| projects-251 |
823965 |
ACCWA |
Accounting for Climate Change in Water and Agriculture management |
H2020 |
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2018 |
MSCA-RISE-2018 |
2019-03-01 |
2024-12-31 |
On going |
€ 001 518 000.00 |
The Mediterranean and Sahel regions are among the most sensitive areas to climate change as demonstrated in many studies (IPCC, 2013). Increased rainfall variability and ET rates will compromise irrigation potential and expansion plans and increased competition and conflict over limited water resources. There are significant knowledge gaps and uncertainties about how much water will be available for a complete growing season, how much should be used for scheduling irrigation efficiently and extracted from these regions. More information regarding water use is necessary to improve agricultural planning and to manage water more efficiently at different scales: farm and catchment/irrigation district level. Over both regions, the temperature increase will cause higher evaporation and transpiration rates, decreasing soil moisture and increasing crop water requirements. The expected impact in rainfed agriculture is a decrease in yield due to heat and water stress and an increase in the likelihood of crop failure in rainfed crops for maize, millet and sorghum (Parkes et al. 2018). Ongoing changes in the socio-economic and environmental background of rainfed farmers combined with the expected population growth make timely and reliable information on rainfed crop yield and its spatial variability essential in decision-support for improving food security and livelihoods. To this end, both understanding of the long term changes (inter-annual variability) and short-term changes (intra-annual variability) are needed.Temperature and precipitation changing patterns will also increase hazards linked to environmental conditions such as droughts, floods or crop pests like locust swarms. ACCWA aims to develop the remote sensing based monitoring tools for agriculture and water and management that help risk guidance in a climate change context. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/823965 |
Urban water', 'Coastal waters' |
| projects-252 |
824046 |
PURE-WATER |
Improved Estimation Algorithms for Water Purification and Desalination Systems |
H2020 |
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2018 |
MSCA-RISE-2018 |
2019-01-01 |
2023-06-30 |
Completed |
€ 000 372 600.00 |
Sustainable access to drinking water and providing usable water supply for adequate sanitation and also for irrigation based agriculture forms one of the major challenges for the global society in the 21st century. The major subject of the PURE-WATER project are water purification and desalination processes. As a crucial part of a functional water resource management system, the information processing and monitoring of the respective water filtration and refinement procedures are subject to high requirements for accuracy, real-time standards and reliability. From a system engineering perspective, major issues regarding the complex underlying physical principles are to gain an appropriate mathematical description of the dynamic behavior combined with an adequate parameterization and knowledge about the internal state conditions of the distributed processes via intelligent sensor data evaluation in spite of external perturbations. This is required for an efficient and safe water plant control setup. The consortium will work together on developing a robust and online implementable modulating function based estimation scheme that includes observers for nonlinear and distributed hydrodynamical systems with an additional fault detection and isolation concept to identify failing operational conditions such as membrane fouling impact. The designed methods are validated in simulation and an experimental test bench is developed for testing the designed algorithms in a realistic environment. Furthermore, a smart sensor configuration will be designed for joint measurement and data evaluation devices. This is accomplished by combining the expertise from academic partners on the fields of observer design as well as system modeling and simulation with the experience from industrial partners on waste water treatment, desalination and integrated sensor systems by exchanging knowledge between scientists from Europe, Latin America and the Middle East coordinated by EU members. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/824046 |
Urban water' |
| projects-253 |
664235 |
TECOOVAL |
High Technology, Energy and Water saving integrated hydraulic control valve for all purpose with 40% reduction in head losses |
H2020 |
H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015 |
SC5-20-2014-1 |
2015-05-01 |
2015-08-31 |
Completed |
€ 000 071 429.00 |
