Project description
Smarter surveillance for cleaner urban waters
Urban water pollution is a threat to ecosystems and public health. However, traditional monitoring systems often overlook pollution sources and pathways. The EU-funded AQUAMON project will introduce a smarter, more holistic approach. Specifically, it uses advanced sensors and unmanned vehicles across water, land, and air to monitor water quality in real time across eight pilot sites in Europe. The goal is to secure safe drinking water, improve wastewater reuse, protect urban bathing waters, and restore aquatic ecosystems. With integrated data and innovative control systems, AQUAMON supports a cleaner, more resilient water future for Europe.
Objective
Urban water pollution, resulting from rapid urbanisation, industrialization, and climate change, poses a significant threat to public health and environmental impact, compromising water quality. Specifically, water quality deterioration is linked to diffuse pollution from pollutant surface and groundwater bodies, disrupting biodiversity and the quality of aquatic ecosystems while exacerbating the global water crisis. Traditional urban water management plans do not include a holistic monitoring approach to address emerging water pollution ignoring important water pollution sources and pathways. Detecting, preventing, and responding timely to these threats can ensure the preservation of clean and safe water sources and work towards a resilient and sustainable water future across Europe that prioritises both public health and environmental well-being.
By committing to the destination of a clean environment and zero pollution, AQUAMON aims to perform innovation activities towards:
- Securing high-quality drinking water,
- Integrating sewer and wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) control,
- Building a water-smart management system for bathing waters to provide informed and safe opportunities for bathing in urban recreational waters,
- Restoring our oceans, seas, and river water bodies by deploying unmanned vehicles across the water surface, underwater, and air,
- Enhance sustainability to elevate wastewater quality to reuse standards,
- Improving urban water quality monitoring management plans and regulation shaping throughout the entire urban water cycle.
Designed around the challenges of 8 representative use cases across Europe, AQUAMON will implement effective monitoring strategies to enhance the comprehension of diffuse and point sources of water pollution within a global and climate change context.
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- engineering and technology environmental engineering water treatment processes wastewater treatment processes
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences environmental sciences pollution
- engineering and technology environmental engineering natural resources management water management
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HORIZON.2.6 - Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL6-2024-ZEROPOLLUTION-02
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570 01 THERMI THESSALONIKI
Greece
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