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
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
H2020-WATER-2015-two-stage
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Régimen de financiación
IA - Innovation actionCoordinador
UB8 3PH Uxbridge
United Kingdom
Participantes (19)
37129 Verona
08500 Vic Barcelona
15780 Athina
20149 Milano
00161 Roma
11146 Athina
37073 Gottingen
1180 Wien
24109 Kiel
08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona)
La participación finalizó
08560 Manlleu
BS1 5AH Bristol
DA12 2BG Gravesend Kent
PE28 0QF Molesworth
NP16 6DU Chepstow
37136 Verona
37019 Peschiera Del Garda
00152 Rome
7801 Namsos