OOVAL develops, manufactures and markets hydraulic control valves for irrigation, water networks, fire extinguishing systems, and industrial manufacturing applications. As an Israeli company we excel in dealing with the water scarcity problem, being a world leader country increasing the efficiency of water management . Water losses in municipalities and industry, also called Non-Revenue Water (NRW), are largely attributed (up to 50%) to pipes faults such as leaks and bursts. The total loss of NRW worldwide is €10.2 billion according to the World Bank estimations. Each year more than 32 billion m3 of treated water are lost through leakage from distribution networks. Pressure control is an effective way to reduce such burst and leakage in water distribution systems. We have developed TECOVAL, the first hydraulic all-purpose control valve allowing pressure control with 40% head loss reduction. The objective of the project is the industrial development (from TRL6 to TRL9) of a range of control valves (8” to 16”) that includes: •the TECOVAL mechanical part already developed. •the integration of the electronic system (ALL-IN-ONE) for full management control of the water network.TECOVAL feasibility study objectives are: to verify the feasibility of the different system components (electrical and mechanical) integration, identify system design modifications based on different standards (ISO, ANSI, DIN, JIS) per country and industry; searching component suppliers, distributors and subcontractors for further industrialisation; and establishing the commercial profit. The outcome will be a business plan which will provide important information for the industrial deployment and commercialization of TECOVAL with a guarantee of success. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/664235 |
Urban water' |
| projects-254 |
659520 |
CONTESTEDWATERS |
Contested Waters: Rio de Janeiro’s Public Water Supply and the Social Structuring of the City |
H2020 |
H2020-MSCA-IF-2014 |
MSCA-IF-2014-EF |
2015-05-01 |
2017-04-30 |
Completed |
€ 000 159 460.80 |
The objective of the project is to write a social and political history of colonial and imperial Rio de Janeiro (16th to 19th centuries) along the lines of its expanding water supply. It is based on the assumption that the access to and control of water were closely related to the social and political struggles and structures in the city. Although not particularly scarce in its occurrence, due to the special geological situation, water and the water supply have always been more contested in Rio de Janeiro than in many other cities. Therefore water, with its highly transient availability but continuous relevance for all parts of society, is a topic suited to uncover important aspects of urban history, for specific situations as well as for broader developments, and ultimately for understanding how European rule in the overseas empires was constantly and extensively challenged by local circumstances. Furthermore, the project will give a response to the theoretical question about the relevance and applicability of environmental history to other fields of history, and encourage a more reflected and socially engaged thinking about some of the most pressing problems of our current world: the property, control and management of water – and harmful potential which can emanate from it. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/659520 |
Urban water' |
| projects-255 |
827658 |
ACT |
Low energy aeration solution for waste water treatment plants using hydrodynamic cavitation technology. |
H2020 |
H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 |
EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 |
2018-08-01 |
2018-11-30 |
Completed |
€ 000 071 429.00 |
Every day, 2 million tons of sewage and industrial and agricultural waste are discharged into the world’s water. These pollutants come from urbanization, industrialization, unsustainable food production practices, and poor water and wastewater management strategies . Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTPs) are one of the most expensive public industries due to exceptionally high energy consumption. Although the EU has made waste water treatment obligatory for cities and towns within the EU-27 (Water Framework Directive (WFD) 91/271/CEE), little has been done to tackle the unsustainable 15,021 GWh of energy these plants consume per year.The ACT aeration system utilises less energy than any known aeration technology. ACT's technology utilises new methods based on hydrodynamic supercavitation to efficiently mix gas (air containing oxygen) and liquid (treated wastewater). This new technology is versatile and can be adapted to meet the aeration needs of almost any type of WWTP. ACT has established a process which uses the potential energy of a liquid flow to induce a vaporous cavity (super cavity), to aspirate atmospheric air and efficiently mix it with treated wastewater. ACT aeration devices (aerators) are arranged in the manner which allows for several aerators to operate under a single simple pump. Additionally, due to the nature of the hydrodynamic process there is little equipment depreciation because the imploding vapours bubbles do not have direct contact with the solid surface of the equipment. ACT's aeration process does not require air blowers/compressors, air distribution piping, diffusers installation construction and pipes, which dramatically reduces the cost of an aeration system by a factor of 3-5 times.The users/clients of the Cavitech system are the over 71,000 WWTP that are currently operational in the EU member states. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/827658 |
Urban water' |
| projects-256 |
101029193 |
CO-Water |
From Conflict to Co-production: A Grassroots-Led Model of Polycentric Water Governance in the Postcolonial South |
H2020 |
H2020-MSCA-IF-2020 |
MSCA-IF-2020 |
2021-10-01 |
2024-09-30 |
Completed |
€ 000 262 209.60 |
