Periodic Reporting for period 2 - SCOREwater (Smart City Observatories implement REsilient Water Management)
Periodo di rendicontazione: 2020-11-01 al 2022-04-30
SCOREwater focuses on enhancing the resilience of cities against climate change and urbanization by enabling a water smart society that fulfils SDGs 3, 6, 11, 12 and 13 and secures future ecosystem services. We introduce digital services to improve management of wastewater, stormwater and flooding events. These services are provided by an adaptive digital platform, developed and verified by relevant stakeholders (communities, municipalities, businesses, and civil society) in iterative collaboration with developers, thus tailoring to stakeholders’ needs. Existing technical platforms and services (e.g. FIWARE, CKAN) are extended to the water domain by integrating relevant standards, ontologies and vocabularies, and provide an interoperable open-source platform for smart water management. Emerging digital technologies such as IoT and Artificial Intelligence are used to provide accurate predictions and information.
We implement three large-scale demonstrators in Amersfoort, Barcelona and Gothenburg and enable transfer and upscale by providing harmonized data and services. We initiate a new domain “sewage sociology” mining biomarkers of community-wide lifestyle habits from sewage. We develop new water monitoring techniques and data-adaptive storm water treatment and apply to water resource protection and legal compliance for construction projects. We enhance resilience against flooding by sensing and hydrological modelling coupled to urban water engineering. We will identify best practices for developing and using the digital services, thus addressing water stakeholders beyond the project partners. The project will also develop technologies to increase public engagement in water management.
Moreover, SCOREwater will deliver an innovation ecosystem driven by the financial savings in both maintenance and operation of water systems that are offered using the SCOREwater digital services, providing new business opportunities for water and ICT SMEs.
We implement three large-scale demonstrators in Amersfoort, Barcelona and Gothenburg and enable transfer and upscale by providing harmonized data and services. We initiate a new domain “sewage sociology” mining biomarkers of community-wide lifestyle habits from sewage. We develop new water monitoring techniques and data-adaptive storm water treatment and apply to water resource protection and legal compliance for construction projects. We enhance resilience against flooding by sensing and hydrological modelling coupled to urban water engineering. We will identify best practices for developing and using the digital services, thus addressing water stakeholders beyond the project partners. The project will also develop technologies to increase public engagement in water management.
Moreover, SCOREwater will deliver an innovation ecosystem driven by the financial savings in both maintenance and operation of water systems that are offered using the SCOREwater digital services, providing new business opportunities for water and ICT SMEs.
The three demonstrators serve as the foundation for understanding i) needs and business opportunities, ii) social and organisational enablers, iii) data analysis and AI for their applications, iv) data platform design and specification.
SCOREwater can be followed through multiple digital channels. Through a website (www.scorewater.eu) LinkedIn (SCOREwaterEU) and Twitter (@SCOREwaterEU). These channels are also used for community building.
Another strong dissemination channel is through Universeum and they have developed one digital exhibition and three water elaboration on the topic’s city water cycle and water purification methods.
For the technical advances the status for the three demonstrations is that we have collected data from sensors, lab analysis and other sources during the last year. In some cases, sensors has been replaced since they did not live up to expectations.
Several data driven models has been developed i.e: data validation, early warning system for flooding, sedimentation level prediction in sewage systems, turbidity outlet levels of waters cleaned in mobile wastewater treatment plants at construction sites.
During the second reporting period, the SCOREwater platform has been extended with additional functionality and improved connections to data sources.
The Flood Early Warning system for the City of Amersfoort has been connected and warnings are sent out in case of an expected flooding.
Due to issues with the 3Scale license, the Gravitee API management software was installed instead during the second reporting period.
A Github repository with example code and Docker images to run the SCOREwater platform has been created. This is in line with scale up and replication and we are assisting the City of Goteborg and IVL with replicating the SCOREwater platform.
Through an iterative development process with partners and stakeholders we have created a proven business case for the tools adapted to resilience against release of contaminated water from construction sites, and we have identified social and organizational enablers that are needed to make sensors and AI solutions useful to stakeholders.
The market analysis showed interesting findings that directly impact the commercial viability of the developed solutions after the project. One example is the need for adjustments to the regulatory framework in order to make low-cost sensor technology available and viable for use in reporting and monitoring of water quality parameters around construction sites.
A business model concept was created for the SCOREwater platform. This shows how different revenue streams, like subscriptions to data and services as well as publication fees, can fund the platform.
SCOREwater can be followed through multiple digital channels. Through a website (www.scorewater.eu) LinkedIn (SCOREwaterEU) and Twitter (@SCOREwaterEU). These channels are also used for community building.
Another strong dissemination channel is through Universeum and they have developed one digital exhibition and three water elaboration on the topic’s city water cycle and water purification methods.
For the technical advances the status for the three demonstrations is that we have collected data from sensors, lab analysis and other sources during the last year. In some cases, sensors has been replaced since they did not live up to expectations.
Several data driven models has been developed i.e: data validation, early warning system for flooding, sedimentation level prediction in sewage systems, turbidity outlet levels of waters cleaned in mobile wastewater treatment plants at construction sites.
