2.3. iren nicola bazzurro wss tp -european innovation partnership action groups and impacts on aquaknight

2nd AQUAKNIGHT Conference,
21 May 2014, Aqaba, Jordan
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EU trends in asset management: WssTP,
European Innovation Partnership, Action
Groups and impacts on AQUAKNIGHT
Nicola Bazzurro, Iren Acqua Gas
Email: nicola.bazzurro@irenacquagas.it
2nd AQUAKNIGHT Conference
"Water Loss Management in the Mediterranean
Countries:
the AQUAKNIGHT Project Results“

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Contents
EU undertakings launched in the last years in the
framework of asset management in water
systems such as:
• WssTP and related activities
• European Innovation Partnership
• Action Groups
• City Blueprint and H2020 proposal

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Water, a key factor
• Huge market: 400 to 500 Billion € turnover
/year (drinking and waste
water)
• Considerable assets: > 3.5 Million Km water
distribution pipes
> 2.5 Million Km waste water
sewers
• Large social impact: > 600,000 direct jobs in
Europe
• EU annual Investment: €10,5 Bn for water and
wastewater equipment
for industrial markets
€33 Bn invested in water
infrastructures
• SMEs: 136.000 employees,
9.000 SMEs

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Keyfacts on WssTP
European Technology (and Innovation) Platform
Strives to:
o improved coordination and collaboration in RTD & Innovation
o Enhanced competitiveness of the European Water Sector
Membership-funded ETP
o Legal entity
o Growing organization: From 17 to 102 members from 2008 to 2014
o Openness and transparency: 315 contributing organization, a network
of more than 750 persons.
Strategic recommendations and working groups: 3 key documents (SRA,
Vision document, Implementation document), many scientific reports sent
to DG Research
Yearly stakeholders’ event: www.waterinnovationeurope.eu
Originated ACQUEAU, the EUREKA Cluster for water.

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WssTP main activities
• Bringing actors together for further
elaboration of the RTD&I state of the art
and needs discussing with the EC to make
sure that identified needs are reflected in
the European policy framework including
the call for proposals increasing the
competitiveness of the EU water sector.
• Communication activities as organization
of brokerage events , Support to consortia,
Special web forum , monthly newsletter
and tailored membership services

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Map of WssTP members

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WssTP Members
Industry & Utilities

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WssTP Members
Academics & Research Centres

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WssTP Publications
WssTP’s scientific reports aim to put
forward clear recommendations for
Research and Technology
development and Innovation within
the European water sector.
WssTP members are highly
benefited by having direct and full
access to the Scientific Reports
produced by the WssTP team.

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WssTP publications
Publication Date Publication Title
June 2013 Water and Steel
June 2013 Water Reuse
June 2012 Sensors and Monitoring
May 2012 Millenium Development Goals
February 2012 Brines Management
March 2012 Membrane Technologies
October 2011 Water Quality
September 2011 Water and Energy
December 2010 Climate Change and the Water sector
December 2010 Managed Aquifer Recharge
October 2010 Mitigation Water Stress Coastal Zones
October 2010 Leakage Management
September 2010 Irrigated Agriculture
September 2009 Sustainable Water Management inside and around Large Urban Areas

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Leakage mngt report
The aim was to identify, for their specific
topic:
• Gaps to be filled in the application of
current methodologies
• Gaps in the technology that would make
leakage management more effective
• Project proposals aimed at filling the gaps
identified

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State of the Art of leakage mngt
Representatives from the six EU countries attending the
Workshop supplied an overview of the state of the art of
leakage management as it applied to their country. The
overview is divided into the following topics, with a
commentary on each country’s practices on each topic
where relevant:
The Regulatory Framework
Leakage Management Systems
Leakage Measurement, Monitoring and Analysis
Technology for Leak Detection and Location
Current and Recent Initiatives and Developments
Investment for Leakage Reduction
Leakage Economics and Targets
Technology Needs and Research Gaps

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R&D results and recomm
Six topics have been identified from the conclusions
of the Working Groups, in descending order of
priority:
Improved leakage monitoring, analysis and reporting
Development of integrated pipe and leak detection
technologies
Design and operation of new and existing networks to
minimise water loss
Fundamental issues in leakage of water from pipe
networks
Leakage economics and leakage target setting
Development of low-cost, minimal excavation or in-
pipe repair technologies

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Address research and innovation
based on the water cycle
Coastal ZonesUrban Areas
Agriculture
Industry
Degraded zones
Extreme events

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WssTP Working Groups
They have emerged from the former WssTP Pilot and
Task Force structure was in place between 2007 and
2012. Depending on their topic they can be of a more
strategic, thematic, or technological nature.
WssTP Working Groups, in principle only open for
representatives from WssTP members and WssTP
strategic partners, are key to the functioning, objectives,
and implementation of the WssTP strategy.