"CO-Water aims to conceptualise a grassroots-led model of polycentric water governance in which the initiatives and aspirations of social movements are fruitfully integrated into co-production in the water sector. Four objectives have been defined: to comprehend the specific conflicts through which social movements come into being; to understand the potentialities and limitations of social movements in catalysing new forms of co-production; to evaluate existing state-led water governance and institutions, in regards to their transformational potentialities; and to envision a model of grassroots-led polycentric water governance by engaging with concerned groups. The empirical research consists of case studies of three social movements in the Jakarta metropolitan delta, as well as complementary case studies from Europe and Latin America. We look at the experiences of social movements in regards to these objectives, to advance key features of co-production and polycentric governance theories. Four bodies of literature are mobilised and cross-fertilised: the key works of Elinor Ostrom and selected reviews, developments, and critiques of these works by others; collective action literature within spatial planning and development studies, public administrative and management studies; literature on water governance in the Postcolonial South; and literature on urban social movements. Training during the Fellowship will focus on systematically expanding the researcher's theoretical horizon with an advanced comprehension of theories, improving her research and teaching methodology, extending her professional networks, and learning the management aspects of scientific co-operation and research development. Fuelled by an interdisciplinary approach to environmental conflicts, the Fellowship will link her research to development practices and add value for the coherent implementation of several SDGs, particularly SDG#6 on water and sanitation and SDG#11 on cities and communities." |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101029193 |
Urban water', 'Coastal waters' |
| projects-257 |
750700 |
LakeMP |
Spatial and temporal biotransformation of micropollutants in a lake ecosystem |
H2020 |
H2020-MSCA-IF-2016 |
MSCA-IF-2016 |
2017-09-05 |
2019-09-04 |
Completed |
€ 000 175 419.60 |
Freshwaters are increasingly contaminated with a variety of pesticides, pharmaceuticals, personal care product ingredients and industrial chemicals referred as “micropollutants” (MPs). Most of these MPs are poorly retained by wastewater treatment plants, and thus are released into natural water bodies, where they can travel all the way to the raw water of drinking water treatment plants. Very little information is currently available on the persistence and transformation of MPs in lake ecosystems. This project aims to investigate the fate of twelve MPs in lake Greifensee in Switzerland by measuring their transformation rates at different depths and seasons. To this end, lake water will be sampled at different depths in Lake Greifensee, and natural microbial communities (bacteria and phytoplankton) will be exposed to a mixture of different MPs using semipermeable plastic bags that will be redeployed to their original depth. The bags will let gases, salts and ions be exchanged with the outside environment, but will retain MPs and microorganisms inside the bag. At regular intervals, MP concentrations and their transformation products in the bags will be determined in order to calculate biotransformation rates of MPs at different depths of the lake. Phytoplankton and bacteria communities will be analyzed to assess the role of microorganisms in MP transformation using cutting edge “omics” methods such as metagenomics. This project will be unique in that it actually quantitatively describes the extent of MP biotransformation in situ, and thus eliminates many of the uncertainties involved in estimating in-field biodegradation based on laboratory experiments. It will also bring more in-depth knowledge on the drivers of biotransformation, whether they are of bacteria or phytoplankton origin. This project will hence foster improved risk assessment and management of the release of contaminants into the environment. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/750700 |
Lake' |
| projects-258 |
765921 |
IoT4Win |
Internet of Thing for Smart Water Innovative Networks |
H2020 |
H2020-MSCA-ITN-2017 |
MSCA-ITN-2017 |
2018-03-01 |
2022-05-31 |
Completed |
€ 000 767 065.83 |
The IoT4Win will establish a European Industrial Doctorates (EID) training program and extend the traditional academic research training setting, equipping researchers with right combination of research-related and transferable competences, joint research training programme combines an interdisciplinary expertise of European research group, industry partners and user organisations, bring together all required knowledge, skills, and stakeholders to offer a comprehensive set of transferable skills and a training programme on ICT, data science and water engineering, including industry practice and longer-term benefit in further industrial partner collaborations and further knowledge transfer. IoT4Win will respond to well defined and interdisciplinary scientific questions and challenges on IoTs for Smart Water Network (SWN) technological area cooperating to recruit 3 ESRs to undertake research in the context of a joint research training on concepts and methodologies of IoT enabled SWN towards the PhD. IoT4Win designs 3 individual and personalised research projects covering