Innovative methodology to prevent and mitigate diffuse pollution from urban water runoff

Informations projet

WATERUN

N° de convention de subvention: 101060922

DOI

10.3030/101060922

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 2 Juin 2022

Date de début 1 Juin 2022

Date de fin 31 Mai 2026

Financé au titre de

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Coût total

€ 3 974 187,50

Contribution de l’UE

€ 3 970 437,50

Coordonné par

ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION METALURGICA DEL NOROESTE
Spain

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Livrables

Other (8)

Definition of the risk based DSS architecture

General description of the architecture of the DSS providing the concept for the development of the risk-analysis, organisation of the mapping tool and its integration with other risk-based tools (EWS and WSUD). [UNIVPM], M18 [OTHER], [PU] [from T5.1, Task 5.2, Task 5.3]

Beta version of the risk-based DSS and mapping tool

Description of the initial set-up of the risk-based DSS including preliminary algorithms for QMRA and QCRA analysis and their interconnection with the mapping tool. [UNIVPM], M24 [OTHER], [PU] [from T5.1]

Risk-based tool for WSUD

This deliverable will explain the development and validation of the risk-based tool to perform WSUD assisting the selection of the most suitable GI to reduce health-risk during stormwater reuse. [UNIVPM], M48 [OTHER], [PU] [from T5.3]

Manual of the source-area ranking system linked to the identification tool and inventory of GI locations

Documentation manual of the pollution source areas including operational guidelines applicable to a whole range of different city layouts and the way forward for the identification of suitable Green Infrastructure locations to minimise or avoid pollution transfer. [TUB], M45, [OTHER], [PU] [from T3.3]

Manual of the planning tool to model the reduction of pollution runoff, CSO and pollution discharge to water bodies

This deliverable will include two key sections: 1) a step-by-step description of the planning tool based on the MUST-B approach, and 2) modelling result reports of GI scenarios for Santiago, Aarhus and Amman CS for the reduction of the urban pollution runoff. [UFZ], M45, [OTHER], [PU] [from T3.4]

Implementation of EWS for a safe UWR reuse and management

D5.4 will describe the development, configuration and complete structure of the EWS, including outcomes of the performed simulations in the CS of Santiago and Aarhus. [UNIVPM], M42 [OTHER], [PU] [from T5.2]

Decision-support framework and mapping tool for water quality and risk analysis provision

DDescription of the final implementation of the risk-based DSS in the CS of Santiago and Aarhus, including the algorithms for QMRA and QCRA analysis and the display of results in the GIS-based mapping tool for different reuse scenarios. [UNIVPM], M48 [OTHER], [PU] [from T5.1]

WATERUN Toolbox

"The WATERUN Toolbox will be an online open-source platform providing access to relevant WATERUN knowledge and compiling ""12 best of"" instruments geared to optimise water management interventions in an easy-to-understand yet comprehensive way. A total of 12 factsheets will be developed around the 4 WATERUN pillars: co-creation process, advanced monitoring, modelling tools and green infrastructures. The WATERUN Toolbox will be hosted at www.sswm.info, the most extensive collection of knowledge around sustainable sanitation and water management. It compiles thousands of “best of “ instruments – be that technologies, methodologies, behavioural change approaches or planning tools for water management interventions at the local level.[SEECON], M42, [OTHER], [PU] [from T1.1]"

Documents, reports (9)

Field campaigns developed for WATERUN CS until M24

D2.2 will include empirical data collection, institutional documents analysis, historical data, climate projections, legislative framework and water quality sampling campaigns, according to the monitoring protocol set in D2.1 until M24 for the case studies. [AIMEN], M24, [R], [PU] [from T2.2]

Field campaigns developed for WATERUN CS from M24 to M45

D2.3 will focus mainly in include water quality measurements of target pollutants identified in previous field monitoring campaigns of UWR (e.g: heavy metals, pathogens, nutrients, PAH and microplastics) at different periods of the year at each of the 3 CS. [AU], M45 [R], [PU] [from T2.2]

Training Plan

It will contain the organisation and content of the WATERUN technology transfer and training activities from the RTO to the industrial partners. These training activities will comprise the elaboration of suitable material for training and technology transfer and the organisation of specific sessions, simultaneously to the project meetings. [OIEAU], M48 [R], [PU] [from T6.3]

Co-creation action plans for Santiago and Aarhus

This D1.1 will contain a detailed description of the stakeholders along UWR management cycles in Aarhus and Santiago, as well as in a general setting, and how the LSB and the ISB were formed. Furthermore, the report will describe the resulting stakeholder participation strategy, indicating who, when, how and for what each key actor should be involved in co-creating the WATERUN tools (for monitoring, modelling, risk management tools, GI and guidance for decision-making). [SEECON], M24, [R], [PU] [from T1.1]

Environmental and technical-economic assessment

Description of the environmental analysis of the Santiago and Aarhus GI using LCA methodology. Specifications and conclusions of the technical-economic feasibility of real implementation (technical feasibility and cost estimation) of WATERUN methodology in Santiago city. This real implementation will be compared with the current UWR management in Santiago. [AIMEN], M48 [R], [PU] [from T4.4]

Validation of Santiago and Aarhus CS GI

Description of the optimum operation conditions (organic and hydraulic load) to get the best removal efficiency of the target pollutants. Maximum OLR and minimum HRT will be tested during validation period achieving the best performance of the GI. [AU], M46 [R], [PU] [from T4.2 and T4.3]

First version of the Dissemination and Communication Plan

First version of the Dissemination and Communication Plan comprising the initial objectives, toolkit and planned activities, identifying audiences and the key message. The envisaged dissemination and communication activities will be based on the draft D&CP indicated in section 2.2.2. [OIEAU], M6 [R], [PU] [from T6.2]

