| projects-151 |
308429 |
WESENSEIT |
WeSenseIT: Citizen Observatory of Water |
FP7 |
No data |
ENV.2012.6.5-1 |
2012-10-01 |
2016-09-30 |
Completed |
ā¬ 006 966 223.35 |
WeSenseIt will develop a citizen-based observatory of water, which will allow citizens and communities to become active stakeholders in information capturing, evaluation and communication.We propose:(i) data collection: (a) a first āhardā layer consisting of low-cost, static and portable devices that sense and transfer water information when automatically monitored or when initiated by citizens from their mobile devices; (b) a second āsoftā layer consisting of techniques to harness citizensā Collective Intelligence, i.e. the information, experience and knowledge embodied within individuals and communities, both in terms of enabling direct messages to the authorities (with mobile-phone pictures, messages, etc.) and in terms of crowd-sourcing (e.g. by mining social networks like Twitter and Facebook, as well as bulletin boards, RSS feeds, etc.).(ii) the development of descriptive and predictive models and decision-making tools integrating sensor and citizen-based data; the data suppliers (physical sensors or people) are seen as nodes of an integrated heterogeneous data collection network which undergoes progressive multi-objective optimization and tuning.(iii) two-way feedback and exchange of environmental knowledge/experience between citizens and authorities for decision-making and governance within an e-collaboration framework ,enabling improved transparency, knowledge management, accountability and responsiveness, as well as facilitating participation in water management.We will test, experiment and demonstrate the citizen observatory of water in three different case studies in water management with civil protection agencies in UK, NL and Italy. The topic is the entire hydrologic cycle with a major focus on variables responsible for floods and drought occurrences.The project results have the potential to fundamentally change the traditional concept of environmental monitoring and forecasting, as well as models of governance. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/308429 |
Rivers and estuaries', 'Urban water', 'Groundwater', 'Coastal waters', 'Wetlands' |
| projects-152 |
287613 |
HYDROBIONETS |
Autonomous Control of Large-scale Water Treatment Plants based on Self-Organized Wireless BioMEM Sensor and Actuator Networks |
FP7 |
No data |
ICT-2011.3.3 |
2011-10-01 |
2014-12-31 |
Completed |
ā¬ 003 178 914.00 |
Recent advances in ICT and MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) have led to devices incorporating wireless communication, processing and storage capabilities, as well as diverse sensing and actuation functionalities in a single unit that is compact, economical, autonomous and destined to become ubiquitous. This revolution appears in the form of dense and distributed Wireless Sensor Networks, the potential of which is enormous for various applications that are of great interest to society, including water monitoring and management in large-scale industrial plants, where microbiologic control of water quality is crucial. A basic understanding of system performance limits and the optimal design of large-scale, robust in-network practical algorithms associated with such biological signals remains far from mature. This proposal is motivated by the grand challenge of providing: a) a fundamental understanding of the performance bounds of large-scale Self-Organized Wireless BioMEM Networks (WBNs); b) concrete design guidelines, algorithms, software and hardware architectures to assure the required robustness, fault-tolerance, power efficiency, autonomy and adaptation; c) implementation and deployment of a large-scale and reactive WBN for microbiological autonomous monitoring and decentralized control of water quality in industrial environments. HYDROBIONETS will address: a) the distributed acquisition of spatio-temporal biological signals, including the specific design of BioMEMs and their stable integration to motes; b) in-network cooperative processing and distributed intelligence to achieve essential tasks such as inference, detection, and decision-making; c) networked dense control to ensure adequate water quality, productivity and energy fficiency of water treatment plants. The results of this project will be demonstrated in real large-scale industrial water treatment and desalination plants, provided directly by partner ACCIONA, a worldwide leader in Water Industrial. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/287613 |
Urban water' |
| projects-153 |
314005 |
NEWS |
Development of a Next generation European Inland Waterway Ship and logistics system |
FP7 |
No data |
SST.2012.2.2-1. |
2013-03-01 |
2015-08-31 |
Completed |
ā¬ 002 241 287.20 |
