TCS in Action: Case History 1: Water Treatment and Neural Networks

In the context of the respective needs of companies, universities and individual graduates in the partnership process, this paper describes a TCS Programme involving Welsh Water, a major UK utility provider, Lusis Business Solutions, an IT company, and the Department of Computer Science of the University of Wales, Swansea. The author presents a case study of a project to control coagulation in water treatment through a neural network, illustrating how the structure of the partnership was used to facilitate and produce a successful outcome. Finally he summarizes the key benefits of the Programme experienced by the various participants.