DP - 2016年12月19日，TA - 当前世界环境PG - 679-689 VI - 35 IP - 38 IP - 38 4099 - www.a-i-l-s-a.com/article/981/ 4100 - www.a-i-l-s-a.com/article/981/ ab - 在去年，对能源和水之间的复杂相互作用具有很大兴趣，被称为水能Nexus.1自由和无限制的可用性和能量和水，使得经济增长并支持生活质量。水能Nexus被认为是最重要的多学科挑战2之一，即在即将到来的几年中，全球范围内的水资源市场必须面临。目前，在长期可持续性方面，许多水系统都没有管理。水公用事业（WU）面临进一步的挑战，如衰老的基础设施和成本恢复差，导致运营和维护缺乏金融（O＆M）。在水生产和分配的所有阶段都需要能量，从抽取到运输的抽象。能源成本是对吴的最重要的关注，无论水平网络效率的地理，规模和水平，另外，在发展中国家，吴很难改善他们的服务或扩大他们的网络到了局部的邻居。关于所有这一事实，并考虑到经济和竞争情景，迫使各个领域的压力（市场，技术，社会......），导致需要实施能够满足这些不断增长的需求的新方法和流程尝试实时管理响应和行动。 Intelligent software solutions can be applied to networks, whether they have either smart metering and large amounts of data or less recorded data. They enhance the operators’ knowledge of this data, turn it into useful information for decision-making related to the operation, maintenance and the design of the water supply network. In this paper, an application of an intelligent software solution is presented. WatEner, a smart Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solution that combines the key factors of energy consumption with further operational requirements of drinking water supply to improve the management of water supply networks, has been tested with good results by the WU of the city of Karlsruhe, a water rich area in North-West - Europe where the main objective was to save energy in the drinking water distribution. As a conclusion, a non-structural solution for the water-energy nexus can have a great impact on several matters (e.g. climate change, carbon footprint, WUs balance sheets, water losses) with reasonable investment in only a few sensors in the water supply network.