Development and application of Novel, Integrated Tools for monitoring and managing Catchments

Objetivo

INTCATCH will instigate a paradigm shift in the monitoring and management of surface water quality that is fit for global waters in the period 2020-2050. INTCATCH will do this by developing efficient, user-friendly water monitoring strategies and systems based on innovative technologies that will provide real time data for important parameters, moving towards SMART Rivers. The business model will transform water governance by facilitating sustainable water quality management by community groups and NGOs using a clouds data linked to a decision support system and eco-innovative technologies.
The INTCATCH project will use demonstration activities to showcase eco-innovative autonomous and radio controlled boats, sensors, DNA test kits and run-off treatment technologies. Actions which develop and evaluate these in a range of catchments will address the important innovation barriers to uptake, notably, a lack of knowledge of new technologies and their capabilities, identified by the European Innovation Plan (EIP) on water. By conceptually moving the laboratory to the ‘field’, the monitoring techniques that will be developed aim to supersede the inefficient, time dependent, costly and labour-intensive routine sampling and analysis procedures currently deployed to understand the quality of receiving waters. It will compliment routine monitoring that is required for baseline datasets, but also enable cost-effective impact and management investigations.
INTCATCH will incentivise stakeholder innovation in monitoring and will facilitate new financing for innovation through its innovative franchise business model and empowerment of community groups and NGOs. The market ambition is that the INTCATCH business will facilitate an eco-innovative approach to deliver good quality water bodies across Europe and beyond. This will support green growth, increase resilience to climate change and capture greater market-share for Europe’s innovative industries.

Ámbito científico

/ingeniería y tecnología/ingeniería eléctrica, ingeniería electrónica, ingeniería de la información/telecomunicación/teléfono móvil
/ciencias naturales/ciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales conexas/hidrología/hidroinformática
/ingeniería y tecnología/ingeniería ambiental/gestión del agua
/ciencias naturales/informática y ciencias de la información/software
/ciencias sociales/economía y empresa/gestión y empresas/modelo de negocio
/ingeniería y tecnología/ingeniería eléctrica, ingeniería electrónica, ingeniería de la información/ingeniería electrónica/sensores

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IA - Innovation action

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BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON

Dirección

Kingston Lane
UB8 3PH Uxbridge
United Kingdom

Tipo de actividad

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Aportación de la UE

€ 938 218,75

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