Project description
Digital solutions for water management
Half of all people on Earth now live in cities. Within two decades, nearly 60 % of the world’s population will be urban dwellers and cities need to take steps to better manage their water resources. The protection of public health, the modernisation of water infrastructure, as well as the involvement of users in water management demand an innovative approach. Digitalisation emerges as a viable solution. The EU-funded DWC project aims to promote integrated water management in urban and peri-urban areas of five big EU cities with the support of data and smart digital solutions. It will develop digital solutions to face gaps related to ICT governance, system ability and cybersecurity topics.
Objective
digital-water.city’s (DWC) main goal is to boost the integrated management of waters systems in five major European urban and peri-urban areas, Berlin, Milan, Copenhagen, Paris and Sofia, by leveraging the potential of data and smart digital technologies. DWC will create linkages between the digital and the physical worlds by developing and demonstrating 18 advanced digital solutions to address current and future water-related challenges; namely the protection of human health, the increase of performance and return on investment of water infrastructures and the involvement of citizens in urban water management. Areas of application of DWC digital solutions range from groundwater management, sewer maintenance and operation, wastewater treatment and reuse to urban bathing water management. DWC combines cutting-edge digital technologies such as augmented reality, open source software, cloud computing, real-time sensors, artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and decision support systems. DWC integrates the development of digital solutions in a dedicated guiding protocol to cover the existing gaps regarding ICT governance, interoperability, ontology and cybersecurity. Ultimately, DWC will provide an interoperable free flow of information among stakeholders and across the water value chain. DWC will generate the necessary conditions for co-creation and open innovation by the establishment of Community of Practices aiming at integrating stakeholder knowledge, ensuring the transferability of the digital solutions in other European or international contexts, supporting knowledge transfer beyond DWC and creating durable binding between European cities. The large scale assessment and communication of the benefits provided by the digital solutions in five major cities will serve as lighthouse, raising the awareness of European cities for a necessary digital transformation, and opening new market opportunities for DWC partners and European providers of digital solutions.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssimulation software
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringstructural engineeringhydraulic engineering
Keywords
Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.3.5. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials Main Programme
- H2020-EU.3.5.4. - Enabling the transition towards a green economy and society through eco-innovation
- H2020-EU.3.5.2.2. - Developing integrated approaches to address water-related challenges and the transition to sustainable management and use of water resources and services
Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
10709 Berlin
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Participants (25)
10179 Berlin
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2970 Hoersholm
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75589 Paris
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1432 Kobenhavn K
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44862 Tzur Yigal
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1766 Sofia
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60121 Ancona
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20142 Milano
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1150 WOLUWE-SAINT-PIERRE
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10717 Berlin
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17003 Girona
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10437 Berlin
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87477 Sulzberg
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20122 Milano
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00161 Roma
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75006 Paris
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91190 Gif Sur Yvette
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75001 Paris
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12001 Castellon De La Plana
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7034 Trondheim
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Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
9252 Tromso
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75007 Paris
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6524MJ Nijmegen
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28232 Las Rozas De Madrid
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
12003 Castellon
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