Water4All’s 2022 Joint Transnational Call sought to deliver knowledge, models, approaches, tools and methodologies to better understand hydrological processes at different scales and to respond more efficiently to emerging water issues related to extreme events.
The Call also addressed innovative governance models, and enhanced participation of stakeholders, communities and society at large in water management issues related to extreme events.
The increase in the number of hydrological extreme events in the last few decades has motivated the research community to investigate their spatial variability and underlying processes. Evidence suggests that to properly support water management and tackle future and emerging challenges, it is necessary to make progress in understanding the spatiotemporal complex systems that drive hydrological events.
Today the series of portray of the 27 excellent R&D projects selected for funding continues. An introduction to the three following projects: SMARTWATER4FUTURE, SPRINGINESS, and STARDUST
SMARTWATER4FUTURE project
The SMARTWATER4FUTURE project is focused on coupled urban-rural water infrastructure management under hydroclimatic extremes with decision support system
The general objectives of this project are:
We aim to develop new and improved tools for risk assessment, integrated modeling of flooding from urban drainage systems coupled with river catchment and recipients (rivers, lakes, wetland and sea) under hydroclimate extremes, supported by historical data and on-site monitoring instant data.
Scientific and/or technological aims:
- To establish an extensive database with historical data
- The Development of methodology for quantification of ecosystem services of wetlands with respect to hydrological functions,with respect to hydrological functions
- The Development of a smart water management and decision support system
Link to the Water4All project webpage
SPRINGINESS project
The SPRINGINESS project is focused on the management of rainwater runoff in urban areas for tackling extreme hydroclimatic events
The general objectives of this project are:
- To improve and ease the application of blue-green infrastructure (BGI) to manage extreme hydroclimatic events and to provide safe water source for reuse from rainwater.
- To provide key know-how for the design and implementation of BGI
- To develop tools to manage stormwater retention and reuse,
Link to the Water4All project webpage
STARDUST project
The STARDUST project is focused on an ultra-sensitive optical sensor system for simultaneous, in-situ detection of multiple pesticides in surface and ground waters
The general objectives of this project are:
- develop a first-of-its-kind, integrated optical system combined with smart spectral data processing methodology, for multiplexed monitoring of pesticides in surface and ground waters,
- and to understand the impact of extreme hydroclimatic events on water quality in the context of pesticide occurrence.
- develop a sensor based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy fully integrated with microfluidics, targeting the detection of pesticides, pesticide mixtures, and metabolites in surface and ground waters.
- use rainfall forecasts to identify sampling times for passive sampling and citizen scientist co-created events, to gather samples that are specifically linked to rainfall events
- The STARDUST project translates several technological advances into an innovative solution for discrimination between safe and contaminated water continuously and in real time