Guidance of WATERUN UWR management methodology

The guidance will contain the working procedures and the implementation protocols of the novel tools developed in WATERUN, and will represent a ready-made output for decision-making and governance in urban areas. [UNIVPM], M48, [R], [PU] [from T5.4]

Final version of the Dissemination and Communication Plan

Final version of the Dissemination and Communication Plan comprising the final objectives, toolkit and activities developed during the project. This final version will include all type of dissemination & communication activities developed in the project by the consortium as well as the cluster activities with other similar projects. [OIEAU], M48 [R], [PU] [from T6.2]

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

WATERUN Website

WATERUN Website will comprise a public site and a private members’ area to ease the collaboration among partners and to share information. Public Deliverables and all information related to WATERUN will be uploaded on the website. To be updated at least every three months [OIEAU], M4, [DEC], [PU] [from T6.2]

Policy brief releasing evidence-based policy recommendations

D1.3 will include a description of the benchmarking of the UWR legal and governance framework and the economic regulation analysis of public services for UWR management. . The target audience for this D1.3 will be: European Regulatory Authorities; Specialized offices within national Ministries; Industry associations; Research institutes; Consultants; International associations (eg. IWA, IAWD, etc); International organizations like World Bank (eg. Danube region program), OECD (Network of Economic Regulators, Water Governance Initiative), EIB. [WAREG], M44, [DEC], [PU] [from T1.1]

Data sets, microdata, etc (1)

Modelling database for Santiago and Aarhus CS

Database consisting of local and freely available (remote sensing) data and information from Santiago, Aarhus and Amman CS (shape files of the cities; historical data on precipitation and UWR quality; high resolution digital elevation model; digital information of the sewer system; existing SW basins and discharge points; environmental/land cover information). The database will be commonly used for the development and application of the WATERUN modelling tools. [UFZ], M10, [DATA], [PU] [from T3.1]

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Operation of Santiago and Aarhus CS GIO

D4.2 will describe the performance of the GI of both CS including the start-up and steady state operation conditions for Santiago CS and improvements regarding the design and performance of the existing GI in Aarhus CS. The operation will be tested regarding the OLR and HRT of each GI and the performance will be tested based on pollutants removal. [AIMEN], M36 [R], [PU] [from T4.2 and T4.3]

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (8)

Pysewer: A Python Library for Sewer Network Generation in Data Scarce Regions

Auteurs: Moritz Sanne; Ganbaatar Khurelbaatar; Daneish Despot; Manfred van Afferden; Jan Friesen
Publié dans: Journal of Open Source Software, 2024, ISSN 2475-9066
Éditeur: Open Journals
DOI: 10.21105/JOSS.06430

UrbanWaterBlocks: A python tool for block-based urban water management

Auteurs: Snigdha Dev Roy, Daneish Despot, Maria Chiara Lippera, Ganbaatar Khurelbaatar, Jan Friesen
Publié dans: Sustainable Cities and Society, 2026, ISSN 2210-6715
Éditeur: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.SCS.2026.107244

Spatial-economic scenarios to increase resilience to urban flooding

Auteurs: Maria Chiara Lippera; Ganbaatar Khurelbaatar; Daneish Despot; Gislain Lipeme Kouyi; Anacleto Rizzo; Jan Friesen
Publié dans: Water Research X, 2025, ISSN 2589-9147
Éditeur: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.WROA.2024.100284

A quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) framework for optimizing harvestable volume in stormwater reuse systems

Auteurs: B. Szeląg; V. Barros; A. Kiczko; J. González-Camejo; K. Barbusiński; E.R. Rene; P. Kowal; F. Fatone
Publié dans: Ecological Engineering, 2026, ISSN 1872-6992
Éditeur: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOLENG.2026.107964

Urban blocks enable data-reduced, hydraulically sound planning for combined sewer overflow mitigation

Auteurs: Daneish Despot, Ganbaatar Khurelbaatar, Maria Chiara Lippera, Snigdha Dev Roy, Roland Müller, Jan Friesen
Publié dans: Water Research X, ISSN 2589-9147
Éditeur: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.WROA.2025.100466

Comparison of urban overland flow dynamics on sealed and partially permeable surfaces across a European transect

Auteurs: Boney Anna Joseph; Nasrin Haacke; Eva Paton
Publié dans: Urban Water Journal, 2025, ISSN 1744-9006
Éditeur: Taylor and Francis
DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2025.2495216

Environmental Research Letters

Auteurs: Eva Paton; Margherita Nardi; Galina Churkina; Karin Hoffmann; Boney Joseph; Björn Kluge; Mohamed Salim; Sebastian Schubert; Laura Tams
Publié dans: Environmental Research Letters, 2025, ISSN 1748-9326
Éditeur: PURPOSE-LED PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ADBFA9

Towards stormwater reuse risk management plans: Methodology and catchment scale evaluation of QMRA

Auteurs: Bartosz Szelag, Lucia De Simoni, Adam Kiczko, Massimiliano Sgroi, Anna Laura Eusebi, Francesco Fatone
Publié dans: Science of The Total Environment, Numéro 964, 2025, ISSN 0048-9697
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2025.178552

Book chapters (1)

Co-designing water-sensitive suburbs through blue-green infrastructure planning by research, municipal and housing association partners

Auteurs: J. Friesen; G. Khurelbaatar; B. Plaul; D. Despot; M. van Afferden; R. A. Müller; M. Breulmann
Publié dans: Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Sustainability, 2025, ISBN 9781789065015
Éditeur: IWA Publishing
DOI: 10.2166/9781789065015_0175