http://www.zdnet.com/big-data-deluge-how-dutch-water-is-trying-to-turn-the-tide-7000021385/
"According to Raymond Feron, programme director for Digital Delta at the Dutch Ministry of Water (the Rijkswaterstaat), the Dyke Data Service Centre database alone handles 2 petabytes (PB) of sensor data annually, while a typical water management project — of which there are up to 100 — can easily generate 10TB to 30TB of structured and unstructured information.
So it's a water system that just can't help generating data. The problem is there's little consistency in its collection and, because of the volumes, finding relevant data is difficult.
'This project combines and interacts with other projects that will generate this information. It is not in itself a data-generation programme. But what the water sector in the Netherlands will benefit from is being able to select the relevant data for your purpose quickly. I'm not looking for big data but for small, relevant data,' says Feron.
'We're looking at public-private research and how large companies like IBM can work with small companies. We would like to see the water discipline interact better with other disciplines — so agriculture, environment, city planning, and traffic,' he adds."
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