ICT for Water ResourceManagement

Funded bythe European Union

(Grant Agreement No. 619660)

Project Coordinator

National University of Ireland Galway,University Road,Galway, Ireland.Phone: +353 91 492973info@waternomics.eu

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PILOTS

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WATERNOMICS will be demonstrated in fourhigh impact pilots that target three differentend users/stakeholders.Waternomics for Domestic UsageMunicipality of Thermi, Greece

Waternomics for Corporate UsageLinate Airport, Milan, Italy

Waternomics for MunicipalitiesGalway City, Ireland

Homes (single residence,apartments and complexes)in a water stressed region

Installing a water manage-ment system in the mainterminal of a signature EUairport

Decision making tools andsupport to public buildingsand public assets

WATERNOMICS equiped all pilot sites withsensors linked to a single smart water plat-form. With this smart water system, WA-TERNOMICS applications are being tested.

PARTNERS

Waternomics is member of the ict4water cluster and theCtrl+SWAN Action Group

NUI GalwayIreland

ULTRA4Greece

UNESCO-IHENetherlands

TU DelftNetherlands

BM-ChangeNetherlands

R2M SOLUTION SRLItaly

SEAItaly

Municipality of ThermiGreece

VTEC Engineering BVNetherlands

RESULTSAPPROACHTHE WATER CHALLENGE

OBJECTIVES

Studies carried out by the European Commis-sion have identified that a significant part ofEurope suffers from water stress, that thecumulative impacts of economic developmentand climate change are likely to aggravate thesituation in many areas where water stressalready exists and that further significantparts of Europe are likely to be affected in thefuture.

The same studies identified a very significantpotential for water savings in Europe throughimproved water efficiency, in particular inagriculture, buildings and water distributionsystems. It is estimated that between 20-40% of Europe’s water is being wasted.

WATERNOMICS will provide personalized andactionable information on water consumptionand water availability to individual house-holds, companies and cities in an intuitive &effective manner at relevant time-scales fordecision making. Project objectives include:● Introduce demand response and ac-

countability principles in the water sector● Engage consumers in new interactive and

personalized ways that bring water effi-ciency to the forefront and leads to changesin water behaviours

● Empower corporate decision makers andmunicipal area managers with a waterinformation platform

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The project is still ongoing but the first resultshave become available. Results range fromnew sensor technology, the water informationplatform with novel applications to the meth-odology and new business models and valuepropositions. In the final stage, results will bevalidated technologically as well as economi-cally in the four pilots or with relevant busi-ness partners.

Linked Water Data• Linkage of contextual information• Inclusion of W3C Standards• Water data as Open Data on Web

Internet of Things• Sensors connected to the Internet• Real-time water awareness• Semantic event processing

Water Management Systems• Auditing procedures• Sensor network design rules• Organisational procedures

Water Analysis Services• Water Usage Prediction Models• Meteorological Drought Forecasting• Leak & Fault Detection

Water Information Services• Visual Dashboards• Decision Support Systems• Games & Interactive learning apps

OVERVIEW

IoT

Project Type: Collaborative project Project start date: February 2014 Duration / Effort: 36 months / 416 PM Call: FP7-ICT-2013-11 Budget/EC Contribution: €4.3M/ € 2.9M Consortium: 9 partners, 4 Countries, 4 SMEs

Project Facts

Water Application Market• Apps for water conumption,

monitoring, prediction and saving• Support third party apps• For public- and in-company use

Linked Water Dataspace• Combines open and private data• Support services for applications• Compliant with W3C standards

Innovative Sensors• Mobile ultrasonic flow meter• Acoustic leakage detection• Optical sensors

Standards Based Methodology• Based on ISO standards• Including new tools and methods• For small and large companies

Business Opportunities• New WATERNOMICS based value

propositions• Validation with business partners

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