WaterKE2019 - Session 2 - Part 1

30-31st of October 2019 - BluePoint Brussels
PROJECT IDEAS
PRESENTATIONS
Session 1
2019

2019
Mylène Trublet

Company: RISE
Monitoring and evaluating the impact of
micro/nano plastics from the degradation of
water pipe systems on human health and
the ecosystem
Project Ideas Presentation
30 & 31 of October 2019 - BluePoint Brussels

EXPERTISE
 Material for drinking water
 Pipe systems
 Plastics, metals, concrete
 Reliability, hygienic aspects
 Joining, installation, monitoring
 Cathodic protection & corrosion protection
 Brass reliability & development
 Relining
 Rigg tests
RISE
Borås
Brest
Stockholm
RISE (KIMAB)
Saint Etienne
• Almost 3000 employees
• A unique mobilisation of research institutes
• Specialists in disparate fields
• Over a hundred test beds and
demonstration environments
- Corrosion (Sweden and France - 100 employees)

Monitoring and evaluating the impact of micro/nano plastics from the
degradation of water pipe systems on human health and the ecosystem
Why plastics in water pipe systems?
• Wide range of properties (light-weight,strength and flexibility)
• Ideal choice for the transportation of drinking water
• 50% of plastic pipes used for water supply inside buildings
Problem?
• Leaching of organic micro-pollutants can impact the hygienic properties of drinking
water
• Lack of understanding of plastic products degradationand emission of by-products
• Lack of data related to microorganism colonisation of plastic materials
• Lack of (on-line) analytical methods for detection of micro and nano plastics
Aim of the project?
Monitor and evaluate the impact of these micro-pollutants on human
health and the ecosystem
 could possibly stretch to the degradation of plastics in the
marine environment and of plastics in general.
 harmonization of analytical methods
EU Calls?
• SC1-BHC-36-2020: Micro- and nano-plastics in our environment: Understanding
exposures and impacts on human health
• 2020-H2020-CE-SC5-30: Plastics in the environment: understanding the sources,
transport and distribution of plastics pollution
• 2020-H2020-CE-SC5-29: A common European framework to harmonise procedures
for plastics pollution monitoring and assessments

• Gain understanding of plastic pipe degradation
• Increase knowledge on the occurrence of plastics in the water chain and the ecosystem
• Creation of a wide database
 assist in decision making for the choice of materials
• Increase the development rate of new materials and products to contribute to sustainable water pipe systems
• Increase the competitiveness of European companies
• Development of analytical methods for the detection of micro/nano plastics
 support to the European Drinking water directive proposal
Expected Impact

• Plastic pipe manufacturers
• Water suppliers
• Microbiologist specialists
• Sensors specialists
• Toxicologists
• Other actors relevant to the project proposal
Partner’s profile

mylene.trublet@ri.se
https://www.ri.se/en
https://www.swerea.se/en/kimab
+46 (0) 722239510
Mylène Trublet
Project leader/Researcher
Sweden

2019
Irina Celades

Instituto de Tecnologia Cerámica
“Efficient industrial processes through recovery
and re-utilization of water, heat and materials
across multiple sectors”

20191969
MORE RELEVANTS PROJECTS:

Efficient industrial processes through recovery and re-utilization of
water, heat and materials across multiple sectors
WHITE PLUMES from INDUSTRY are associated with the
environmental impact of human activities.
The water turns into a waste stream of the production
processes, taking other valuable substances and energy
with it, while companies continue to consume fresh
water (drinkable)
Under this situation the proposal aims at………
CE-SPIRE-07-2020: Preserving fresh water: recycling industrial waters industry (IA)

Unlocking the currently unexploited resource streams by:
• Recovering from industrial emissions:
• Water of high purity
• High-value materials for being reuse
• Energy
• Reducing environmental impact from industrial emissions (visibility and pollutants)
• Extensive replicability and transferability actions, centred around four large scale demonstrators
• Creating the tools that will improve the skills of the engineering workforce, as well as workplace safety

CURRENT CONSORTIUM
5 countries involved
- 3 RTD centers
- 3 SMEs
- 3 industrial partners
Looking for partners:
- Expertise on SMART sensors and TICs
- Any industrial partner with high-water emissions

icelades@itc.uji.es
www.itc.uji.es
+ (34) 680 165 475
IRINA CELADES LOPEZ
HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY AREA SPAIN

