We welcome the European Commission’s initiative for a Digital Action Plan for the water sector. Digital technologies can make a significant contribution to more efficient, data-driven, and sustainable water management—for example, through interoperable data infrastructures, digital twins, IoT-based applications, smart water metering, and better use of Earth observation and geodata.
To ensure that digital solutions in the water sector can be scaled across Europe, open standards, better data utilization, and targeted support for building digital skills and infrastructure are needed. In its statement, Bitkom presents key recommendations for the design of the Digital Action Plan.