The proposed project āDevelopment of a Next generation European Inland Waterway Ship and Logistics Systemā aims at1.developing and validating a novel container ship (hull) which will include the following TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS:a)re-design of a standard inland ship hull = increase of transport efficiency (+ 100%)b)adaptable draught = crossing below even low bridges and react to altering water-levels = increase of days of navigability (+88% - 320 days instead of 170 days)c)an adjustable diesel-/gas-/LNG-electric energy- and propulsion system = increase of resource efficiency (up to 30%), decrease of harmful exhaust emissions2.tailoring a special-designed and integrated logistics system which will include the complying LOGISTICAL INNOVATIONS:a) an adapted logistics and supply system for the respective demands of market in the catchment areab) enlargement of the European inland waterway system for container transport = adapting the novel container ship for a use on UN-classes III and IV and making secondary waterways in Europe accessiblec) new river ports infrastructure conceptsd) re-evaluation of multimodal activitiesConcluding, the novel container ship will be able to meet operatorās targeted costs, optimize time-management (reliability), answer to inland shipping-specific bottlenecks (e.g. low bridges, shallow waters), improve carbon footprints and thus successfully compete with road and railway transport.A significant modal shift is aspired, especially to the Danube and its hinterland.One of the main results will be a finance and business plan to bring the novel ship AND the required logistical concepts to the market, designed to reach EU 2011 White Paper and to strengthen the Danube region.The consortium herewith applies for European funding as both technical AND logistical innovations are designed to support cross-border European challenges for an optimized waterborne transport clearly pointing out the need for an European approach. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/314005 |
Rivers and estuaries' |
| projects-154 |
218589 |
RISING |
RIS services for improving the integration of inland waterway transports into intermodal chains |
FP7 |
No data |
SST-2007.2.2-02;SST-2007-2.2-02 |
2009-02-01 |
2012-01-31 |
Completed |
ā¬ 007 499 604.00 |
River Information Services (RIS) are operational in European waterway corridors in a variety of sophistication levels. Their major objective is to collect and distribute river related information in order to support not only public waterways authorities, but also commercial operators in the Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) sector. The use of such information for logistics purposes is still quite under-exploited. RISING will investigate how such information can lead to useful solutions and services supporting complete transport chains involving inland waterways transport.For this purpose, existing RIS will be equipped with additional intelligent software modules. In addition, transport operatorsĀ“ chain planning, execution and monitoring systems will gain the ability to implement such information into their planning and monitoring processes. On top of improved tracking and tracing capabilities, new concepts, such as Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM), will be used to facilitate automated chain monitoring such that chain managers are informed only when manual intervention is required for cargo to move properly. These new modules and their interaction with systems for chain planning and execution will be implemented according to the framework architecture and mode independent information exchange principles laid out in the Freightwise project. In order to make IWT a part of the co-modal transport chain, this mode must be able to supply at least the same quality services as all other transport modes.Therefore services need to be developed and offered in a harmonised way - harmonised across borders, as well as between different modes. A key results of RISING is a harmonised set of events, messages and services to be offered for providing RIS information to the logistics chain operators using inland waterway transport. RISING will develop the new capabilities by adopting an evolutionary approach enhancing existing systems rather than re-inventing everything from scratch. The results of RISING will be demonstrated in different logistics chains (containers, bulk, steel) in different geographical regions (Danube, Rhine, Scheldt, Elbe/Weser) covering the major European inland waterways based on the existing RIS information available. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/218589 |
Rivers and estuaries' |
| projects-155 |
226571 |
TWIN2GO |
Coordinating Twinning partnerships towards more adaptive Governance in river basins |
FP7 |
No data |
ENV.2008.2.1.2.2. |
2009-06-01 |
2011-09-30 |
Completed |
ā¬ 001 175 021.79 |
Over the past years, the EU has funded several projects that undertook research on specific integrated water resources management (IWRM) issues in case studies carried out on twinned river basins from Europe and from developing countries. The aim of Twin2Go now is to review, assess, synthesize and consolidate the outcomes of these projects in order to make them transferable and applicable to other basins, and to disseminate the project results effectively to relevant authorities, stakeholders and end-users. This will contribute to the overall goal to underpin the implementation of IWRM in line with the targets of the EU Water Initiative. In order to achieve this aim, Twin2Go will elaborate a methodology that allows comparative analysis and synthesis of the outcomes of the diverse projects. The consolidated outcomes will feed into best practice guidelines for the adoption and implementation of sustainable water resources management plans. To ensure up-take of the research results in water resources management practice and political decision making, all synthesis activities will involve stakeholders from the projects and basins and synthesis results will be effectively disseminated to all relevant levels of target groups including high level decision makers in water policy. In its effort, Twin2Go will focus its activities on the thematic priority āadaptive water governance in the context of climate changeā and cluster past and ongoing twinning projects along their target regions (Latin America, Africa, NIS, South and South East Asia). Through its co-ordinating activities, Twin2Go will bring together participants and lead partners from past and ongoing projects as well as international water networks. This will allow increasing the output and benefit of ongoing research by consolidating results, exploiting synergies and thus build up the critical mass that will promote uptake of research results and reaching audiences at a higher level of decision making. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/226571 |
