| projects-381 |
647473 |
CWASI |
Coping with water scarcity in a globalized world |
H2020 |
ERC-2014-CoG |
ERC-CoG-2014 |
2015-07-01 |
2020-12-31 |
Completed |
€ 001 222 500.00 |
We intend to set up a new globalized perspective to tackle water and food security in the 21st century. This issue is intrinsically global as the international trade of massive amounts of food makes societies less reliant on locally available water, and entails large-scale transfers of virtual water (defined as the water needed to produce a given amount of a food commodity). The network of virtual water trade connects a large portion of the global population, with 2800 km3 of virtual water moved around the globe in a year. We provide here definitive indications on the effects of the globalization of (virtual) water on the vulnerability to a water crisis of the global water system. More specifically, we formulate the following research hypotheses: 1) The globalization of (virtual) water resources is a short-term solution to malnourishment, famine, and conflicts, but it also has relevant negative implications for human societies. 2) The virtual water dynamics provide the suitable framework in order to quantitatively relate water-crises occurrence to environmental and socio-economic factors. 3) The risk of catastrophic, global-scale, water crises will increase in the next decades.To test these hypotheses, we will capitalize on the tremendous amount of information embedded in nearly 50 years of available food and virtual water trade data. We will adopt an innovative research approach based on the use of: advanced statistical tools for data verification and uncertainty modeling; methods borrowed from the complex network theory, aimed at analyzing the propagation of failures through the network; multivariate nonlinear analyses, to reproduce the dependence of virtual water on time and on external drivers; multi-state stochastic modeling, to study the effect on the global water system of random fluctuations of the external drivers; and scenario analysis, to predict the future probability of occurrence of water crises. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/647473 |
Urban water', 'Global water system' |
| projects-382 |
101003527 |
MULTISOURCE |
ModULar Tools for Integrating enhanced natural treatment SOlutions in URban water CyclEs |
H2020 |
H2020-SC5-2018-2019-2020 |
SC5-27-2020 |
2021-06-01 |
2025-05-31 |
On going |
€ 005 169 165.00 |
The overall goal of MULTISOURCE is to, together with local, national, and international stakeholders, demonstrate a variety of about Enhanced Natural Treatment Solutions (ENTS) treating a wide range of urban waters and to develop innovative tools, methods, and business models that support citywide planning and long-term operations and maintenance of nature-based solutions for water treatment, storage, and reuse in urban areas worldwide. MULTISOURCE will allow users to identify multiple sources for local water reuse, promote increased uptake of nature-based solutions, and minimize discharge of water that has not received adequate treatment. MULTISOURCE will deliver new knowledge about ENTS and their ability to remove waterborne contaminants and provide effective risk reduction for chemical and biological hazards, as well as their capacity to be integrated into the landscape and contribute to the improvement of urban habitats. The project includes seven pilots treating a wide range of urban waters. Two individual municipalities (Girona, Spain; Oslo, Norway), two metropolitan municipalities (Lyon, France; Milan, Italy), and international partners in Brazil, Vietnam, and the USA will contribute to each of the main project activities: ENTS pilots, risk assessment, business models, technology selection, and the MULTISOURCE Planning Platform. The use of urban archetypes in the Planning Platform will enable users to quickly classify regions (in both developed or developing countries) suitable for the application of nature-based solutions for water treatment (NBSWT) and compare scenarios both with and without NBSWT. This unique approach provides the knowledge, business models, and modular tools that will enable stakeholders to conduct fit-to-purpose, large-scale planning in their local region and, in doing so, promote circularity and sustainable development in the urban water sector and overcome barriers to widespread uptake of nature based solutions for water treatment. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101003527 |
Urban water' |
| projects-383 |
101003765 |
NICE |
INNOVATIVE AND ENHANCED NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER CYCLE |
H2020 |
H2020-SC5-2018-2019-2020 |
SC5-27-2020 |
2021-06-01 |
2025-05-31 |
On going |
€ 004 996 342.00 |
The overall objective of NICE is to widen the availability of enhanced Natural Based Solutions (NBS) to provide circular urban water solutions. NICE will provide key knowledge for the design and implementation of NBS, closing urban water loops. Solutions will make available reusable water for different purposes, in addition to mitigating pollution and runoff and constituting an attractive and integral part of the urban landscape.NICE strategy will be based on the comprehensive study of existing NBS together with the R&D at lab and the validation at Urban Real Labs (11 URLs and 4 Fellow Sites in 5 EU countries and 2 international locations) of innovative NBS covering the urban water cycle (wastewater, greywater, river basins, stormwater & combined sewer overflow).High-potential technologies such as green walls, vegetated rooftops, rain gardens & hybrid subsurface wetlands will be studied and enhanced with especially tailored bioaugmentation strategies, reactive materials & other filling media, novel design & plants, obtaining highly innovative and efficient urban water NBS.The overall approach encompasses the integration of research, citizens, policy and the economic sector to provide the knowledge-base for the integration of the NBS in the real context, covering technical, geographic, social, economic and cultural variety:• Enable the scaling up NBS across EU by development of guidelines, standards and methodologies. A deep review of the existing innovative urban NBS in EU and beyond as well as the creation and implementation of URLs will be carried out. • New business and investment models to maximize the co-effectiveness and co-benefits for the environment, economy and society in urban landscapes of the development and deploy of NBS solutions.