European Fundend Projects

  • ID:
    projects-222
  • fiwar:
    672922
  • Project_Acronym:
    WATERGUARD
  • Project_Name:
    Safeguarding Water Distribution Systems from Contamination Threats using the SmartTap Platform
  • Funding Authority:
    H2020
  • Call for proposals:
    H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015
  • Focus Area:
    DRS-17-2014-1
  • Begin Date:
    2015-07-01
  • End Date:
    2015-12-31
  • Status:
    Completed
  • Budget:
    € 000 071 429.00
  • Description:
    The objective of the proposed innovation project is the commercialization of the SmartTap Platform: An early-warning real-time water contamination monitoring system for the protection of water distribution systems against accidental or malicious chemical contamination events, provided as a service to utilities. Currently, water utilities rely on manual sampling to monitor water quality; however it may take days before a contamination event is detected. Competition relies on expensive sensors; as a result, most water utilities can only install such specialized sensors at very few locations within a network, thus offering reduced coverage. SmartTap is a cyber-physical system comprised of low-cost wireless sensory devices (physical) and smart cloud software (cyber) that are seamlessly integrated, so that the software is able to analyze the data in real-time, as well as to compensate hardware inaccuracies. The SmartTap devices monitor several physicochemical water parameters with low-cost sensors and fuse multi-sensor data at a local level to infer possible contamination events. The goal is to provide real-time water quality monitoring information to consumers and utilities and to reliably detect any contamination events within 1-2 hours, instead of days, thus significantly reducing the financial and societal impact of that event. The SmartTap Sensor System already exists as a home/industry product of Aqualligence, and is currently being field-tested by a water utility. In addition, Aqualligence provides consulting services for water security. Aqualligence envisions to offer a contamination alert service for the protection of water utilities, a very niche market which is not affected by strong competition. The feasibility study will present the analysis of the market segments/customer needs, the competition and the competitive advantages, the various business models and the best IP Management strategy, the risks and the financial projections under various scenarios.
  • Resource:
    https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/672922
  • Inland water types:
    Urban water'