Rivers and estuaries' |
| projects-156 |
245427 |
SWAM |
Increasing the regional competitiveness and economic growth through the R&TD&I on sustainable water management |
FP7 |
No data |
REGIONS-1;REGIONS-2009-1 |
2010-03-01 |
2012-06-30 |
Completed |
ā¬ 001 474 484.15 |
The availability of water resources is a key contributory factor to economic and social development, as well as being an essential pillar of environmental preservation. The most of the Mediterranean regions, with a semi-arid climate, has historically suffered from water scarcity. This has led in many cases to a strong culture in the efficient use of water and development of innovative policies and techniques relating to sustainable water management. Within this context, some Mediterranean regions have developed effective research-driven clusters focused on sustainable and efficient management of water, and dedicate considerable resources to research, technical development and innovation (R&TD&I) activities in this field. The SWAM Project is proposed to supply preconditions for further economic growth and global competitiveness of Murcia, Eastern-Galilee and Western Greece regions having high potential in the Water Technologies (Water-Tech) sector. The Project will develop an Action Plan (JAP) with the collaboration of these three regions, through mutual understanding of the respective research systems, coordinating their science policies as well as sharing the best practices and experiences in order to draw a pathway regarding: - Integration of synergies among these clusters, strengthening their internal capabilities and joining efforts in water technologies R&TD&I in order to develop world-wide this leading market. - Overcoming the current financial crisis as much as possible, by mobilizing other financial possibilities afforded by national/regional authorities, the private sector and by Community programmes. The project offers a cross-cutting effect over the participantsā regional economies, since water technologies are applied to all economic and productive sectors. There is also an innovative approach behind the idea which supports these clusters: to increase the regional economy growth and competitiveness matched with environmental preservation. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/245427 |
Urban water' |
| projects-157 |
318926 |
WATECH |
Advanced Treatments for Water Sustainability in Europe and China |
FP7 |
No data |
FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES |
2012-11-01 |
2015-10-31 |
Completed |
ā¬ 000 147 000.00 |
WATECH (Advanced Treatments for Water Sustainability in Europe and China) aims to connect the advanced water treatment research activities carried out by European and Chinese scientists. This Research Staff Exchange Action, with the main objective of creating and providing a solid basis for EU-China collaboration in environmental and water studies, is built on previous contacts between Chinese and European researchers.WATECH will identify common needs for solving water pollution problems, analyze topics and initiatives of scientific cooperation, map competences and potentials of Chinese researching organizations and major infrastructures, investigate strategic development plans and initiate roadmaps for future collaborations. It will improve the visibility of research initiatives and strengths of Chinese institutions in European investigation centers. Project can lead into future actions with Chinese organizations.According to this, the specific aims of the WATECH initiative are:ā¢ To share knowledge on advanced water treatment and sustainable managementā¢ To reinforce research cooperation between European and Chinese scientists within the water related sciencesā¢ To provide optimized training on site about water treatment technologiesā¢ To support the existing researching initiatives and programs through staff exchangesā¢ To build links between research scientists working in advanced water treatment, environmental research and the end users of their science for future collaborations |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/318926 |
Urban water' |
| projects-158 |
619024 |
SMARTWATER4EUROPE |
Demonstration of integrated smart water supply solutions at 4 sites across Europe |
FP7 |
No data |
ENV.2013.WATER INNO&DEMO-1 |
2014-01-01 |
2017-12-31 |
Completed |
ā¬ 010 043 233.20 |