• Identify obstacles, barriers and opportunities for the current regulatory framework to support the integration of the NBS in the urban landscape and the use of the effluents for reuse in different uses.• Raising citizen´s awareness and engagement by involving local citizens, authorities, other NBS projects, etc. in the co-creation of the URLs. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101003765 |
Urban water', 'Wetlands' |
| projects-384 |
885891 |
IceAq |
Proglacial and subglacial aquifers: their evolution under climate change and the potential impacts in terms of resources and natural hazards, through the case of eastern Iceland |
H2020 |
H2020-MSCA-IF-2019 |
MSCA-IF-2019 |
2021-04-01 |
2023-03-31 |
Completed |
€ 000 184 239.36 |
The research addressing glacier evolution under climate change is well developed, looking not only at changes in mass balance, but also at the associated effects on basal and downstream hydrology. However, aftermath changes to the groundwater component are rarely considered, even though evolving groundwater recharge, discharge and storage will be required to forecast the evolution of water resources and of water-related hazards under climate change. This knowledge gap is the object of IceAq.IceAq will focus on 4 outlet glaciers of the Vatnajökull, the main icelandic icecap, which retreat under climate change is already documented. In addition to gathering of existing data (from geology to climatology), new data will be acquired on the field, mainly to characterise groundwater. Based on those data-sets, local comprehensive numerical models will be build, and then be integrated into a regional one, which will allow more realistic hydrogeological simulations, and the input of future climate scenarios.The scientific perspective is threefold: achievement of an operational understanding and quantification of unknown or poorly known aquifer systems in glacial context, prediction of their hydrodynamic response to climate change, and exploration of the potential role of glacier-aquifer interactions in the mechanism of deep recharge and formation of offshore fresh groundwater stocks in littoral zones.Outputs of the project will provide first answers to those interrogations, and be disseminated in the scientific community but also to the general audience through a participatory approach. The developed methodology will be applied in the future to other glaciated systems in different contexts.Dr Vincent and the glaciology group of IES, UoI, have very complementary expertise, essential for this project. The planned research and training is expected to allow Dr Vincent to reach her career objectives and will offer her host new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/885891 |
Snow and ice', 'Groundwater' |
| projects-385 |
855523 |
WATERMAX |
First European Aeration Systems based on NANOBUBBLES TECHNOLOGY for Waste Water Treatment |
H2020 |
H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 |
EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 |
2019-02-01 |
2019-07-31 |
Completed |
€ 000 071 429.00 |
Clean-up of waste waters has a huge environmental footprint, in terms of energy consumed and impact on the ecosystem.Public and private organizations operating WWT plants (Waste Water Treatment) face problems in terms of: 1) highoperating costs for electricity consumption and maintenance; 2) high costs of devices for the upgrade of osolete water aeration systems. LUNA is the is the first company in Europe having developed, tested and demonstrated in real conditions a NBG (Nanobubble Generator) aeration system able to treat huge flows of WWT, with revolutionary properties: A) high aeration capacity (hyper-aeration): transfer of larger amounts of dissolved oxygen in to the waste water for the biological treatment processes, which means higher efficency.B) hyper-oxidation properties, which help to remove various harmful chemical elements (ammonia first of all) in wastewater and reducing the sludge produced in comparison with traditional processes. LUNA’s WMAX Nanobubbles aeration system is currently the best and chepaest available solution to upgrade the aeration system of obsolete water-treatment plant. For building a new aeration system WMAX devices are the best solutions that guarantees simultaneously low costs for purchase, installation and maintenance, very high efficiency, simplicity and speed of installation. After extensive lab tests, in mid 2018 the first (WMAX-50) device has reached the TRL7, after six months of continuous tests in real conditions at a pilot users’ WWT plant in Italy. To bring the WATERmax technology on the market, the company foresee the following actions: i) optimize the first prototype (WMAX-50) and prepare staff for its industrialization and productionii) develop the new bigger WMAX-200 and plan new (big/small) modelsiii) certify (CE) WMAX and apply for a European patentiv) build an European network of partners and resellers; start sales in 2020 in Italy, in 2021 abroad Target revenues forecast is 8.2 M€ for the first 3 years. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/855523 |
