VicWater Seeks Data-Sharing To Strengthen AI

VicWater, representing Victoria’s 18 publicly funded water corporations, says members are pursuing cross-government data sharing to strengthen AI under its Intelligent Water Networks initiative, CEO Jo Lim told iTnews. Members (16 participating) are running trials—flood modelling with Bureau of Meteorology data, sensor analytics for pressure transients, approvals automation, and LLM-based knowledge apps—with potential efficiency gains but requiring business cases and cost approval.