During the second reporting period, the SCOREwater platform has been extended with additional functionality and improved connections to data sources.
The Flood Early Warning system for the City of Amersfoort has been connected and warnings are sent out in case of an expected flooding.
Due to issues with the 3Scale license, the Gravitee API management software was installed instead during the second reporting period.
A Github repository with example code and Docker images to run the SCOREwater platform has been created. This is in line with scale up and replication and we are assisting the City of Goteborg and IVL with replicating the SCOREwater platform.
Through an iterative development process with partners and stakeholders we have created a proven business case for the tools adapted to resilience against release of contaminated water from construction sites, and we have identified social and organizational enablers that are needed to make sensors and AI solutions useful to stakeholders.
The market analysis showed interesting findings that directly impact the commercial viability of the developed solutions after the project. One example is the need for adjustments to the regulatory framework in order to make low-cost sensor technology available and viable for use in reporting and monitoring of water quality parameters around construction sites.
A business model concept was created for the SCOREwater platform. This shows how different revenue streams, like subscriptions to data and services as well as publication fees, can fund the platform.
SCOREwater advances beyond state of the art in that we, by the end of the project, expect to have realized the following innovations:
• The SCOREwater Data Market, facilitating exchange and exploitation of data based on appropriate licenses, pricing models and access rights.
• Introducing a new innovative way to effectively monitor stormwater and adaptively control stormwater treatment. We also introduce a new low-cost water level and quality sensor, permitting cost-effective monitoring of stormwater for construction projects.
• Introducing new technology enablers such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to improve urban flood management.
• Introducing the concept sewage sociology. Data from the sewage system gives the cities a life-style surveillance system, to get better insights in public health. The data can be used to direct and evaluate information campaigns related to drugs, food habits, and epidemics.
SCOREwater is strongly linked with the main actions defined in the “Digital Single Market for Water Services Action Plan” and promoted by the European Commission in order to face water challenges in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Agreement and United nation climate conference. SCOREwater is analysing the water standardization landscape in order to design an interoperable platform based on water enhanced standards and following the INSPIRE directive.
Expected Impacts of SCOREwater are: i) interoperability of decision support systems, ii) improved decision making on water management, related risks and resource efficiency, iii) maximising return on investments through reduced operational costs for water utilities, iv) enhanced public awareness and engagement for water-friendly behaviour and a climate resilient society, v) market development of integrated and cyber-resilient ICT solutions and systems for smart water management, and opening up of a digital single market for water services, vi) implementation of the objectives of the EIP Water.
It has become more and more clear during stake holder meetings and literature studies that upscaling and the diffusion of the developed technologies are dependent on policy that gives incentives.
We therefore suggest that research and innovation is focused on scaleup. To start with predictive maintenance of wastewater systems should be prioritized since market driven volumes could be expected there. One could expect OPEX/CAPEX gains and to avoid overflows and flooding by in time identify clogging. Clogging of the sewage system can lead to odour, overflow and make the impact of flooding events more severe, leading to damage to property and business. By creating a first volume market also other areas as, environmental monitoring, could benefit later.
• The SCOREwater Data Market, facilitating exchange and exploitation of data based on appropriate licenses, pricing models and access rights.
• Introducing a new innovative way to effectively monitor stormwater and adaptively control stormwater treatment. We also introduce a new low-cost water level and quality sensor, permitting cost-effective monitoring of stormwater for construction projects.
• Introducing new technology enablers such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to improve urban flood management.
• Introducing the concept sewage sociology. Data from the sewage system gives the cities a life-style surveillance system, to get better insights in public health. The data can be used to direct and evaluate information campaigns related to drugs, food habits, and epidemics.
SCOREwater is strongly linked with the main actions defined in the “Digital Single Market for Water Services Action Plan” and promoted by the European Commission in order to face water challenges in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Agreement and United nation climate conference. SCOREwater is analysing the water standardization landscape in order to design an interoperable platform based on water enhanced standards and following the INSPIRE directive.
Expected Impacts of SCOREwater are: i) interoperability of decision support systems, ii) improved decision making on water management, related risks and resource efficiency, iii) maximising return on investments through reduced operational costs for water utilities, iv) enhanced public awareness and engagement for water-friendly behaviour and a climate resilient society, v) market development of integrated and cyber-resilient ICT solutions and systems for smart water management, and opening up of a digital single market for water services, vi) implementation of the objectives of the EIP Water.
It has become more and more clear during stake holder meetings and literature studies that upscaling and the diffusion of the developed technologies are dependent on policy that gives incentives.
We therefore suggest that research and innovation is focused on scaleup. To start with predictive maintenance of wastewater systems should be prioritized since market driven volumes could be expected there. One could expect OPEX/CAPEX gains and to avoid overflows and flooding by in time identify clogging. Clogging of the sewage system can lead to odour, overflow and make the impact of flooding events more severe, leading to damage to property and business. By creating a first volume market also other areas as, environmental monitoring, could benefit later.