Urban water' |
| projects-386 |
687809 |
POWER |
Political and sOcial awareness on Water EnviRonmental challenges |
H2020 |
H2020-ICT-2015 |
ICT-10-2015 |
2015-12-01 |
2019-11-30 |
Completed |
€ 003 747 937.50 |
POWER is a user-driven project to share knowledge and experience of water related issues in different EU local authorities to create a tool for EU water policy. It addresses four of the eight EIP WATER priorities:1. Water reduction consumption2. Water quality 3. Extreme weather events (surface water flood risk) 4. Variables related to water conservationIt will develop a common DSP system prototype to be demonstrated in Milton Keynes, Sabadell, Leicester and Jerusalem. It will combine the experience of these Key Demonstration Cities with follower Cities. The followers are members of EIP Water Action Group City Blueprints, NetwercH2O and cities that have already produced a CITY BLUEPRINT.The objectives are:1. Set up a user-driven Digital Social Platform (DSP) 2. Ensure the involvement of a wide society and knowledge community 3. Ensure social, technological, environmental and political uptake 4. Transfer the POWER model environment to other communities 5. Create new collaborative business models The POWER project will therefore:- Increase the transnational municipal network effect by facilitating unrestricted communication and community involvement- Influence related policy planning and decisions - Offer an innovative and effective open source solution to excluded regions, cities and users, based on a ‘link and scale up’ strategic network - Prioritise social value, scalability, transferability, society empowerment and motivation to act. POWER responds to the call and topic c) challenges by:- harnessing the collaborative nature of ICT to create awareness - reducing the gap between stakeholders of specific city challenges.- addressing scalability and deployment for new cases - involving excluded stakeholders- integrating water issues into economic and social policy.- being based on the networks: EIP Water - Action Group City Blueprints; and NetwercH20- engaging with decision makers, professionals and the general public |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/687809 |
Urban water' |
| projects-387 |
867843 |
Waterjade |
Waterjade: the global platform to predict water resources |
H2020 |
H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 |
EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 |
2019-06-01 |
2019-11-30 |
Completed |
€ 000 071 429.00 |
"Water is called the new gold of the 21st century, yet, due to climate change, water resources are becoming ever more discontinuous, creating hazardous sitations and big uncertainties in numerous sectors, like energy, where water is the primary ingredient for daily operations.One of the most recurrent question raised by professionals is: ""how much water is there and when will it become available""? We have developed a new technology, called Waterjade, capable of predicting water resources at high resolution, both in terms of snow and river discharge. Differently from other competitive technologies, it adopts a physically based modeling approach that integrates multiple sources of data, like in-situ stations, numerical weather predictions and satellite data. The advantages are increased accuracy and scalability to ungauged basins. Our customers are hydropower companies, whom we deliver a service of snow monitoring upstream the production plants, so they can quantify the energy that is likely to be produced in the long run, and a service of short-term inflow predictions to the plants, useful for safety reason and to optimize the energy production. We are extending the service of snow monitoring also to the public sector, that use it for safety reasons (avalanches) and as an index to anticipate drought.Working with public and private sectors is giving positive feedback, both in terms of credibility and accuracy as we can benefit from the capillary distribution of in-situ stations from public agencies.The business model is a ""subscription-based Service"" to the Waterjade portal and the market potential is estimated in about 500 M€/y worldwide, with great potential in particular for hydropower, Europe's and world’s largest renewable energy resource." |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/867843 |
Rivers and estuaries', 'Snow and ice' |
| projects-388 |
101036337 |
MERLIN |
Mainstreaming Ecological Restoration of freshwater-related ecosystems in a Landscape context: INnovation, upscaling and transformation |
H2020 |
H2020-LC-GD-2020 |
LC-GD-7-1-2020 |
2021-10-01 |
2025-09-30 |
On going |
€ 022 073 724.64 |
Europe's environment is in an alarming state, with climate change effects aggravating. To secure economic prosperity, human wellbeing and social peace, systemic transformative change of our society is imperative. Ecosystem restoration using nature-based solutions (NbS) is key to this change, in which freshwaters hold a pivotal role. MERLIN will demonstrate freshwater restoration best-practice; implement innovative NbS at landscape-scale; upscale systemic restoration seizing green growth and private investment opportunities; mainstream restoration by co-development with local communities and economic sectors; multiply solutions for transformative restoration to key players of systemic change. MERLIN will capitalise on successful freshwater restoration projects across Europe. Success factors of 17 flagship projects will be scrutinized, generating a blueprint for proficient NbS implementation. With investments of 10 mio Euro in hands-on upscaling measures along scalability plans, MERLIN will transform these