This kind of automated intervention is powered by event-driven architecture (EDA), the foundation of the Smart Water platform. As businesses face mounting pressure to respond instantly to everything from customer demands to supply chain disruptions, real-time responsiveness is becoming essential. And as businesses face mounting pressure to respond instantly to everything from customer demands to supply chain disruptions, this kind of real-time responsiveness is becoming essential. “We knew smart water meter legislation was coming; we have to be fully digitized by 2030,” explains Inge Opreel, CIO of Farys. It improves operational resilience by enabling systems to continue functioning even when individual components go offline or are being upgraded.