Klir, the integrated water platform that helps the world’s water utilities make water safer, announced the launch of its new generative AI capabilities available through the latest iteration of its platform, Klir Comply.
Water professionals can now receive holistic insights into their utility’s data through an AI-powered chatbot while benefiting from the scalability, reliability, performance, and security of Microsoft Azure.
By blending the conversational benefits of ChatGPT with each utility’s water quality management and compliance data, the AI function simplifies tedious but critical tasks while ensuring internal data stays secure and private at all times.
A nod to Klir’s Irish-founded roots, the chatbot is fittingly represented by “Boots,” an Irish Water Spaniel “trained to sniff out key data.” Notably, the chatbot allows users to query millions of data points within the utility’s private internal data with precise control over the knowledge base. Features include integrating administrative tasks with sampling results data, providing predictive water quality analysis, generating quantitative insights into sampling results, and identifying correlations between data.
With most water professionals working with outdated or siloed technologies, Klir’s new generative AI capabilities reflect the growing need for water managers to quickly adapt to an industry landscape shaped by climate change and population growth. Despite the recent influx of climate mitigation budgets, the water sector has struggled to combat this escalating challenge due to restrictions by public sector procurements and the overwhelming availability of bespoke technology vendors that do not easily integrate.
Stafford joined Lynch on-stage to announce the launch of Klir’s new AI capabilities during Klir’s invite-only event Boiling Point: Where AI & the Future of Water Management Software Meet held in Toronto alongside ACE, the premier annual conference for the world’s biggest water utility and municipal operators. Former EPA Administrator Carol Browner moderated a Klir-hosted panel discussion on AI and water management with water utility executives from leading regional jurisdictions, technologists, and top climate change journalists.
Along with introducing the ChatGPT function, Klir unveiled a new “maturity model” that assesses and prioritizes the key operational risks a utility faces and its potential to become a resilient utility in the future. Senior leaders can now engage in a comprehensive 90-point evaluation, guided by a Klir water expert, to generate a risk report on their existing operational model. The outcome of this assessment will also provide a comparative benchmark, ranking the utility against similar attributes of other water utilities.
Klir is backed by the biggest firms in technology, including Insight Partners, a $95b enterprise software fund based in New York.