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WssTP Working Groups
Working Group Lead Member Email
Financing for EU Competitiveness Abengoa Water Arturo Buenaventura
Water & ICT SUEZ Environment Pascal Blanc
Water-Energy-Food Biodiversity Nexus Deltares Jaap Kwadijk
International Relations UNESCO-IHE Gaetano Casale
Water and Industry TNO Albert Jansen
Resource Recovery Wetsus Martijn Bijmans
Membrane Technologies EMH Gilbert Rios
Emerging Compounds Deltares Harm Duel
Urban Water Pollution KWR Adriana Hulsmann
Bathing Water KWB Ulf Miehe
Agriculture & Irrigation IRSA-CNR Antonio Lo Porto
Eco-System Services Poledream Gaëtane Suzenet
Green Infrastructure Deltares Victor Beumer
Managing Hydroclimatic Extremes Events CEH Alan Jenkins
Shales Gas Veolia Bruno Tisserand
Techwatch KWR Theo van den Hoven

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European Innovation Partnerships
EIPs are a new approach to European
research and innovation
EIPs are within the Europe 2020 strategy
under the priority Smart Growth Flagship
Initiative “Innovation Union”
Aim to provide information for the future
policy development through the definition of
guidelines on specific thematic and
improving the collaboration between
Member States in the field of research and
innovation.

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Stakeholders involved in the EIP
• Industry especially SME
• End users
• Technology provider/developer
• Public authorities
• Water utilities
• Universities and Research Centers
• Associations, ONG, etc.
All these actors develop their actions at Regional
National and EU level

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EIPs activated in those economic
areas or for those activities
where:
• A government intervention is
clearly required and/or justified
• Efforts implemented in R&D at
EU/MS/Regional level allow to
reach earlier and more
efficiently expected results

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• Officially established in May 2012
• Obtain benefits for the society
• Modernize involved sectors and develop new ICT
• Identification and removal of barriers limiting
innovation
• Improve connections between different
stakeholders Research Industry and Market
• Reduction of the time to market for the innovation
• Improve the dissemination of new technologies
and methodologies even through the
implementation of demo sites
European Innovation Partnership on Water

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• It is not a new funding instrument
• Support EU or Member States actions in the field of
the water and related activities
• Stimulate the use of already funding mechanisms at
EU MS Regional level
• FP7 – Horizon2020
• Structural Funds Cohesion Funds
• LIFE-ECO-Innovation

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Strategic Implementation Plan
• Describes the governance structure
of the EIP and how to operate
• Define priorities, actions and tools
• Dynamic document amendable on
the bases of the new experiences
done of against some specific
request

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Initial Actions e Action groups
• SIP 28 Initial Actions
• Definition of Action Groups
• Pubblication of calls for “Expression of
Commitments to form action groups”
(two calls up to now: winter 2012 and
autumn 2013)

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Action Groups requirements
• Multidisciplinary
• All the stakeholder chain must be
considered
• Involvement of Research (little) Industry
and Public
• Involvement (normally) more than one MS
• Outcomes periodic (6-12 month) report to
the TF identification of obstacles and
bottlenecks, barriers, and suggestions to
remove them
• NO FUNDING

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Action Groups Advantages
• Mainly the honor
• Work under the umbrella of the EIP
• Visibility and opportunity of
networking
• Possibility to address the EU water
policy
• Strong position for future
opportunity of funding

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Tools
Annual EIP Water meeting - November:
• present the activities of the Action Groups
• progress in implementing the EIP Water tools and
activities
• brokerage event between water innovation supply
and demand.
• web Based Market Place to create and establish a
community on and a place for “matchmaking” in
innovation

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One of the first recognized AG
CITY BLUEPRINTS
Improving Implementation Capacities of
Cities and Regions by sharing best
practices on Urban Water Cycle Services

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City Blueprint
PROPOSED EIP WATER ACTION:
FACILITATE STRATEGIC PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
1. Baseline assessment (City Blueprint)
2. Inventory of best practices of cities
3. Blue City Website for sharing best practices and state-of-the
art technologies applied in cities
4. Blue City Award (annual ceremony hosted by the European
Commission)
5. Blue Friend labels for industries and their products
contributing to cost-effective improvements in UWCS

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City Blueprint:
a benchmarking approach

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Web graph

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Some participating cities
Algarve (ALG; Portugal)
Amsterdam (AMS; The Netherlands)
Athens (ATH; Greece)
Bucharest (BUC; Romania)
Dar es Salaam (DAR; Tanzania)
Hamburg (HAM; Germany)
Kilamba Kiaxi (KIL; Angola)
Oslo (OSL; Norway)
Rotterdam (ROT; The Netherlands)
Reggio Emilia (REG; Italy)
Cities of Scotland (SCO; UK)
Venlo (The Netherlands)
Maastricht (The Netherlands)
Melbourne (Australia)
THE MOST IMPORTANT CONCLUSION:
THE GREAT POTENTIAL OF SHARING BEST
PRACTICES AMONG CITIES

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Implementation matters
THE RESULT OF COMBINING BEST PRACTICES IN 11 CITIES – BLUE CITIES

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AG follow-up: H2020 proposal
BlueSCities aims to develop the methodology for a
coordinated approach to the integration of the water
and waste sectors within the 'Smart Cities and
Communities' EIP.
It will identify synergies in accordance with the Smart
City context and compliment other priority areas
such as energy, transport and ICT.
Placing emphasis on local solutions for global issues,
the proposal seeks improved public engagement and
enhanced decision-making processes at all political
levels based on scientific knowledge and adequate
social and economic awareness.

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http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/innovationpartnership/
EIP WaterEuropean Innovation
Partnership on Water

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