projects into beacons of innovation for systemic change. Upscaling to the European level, MERLIN will identify landscapes with high potential for transformative restoration and will analyse cost-benefits of restoration scenarios. Economic analyses of European regions will seize green growth opportunities arising from restoration. MERLIN will delineate models for private investment into restoration alongside public funding. MERLIN's initiatives will co-design win-win solutions with economic sectors (agriculture, water supply, insurance, navigation) and local communities, spearheading systemic economic, social and environmental change. The MERLIN Academy and virtual marketplace will multiply innovations to the community of practice, investors and policy makers across Europe and beyond. MERLIN is committed to a sustainable, climate-neutral and -resilient, inclusive and transformative path, mainstreaming restoration as a cornerstone for systemic change. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101036337 |
Rivers and estuaries', 'Wetlands', 'Urban water' |
| projects-389 |
832397 |
Revotree |
An automated, machine learning, IoT agronomic platform for optimal irrigation, pesticide and fertilizer utilization at farms. |
H2020 |
H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 |
EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 |
2018-12-01 |
2019-05-31 |
Completed |
€ 000 071 429.00 |
Revotree is an agronomic Internet of Things (IoT) automated intelligent irrigation platform that lets farmers know crops’ real needs, able to take autonomous decisions via its algorithms to control the opening and closure of the water flow, and simultaneously indicates the correct usage of pesticides and fertilizers without any user interaction, thereby improving crops’ productivity and natural resource usage. Revotree allows farmers to improve their business, saving up to 50% water (€ 2000/year per hectare) and improving the crop productivity by 20%. At the same time, Revotree allows to collect specific data on local crops and, through smart machine learning algorithms and AI, it can analyze, filter and tailor the data for each of its second level (big data) clients that will be agricultural research centers, agronomists, farm insurances, micro-local weather tracking, crops and farms mapping, pesticide and fertilizer companies.After the development process started in 2015 and the validation of the technology (9 installations in Italy and Switzerland), Revotree is ready to scale-up the technology thanks to the application in 300 fully operational farms in Southern Mediterranean countries, in order to validate the sensor manufacturing process and benefits for end-users. The market potentials are huge: only considering the already consolidated contacts with potential customers, the Serviceable and Obtainable Market (SOM) in the EU can be estimated to be 30 M€/year by 2024.During Phase 1 project, Revotree S.r.l. will develop a detailed technical and business feasibility analysis, focused on the supply chain optimization for Revotree’s hardware manufacturing, the prototypal Revotree’s process design, customers validation for subscription fee confirmation (300 €/year for farmer, 5000 €/year for big data customers), the analysis of the achievable market and the refinement of the Business Model to be implemented in the Market entry phase. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/832397 |
Urban water', 'Groundwater' |
| projects-390 |
776691 |
TWIGA |
Transforming Weather Water data into value-added Information services for sustainable Growth in Africa |
H2020 |
H2020-SC5-2016-2017 |
SC5-18-2017 |
2018-02-01 |
2022-07-31 |
Completed |
€ 005 006 823.77 |
Objectives: Provide currently unavailable geo-information on weather, water and climate for sub-Saharan Africa by enhancing satellite-based geo-data with innovative in situ sensors and developing related information services that answer needs of African stakeholders and the GEOSS community.Concept: A systematic feedback loop to reciprocally validate in situ measurements and satellite data in one integrated model. Over 500 in situ measurement stations using citizen science. State of the art advancement & Innovation potential: Building on and pushing further recent advances in sensor and communication technology to provide cheaper and more robust in situ measurements covering a wider area at a higher resolution in sub-Saharan Africa.Working with tech-hubs in Europe and Africa to feed creation and growth of European and African start-ups that develop sensors and geo-services, delivering complete value chains from sensor to customer-ready information delivery.Impact on call expectations: -Integration of in situ components into models based on GEOSS and Copernicus data-OGC compliant science-grade geo-data (atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere) delivered to GEOSS, incl. near-real time statistically characterized soil moisture data from Africa that can be used operationally (not currently available) and radar derived soil moisture measurements also available under cloudy conditions, or vegetation overgrowth-at least 20 new products for use in food, water, energy security, climate change and resilience to natural hazards validated and ready for large-scale implementation by consortium partners and external stakeholders-based on at least 10 innovative, cost efficient, robust, sensors, including fast neutron coun-ter, track¬ing of convective storms with consumer lightning sensors and accelerometer for tree-crown weighing-(Bio-degradable) sensors reduced to one tenth to one hundredth of their current price, extremely low-maintenance, use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/776691 |
Urban water', 'Groundwater' |
