Siemens Expands its Digital Portfolio for Water, Wastewater, and Waste Management

[Erkan Teskancan]

## Siemens Expands its Digital Portfolio for Water, Wastewater, and Waste Management

At IFAT 2026, Siemens will showcase how digital solutions in water quality, wastewater treatment, and waste management make processes more efficient.

Increasing environmental standards, cost pressures, and a shortage of skilled workers are creating growing demands for municipal and industrial infrastructure operators. This makes data-driven operations more critical than ever. At IFAT 2026, the leading trade fair for environmental technologies, Siemens will demonstrate how operations can be made more effective with digital solutions in water quality management, wastewater treatment, and waste management.

### New Water, Wastewater, and Waste Management Solutions

SIWA Quality Inspector is a software module that supports water quality decisions with real-time data. This module analyzes water quality parameters from treatment to the end-user, providing early warnings to operators by detecting water age, mixing effects in tanks, and quality deviations in distribution. This forms the basis for proactive operation and preventive maintenance strategies.

For wastewater treatment, Siemens has developed SIWA Treatment Optimizer software, which consists of physics-based models that support real-time process control. This solution provides explanatory control recommendations with mechanistic process models that analyze operations instantly. Digital twin technology also allows for the simulation of design scenarios. All SIWA applications are part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio.

Furthermore, soft sensors continuously calculate process variables such as total suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand, and nitrogen oxide emissions even where physical measurement devices are not available, enabling in-depth analysis of real process performance. This ensures that operators can meet legal limits even under variable input conditions. Depending on the application scenario, energy savings of up to 25% can be achieved.

Amrutha Venugopal, Head of Siemens Water and Waste Business Unit, stated, "Water and wastewater operations face challenges in real-time assessment, leading operators to rely on experience or safety margins. Our digital solutions increase process visibility, and SIWA applications, with soft sensors and real-time water quality monitoring, enable operators to make more precise decisions regarding aeration and chlorination. This reduces uncertainty and energy and chemical consumption. These scalable solutions are designed to meet the needs of today's facilities."

### Efficient Material Flow and Plant Operations in Waste Management

In addition to water and wastewater solutions, Siemens is adding waste management to its portfolio at IFAT 2026. The advanced portfolio supports all stages of the waste life cycle, including collection, sorting, processing, recycling, and energy recovery. Siemens' Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) portfolio ensures the safe, efficient, and integrated operation of recycling plants.

The portfolio is complemented by two new solutions in automation and communication. Simatic WinCC Unified ResCon offers a fully integrated load management system for Siemens' Simatic WinCC Unified SCADA solutions; it automatically monitors electricity, gas, and other energy sources, prevents costly demand peaks, and provides real-time transparency about energy flows.

The CP1243-1 communication processor supports the flexible integration of distributed assets into a wide range of industrial communication protocols and modern cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) platforms. With IPv6 support, web server, diagnostic functions, and event-based alerts, it addresses the requirements of modern connected infrastructure.

### Siemens at IFAT 2026 – Hall C1, Booth 305

Siemens will showcase its new digital solutions for drinking water, wastewater, and waste management, as well as its complete automation and digitalization portfolio for the water sector at IFAT 2026. At the heart of the exhibition is the integrated control center, which offers operators the ability to transparently monitor all assets and facilities on a single platform. By collecting data from numerous subsystems regardless of infrastructure areas, its scalable and open-interface architecture forms the basis for data-driven operations, predictive maintenance, and advanced digital services.

Siemens will also demonstrate how the integrated control center can be integrated with AI-based leak detection, process modeling and simulation of wastewater operations, and energy management systems that make resource flows transparent. Cybersecurity is also a priority; Siemens supports critical water infrastructure operators in protecting their assets and meeting regulatory requirements.

### About Siemens

Siemens AG (headquartered in Berlin and Munich) is a technology leader in industry, infrastructure, mobility, and healthcare. The company's purpose is to develop technologies to transform everyday life. By combining the real and digital worlds, Siemens enables its customers to accelerate their digital and sustainable transformation; making factories more efficient, cities more livable, and transportation more sustainable.

As a leader in industrial artificial intelligence, Siemens leverages its deep industry expertise to integrate AI into real-world applications, providing accessible and effective solutions across all sectors. Siemens also holds a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a pioneer in healthcare.

In fiscal year 2025 (period ending September 30, 2025), the Siemens Group generated revenue of 78.9 billion Euros and a net income of 10.4 billion Euros. The company operates with approximately 318,000 employees as of September 30, 2025.