Project Details
Description
URBAN M2O aims to create solutions to generate the crucial information that is needed to develop and implement risk-based urban water quality management plans at the city scale. Such plans will contribute to achieving sustainable urban water systems with zero pollution impact on human health and the environment. URBAN M2O will achieve this objective by:
1) Developing and benchmarking AI-enhanced, resource-effective monitoring water quality technologies;
2) Developing fit-for-purpose water quality models and harmonized data management systems;
3) Demonstrating open-access urban water digital twins assimilating monitoring data to identify hotspots and prioritize pollution
control actions under current and future climate scenarios;
4) Providing flexible guidance to stakeholders for the effective development of urban water quality monitoring and management plans.
Industrial partners will enhance their monitoring techniques with AI methods, benchmarking them against state-of-the-art monitoring approaches for trace organic chemicals, microbial contaminants, and microplastics in all urban water systems, namely drinking water, surface water, bathing water, wastewater effluents, groundwater, urban run-off, and sewer overflows. Monitoring and modelling solutions will be demonstrated in three real and operational case studies, selected to represent different challenges faced by urban water infrastructure. The URBAN M2O solutions will be tailored to stakeholders and end-users’ needs, addressing current and future requirements and challenges, and different resources and data availability.
URBAN M2O will enable urban water managers and regulators to make informed decisions, prioritizing actions to enhance urban water quality, and protect human health, the environment, and biodiversity at the European scale.
1) Developing and benchmarking AI-enhanced, resource-effective monitoring water quality technologies;
2) Developing fit-for-purpose water quality models and harmonized data management systems;
3) Demonstrating open-access urban water digital twins assimilating monitoring data to identify hotspots and prioritize pollution
control actions under current and future climate scenarios;
4) Providing flexible guidance to stakeholders for the effective development of urban water quality monitoring and management plans.
Industrial partners will enhance their monitoring techniques with AI methods, benchmarking them against state-of-the-art monitoring approaches for trace organic chemicals, microbial contaminants, and microplastics in all urban water systems, namely drinking water, surface water, bathing water, wastewater effluents, groundwater, urban run-off, and sewer overflows. Monitoring and modelling solutions will be demonstrated in three real and operational case studies, selected to represent different challenges faced by urban water infrastructure. The URBAN M2O solutions will be tailored to stakeholders and end-users’ needs, addressing current and future requirements and challenges, and different resources and data availability.
URBAN M2O will enable urban water managers and regulators to make informed decisions, prioritizing actions to enhance urban water quality, and protect human health, the environment, and biodiversity at the European scale.
Acronym | URBAN M2O |
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Status | Active |
Effective start/end date | 1/01/25 → 31/12/28 |
Collaborative partners
- Universidade Católica Portuguesa
- Technical University of Denmark (Beneficiary Institution) (lead)
- Eidgenössische Anstalt für Wasserversorgung (Beneficiary Institution)
- CSIC (Beneficiary Institution)
- Wetsus - European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology (Beneficiary Institution)
- ViewPoint (Beneficiary Institution)
- EasyMeasure Developments B.V. (Beneficiary Institution)
- SENSICHIPS SRL (Beneficiary Institution)
- NIVUS (Beneficiary Institution)
- IFLUX NV (Beneficiary Institution)
- IDROSTUDI SRL (Beneficiary Institution)
- hydro-IT (Beneficiary Institution)
- DANMARKS MILJOPORTAL (Beneficiary Institution)
- WATER EUROPE (Beneficiary Institution)
- KOBENHAVNS KOMMUNE (Beneficiary Institution)
- Ajuntament de Sant Adrià de Besòs (Beneficiary Institution)
- City of Zurich / Disposal and Recycling Services (Beneficiary Institution)
- Verband Schweizer Abwasser- und Gewässerschutzfachleute VSA (Beneficiary Institution)
- Piave Servizi SpA (Beneficiary Institution)
- The Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Beneficiary Institution)
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