the core SWN research areas, i.e. smart sensing and trusted communication within energy limited heterogeneous devices in IoT enabled urban water environment; dynamic sensor web and interoperable open platform with Integrated Knowledge Management for smart water networks; data security and intelligence in IoT enabled SWN. The interdisciplinary collaborations and cross industrial interactions between ICT and water sector, will expose researchers to the academic, non-academic sectors. By combining three projects, an interoperable, secure and intelligent underlying technology leading to an open platform for IoT enabled SWN applications will be developed. This platform will then be applied to and evaluated in the real water scenarios with our end user industrial partner, leading to a specialised technology platform for SWN and a best-practice smart water network demonstrator. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/765921 |
Urban water' |
| projects-259 |
875981 |
SOCRATIC |
SOCRATIC: A real-time effluent management software based on artificial intelligence and industrial automation, specific for the prevention of combined sewage overflow |
H2020 |
H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 |
EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 |
2019-08-01 |
2019-11-30 |
Completed |
€ 000 071 429.00 |
Storm water overflows (also known as Combined Sewer Overflow, CSO) can occur during small to heavy rainfalls, if there is no proper management of the storage capacity in combined sewer systems. The share of combined sewer is more than 50% in 10 European states. CSOs carry chemical and microbiological pollution, hazardous substances and waste affecting the quality of water and environment putting at risk human and animal health and aquatic life. Between 2014-2017, 3.130 pollution events affecting only bathing waters were reported (Source EEA). The Urban Waste Water Directive requires the Member States to “decide on measures to limit the pollution from storm water overflows”. Beneath the option to build new infrastructures to increase retention capacities, which is a long and expensive process, the solution is to manage efficiently and adapt instantly existing canalisation systems and storage tanks. Currently, storm water management systems that aim to implement the latter concept focus on flood protection, which occurs only with heavy rainfalls. Moreover, they are based on weather forecasts that are unreliable and not accurate and hydraulic simulation software that need high computing times up to 24h. The French SME IXSANE Sas with more than 20 years of experience in Environmental & Urban engineering has developed SOCRATIC, an innovative effluent management system specific for CSOs prevention, that works with accurate real time storm water levels, fast Artificial Intelligence simulation and automated processes. A low cost technology, which provides savings of up to 90% in comparison to the construction of new infrastructures. SOCRATIC will reduce by 80% the number of CSO events and by 60% the volume of leaks released into the environment. IXSANE will target the Municipal Water Market, precisely the Smart Water Segment, where the share of Software and Automation is worth 8.83 Billion € in 2017 with a CAGR of 33,9% (Source Frost& Sullivan). |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/875981 |
Urban water' |
| projects-260 |
958396 |
AquaSPICE |
Advancing Sustainability of Process Industries through Digital and Circular Water Use Innovations |
H2020 |
H2020-LOW-CARBON-CIRCULAR-INDUSTRIES-2020 |
CE-SPIRE-07-2020 |
2020-12-01 |
2025-02-28 |
On going |
€ 012 157 849.02 |
AquaSPICE aims at materializing circular water use in the European Process Industries, fostering awareness in resource-efficiency and delivering compact solutions for industrial applications. That challenging aim necessitates (i) multiple state-of-the-art water treatment and re-use technologies, (ii) diverse closer-loop practices regarding water, energy and substances, (iii) a cyber-physical-system controller in the form of a system for real-time monitoring, assessment and optimization of water (re-)use at different interconnected levels and (iv) an effective methodological, regulatory and business framework. AquaSPICE not only offers these but claims their sufficiency, as also supported by the breadth of European process industries who are here to evaluate (i)-(iv). AquaSPICE’s innovations emanate from the requirements of the Case Studies, involving industrial actors (Dow, BASF, Water-Link, Solvay, ARETUSA, Agricola, and TUPRAS) in 5 EU countries (Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and Romania) and 1 associated country (Turkey). AquaSPICE follows a systemic approach in water management where optimal efficiency can be achieved through an adaptation of appropriate technologies and practices in different levels, from a single industrial process (unit operation), to an entire factory, to other collaborating industries (industrial symbiosis) or other sectors (e.g. domestic and/or agriculture). AquaSPICE enables and facilitates the immediate uptake, replication and up-scaling of innovations, by providing comprehensive strategic, business and organizational plans that offer a range of well-defined and pre-packaged solutions, suitable for various cases with quite different characteristics. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/958396 |
Urban water' |
