Protecting citizens against intentional drinking water contamination with a water quality firewall

Projektinformationen

AquaSHIELD

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 666490

DOI 10.3030/666490

Abgeschlossenes Projekt

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 4 Juni 2015

Startdatum 1 Januar 2015

Enddatum 31 Mai 2017

Finanziert unter

• Secure societies - Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens

Gesamtkosten € 1 123 136,25

EU-Beitrag € 786 195,00

Koordiniert durch

OPTISENSE BV
Netherlands

Ziel

Critical water infrastructures and high profile (soft) targets are vulnerable to intentional drinking water contamination. Physical access is difficult to control and traditional water quality monitoring solutions are largely inadequate to protect the water distribution process and its consumers. In light of increasing security threats there is a strong need amongst water suppliers and authorities, in Europe and globally, for a contaminant warning system that can be deployed in the distribution network and that provides real-time water quality information and event classification to support rapid decision making and protect the health of citizens.

AquaSHIELD is based on an innovative and awarded optical sensor technology developed by Dutch optical sensor company Optisense, and is unique in combining 24/7 online event detection and high spec analytical capabilities for multiple substances in an affordable platform suitable for deployment in the field and for operation by non-specialist personnel.

The AquaSHIELD solution integrates two sub-components that have already been tested and validated by leading water companies in the Netherlands and Singapore, and will consist of a generic sensor for online real-time detection of contamination events, online monitoring of chlorine residual as indicator for micro-biological contaminations, and rapid screening capability for a set of high priority threat substances. Support letters from drinking water companies in the Netherlands, France and Israel confirm how AquaSHIELD will fulfil a market requirement that is currently not met.

Globally water utilities spend over USD 180 billion annually on the production and distribution of drinking water, of which 3 billion is spent on water quality analysis. Water security is an increasingly important niche in this large global market. The dual-use capability of the individual AquaSHIELD sub-components further adds to the commercial potential (smart grids) of the project and Optisense.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › water treatment processes › drinking water treatment processes
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors › optical sensors
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › hydrology
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › computer security › network security
• engineering and technology › civil engineering › structural engineering › hydraulic engineering

Programm/Programme

• H2020-EU.3.7. - Secure societies - Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens Main Programme
• H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument

Thema/Themen

• DRS-17-2014 - Critical infrastructure protection topic 7: SME instrument topic: “Protection of Urban soft targets and urban critical infrastructures”

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015

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Unterauftrag

H2020-SMEINST-2-2014

Finanzierungsplan

SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2

Koordinator

OPTISENSE BV

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 786 195,00
• Adresse: HENGELOSESTRAAT 705 ; 7521 PA ENSCHEDE ; Niederlande
• KMU Die Organisation definierte sich zum Zeitpunkt der Unterzeichnung der Finanzhilfevereinbarung selbst als KMU (Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen). Ja:
  Region
  Oost-Nederland › Overijssel › Twente
• Region: Oost-Nederland › Overijssel › Twente
• Aktivitätstyp: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Gesamtkosten: € 1 123 136,25