Revolutionizing Water Management: Digital Twins and AI for Predictive Maintenance and Sustainability

The innovative investigation integrates digital and physical water networks to improve their management and predictive capabilities. The used approach applies advanced sensors for detecting leaks and smart meters that monitor water usage, send alerts, usage data and visual information to a digital platform. At the heart of this framework is a digital twin, a virtual replica that continuously reflects the real-time state of the physical network by processing incoming sensor data. A multimodal transformer model is employed to integrate and analyze diverse data streams, including numerical and visual inputs, enabling highly accurate leakage detection, future water usage forecasting, and contextual insights with a prediction accuracy of about 98%. This approach advances water management and provides valuable insights for preserving historical buildings that demonstrates optimize operational efficiency and ensure sustainable water use in smart water networks.