

The platform is able to provide persuasive evidence for monitoring, warning, research and disposal of water pollution by supervising hydrology and water quality stations across Guiyang, mainly according to nine key indexes such as water flow speed, and phosphorus and nitrogen content. 

An application of the platform allows river chiefs to have deep insights into their water areas and timely communications on daily patrols, enforcement and ecological governance, efficiency and convenience. 

Since the beginning of 2019, 179 lake reservoirs and 32 rivers under the management of city-level river chiefs in Guiyang have had hydrology and water quality monitoring stations set up, with relevant data having been put into the data center. 

So far, the platform has collected tens of thousands of water-related data in more than 200 categories. 

Guiyang plans to establish a comprehensive platform for intelligent water governance over the next three to five years, monitoring its water affairs on an integrated system by leveraging advanced technologies from the internet of things and cloud computing.