The focus on fully understanding water usage and how it applies across the entire landscape has allowed a focus on reducing the overall dependency on potable water for activities that do not necessarily require this level of purity. As this develops further the ability of an intelligent network to monitor and then control some of the water parameters and potentially the water source will allow effective management of the water resources.

Recycled water can come from many different sources with potable water replacement and potential environmental improvements resulting from less  outflow to the environment especially from sewer treatment outflows. The ability to monitor flows and water quality and maintain long term records of this information will become a critical component of the water supply system and the intelligent networks.