European water utilities face many problems related to their 3,5 million kmās of distribution networks. Large parts of water distribution networks have to be rehabilitated requiring investments of ā¬ 20 billion/year. Prioritization and optimization of investments is needed urgently. In many countries, water quality needs improvement in order to reduce health risks and resources for water production and distribution must be used more efficiently. The European Innovation Partnership on Water has established priority areas related to the challenges in water supply distribution networks, focusing on resource efficiency, Smart Water Management and decision support systems. Although the technology components for Smart Water Management are available, the route to application is still uncertain. The main hurdles are: lack of integrated and open solutions; difficulty to comply with user and integration requirements; lack of clear and validated business cases for solutions; lack of business intelligence awareness and lack of political and regulatory support.Project aims1) To integrate and demonstrate 12 innovative solutions2) To demonstrate 4 integrated solutions3) To establish and guard integration and standardisation aspects4) To establish business cases, deployment potential and market uptake routesSolutionThis project will overcome the hurdles by developing and demonstrating in 4 important Smart Water Management themes (water quality management, leak management, energy optimization and customer interaction). 12 innovative theme oriented solutions and 4 integrated (technological, financial, ICT, organisation, management) solutions will be demonstrated at 4 well-scaled and real-life demonstration sites in France, United Kingdom, Spain and The Netherlands. These solutions will be tested, validated and evaluated and business cases will be generated.Consortium12 innovative SMEs, 3 water utilities, 3 research institutes, 1 company and 2 platform organisations. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/619024 |
Urban water' |
| projects-159 |
312713 |
TAWARA_RTM |
TAp WAter RAdioactivity Real Time Monitor |
FP7 |
No data |
SEC-2012.1.5-2 |
2013-12-01 |
2016-08-31 |
Completed |
ā¬ 003 414 864.80 |
The TAWARA_RTM project aims at developing a complete platform to control the quality of the tap water with respect to the radioactivity content. The platform will provide a real time measurement of the activity in the water (measuring the gross alpha and beta activity) to verify whether the distributed water is far from the limits set by the EU legislation (see Directive 98/83/CE of the European Council) reaching thresholds that require rapid actions. In case of an alarm due to an activity in the water lager than the defined thresholds, a warning message is sent to the water plant management to verify the need of stopping the water distribution. At the same time, a second part of the system is activated, to determine the nature of the contamination by gamma ray spectroscopy, defining the nature of the contamination and the corresponding counter-measures. Moreover, the determination of the contaminants is needed to establish the effects on the population and produce a full information report to the Civil Security Authorities. The prototypes of a real time monitoring system and spectroscopy analyzer will be designed, built, tested under laboratory condition and finally installed at the water plant in the North Waterworks Plant ZakÅad WodociÄ
gu PĆ³Ånocnego of Warsaw managed by the Warsaw Waterwork Company (Miejskie PrzedsiÄbiorstwo WodociÄ
gĆ³w i Kanalizacji w m.st. Warszawie S.A. ā MPWIK), for the demonstration campaign. The site selected for the demonstration is particularly problematic for possible radioactivity contamination being communicating through the network of rivers and canals with the Chernobyl region and being close to a Polish National Nuclear Waste storage site.The TAWARA_RTM project will include the development of the complete platform including the fast Real-Time Monitor system (RTM), the Spectroscopic system (SPEC) as well as the Information and Communication System that will be designed to include in future also chemical and biological sensors. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/312713 |
Urban water', 'Rivers and estuaries' |
| projects-160 |
312764 |
SAFEWATER |
Innovative tools for the detection and mitigation of CBRN related contamination events of drinking water |
FP7 |
No data |
SEC-2012.1.5-2 |
2013-10-01 |
2016-12-31 |
Completed |
ā¬ 004 773 047.66 |
SAFEWATER will develop an affordable global generic solution for the detection and management of drinking water crises resulting from CBRN contamination. SAFEWATER addresses the key drinking water incident management challenges at large, and in particular, the current shortcomings related to the contamination of water networks by CBRN agents - the lack of effective detection capacities, contamination warning systems, and decision support and management tools.SAFEWATER will start from best-of-breed technologies, including an EPA challenge winning event detection system. From this, the project will develop a dedicated DSS for the real-time support of decision makers, which comprises cutting-edge algorithms based on:ā¢Improved water management models for the detection of abnormal behaviour in drinking water systems; as well as the prompt treatment of data from various sources, improving contamination alert systems of large water drinking systemsā¢Result interpretation models to enable the real-time ranking of the severity of alerts and for the prompt identification of recovery measuresā¢Spatial detection models to determine the contaminationās source and spreadThe functionalities of a leading Event Management System will be expanded by introducing beyond the state of the art online simulation capacities, allowing users to have a close to real-time view of the networkās behaviour.New sensors will be proposed for online biological and radioactive water quality measurements. SAFEWATER will improve sensor selection by carrying out benchmarking activities and develop an innovative detection approach based on āvirtual sensorsā, i.e. large networks of domestic sensorsThe project will test and validate the full SAFEWATER solution in three different scenarios, each situated in a different municipality corresponding to a different usage context and to specific security threats. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/312764 |
Urban water' |