2019
Ilias Gialampoukidis

Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) – Information
Technologies Institute (ITI)
Water quality monitoring using the
Copernicus satellite images
heliasgj@iti.gr
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dashboard/sense/app/93297a69-09fd-4ef5-889f-b83c4e21d33e/sheet/a879124b-bfc3-493f-93a9-34f0e7fba124/state/analysis

Multimedia Knowledge and Social Media Analytics Laboratory (MKLab)
Expertise in:
• Satellite image processing (optical or SAR) for change and event detection (pollution detection in surface water such as oil
spills or plastics, water mask extraction, change detection for flood or water body detection)
• Computer Vision (Image/Video processing for concept extraction/event detection, object recognition and localization,
activity recognition) from static/moving cameras (e.g. CCTVs or UAVs)
• Social Media Analytics (classification as relevant/irrelevant, tweet localisation from text description, user community
detection/visualisation)
• Semantic technologies (knowledge representation, reasoning for decision support)
Projects (https://mklab.iti.gr/projects/ - completed: 62, Total: 92)
• 30 active projects (23 European, 9 national)
• Active projects with water authorities and water utilities as users:
• H2020 (DRS) aqua3S – project coordinator
• H2020 (DRS) beAWARE – project coordinator
• H2020 (EO) EOPEN – technical coordinator
• Smartwater project (national)

Main concept for the proposal idea [Copernicus Water Quality Monitoring Service]:
• The project's main objective is to provide a novel water quality monitoring service using the satellite images of the Copernicus
programme, to complement existing sensor data
• Data fusion with user feedback from social media or dedicated apps
• Water body detection for floods or droughts
• Distribution network analytics (robustness and vulnerability)
Horizon2020 call identifiers:
• H2020-LC-SPACE-24-EO-2020: Copernicus evolution: Mission exploitation concept for WATER, CSA (3M EUR)
• H2020-DT-SPACE-25-EO-2020: Big data technologies and Artificial Intelligence for Copernicus, RIA (2-4M EUR)
• H2020-LC-SPACE-18-EO-2020: Copernicus evolution: Research activities in support of the evolution of the Copernicus
services, RIA (1.5M EUR)

Water body detection
Social media about
flood events
Oil spill detection in lakes
EOPEN project has received
funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation
programme under grant
agreement 776019

Expected impact of the project:
• The project exploits the recent advances in AI and computer vision to offer a novel service for water utilities, using the free, full
and open data of the Copernicus EU programme.
• The project will support and complement other sensor data technologies for water quality monitoring in open wetlands and
surface water in lakes, rivers or coasts.
• Demonstrations in specific pilot areas of interest are foreseen

Partner’s profile:
• Water utilities with sources of water that can be observed from
satellite images and aerial imagery.
• Public bodies acting as authorities and first responders in water
quality control.

heliasgj@iti.gr
https://mklab.iti.gr
+30 6944150798
Postdoctoral Researcher
Thessaloniki, Greece

2019
Esko Juuso

University of Oulu
Intelligent analyzers in eveloping cyber
physical systems for water systems
Organization logo

University of Oulu
Control Engineering
Applications of Intelligent methods covering metal, forest, energy, …
Applications consist of
• Data analytics,
• Modelling and simulation,
• Intelligent analyzers  advanced control, diagnostics and optimization
Water: The operation and maintenance of industrial and municipal water processes face diverse and expanding challenges related
to quality, efficiency and reduction of harmful environmental impacts.
Water Ecosystem generates new high-end solutions to tackle these challenges. This is achieved by combining leading edge
expertise and innovations from research fields, technologies, product development and commercialization.
Environmental and Chemical Engineering

Intelligent analyzers in developing cyber physical systems for water systems

Expected impacts
• Measurements  Indicators
• Adaptation in treatment processes
• Industrial water circulation
• Water and wastewater
• Advanced data analytics
• SMEs: sales, patents
• Research institutes: patents, publications
Integrated sets of products:
• Informative measurements
• Intelligent analysers based
on data analytics
• IoT solutions
• Modules for adaptive
automation
Edge computing
- Features  Indices
- Compact systems
- Recursive updates
Cyber-Physical Systems
Edge computing
- Compact systems
- Recursive updates
Edge computing
- Compact systems
- Recursive updates
Edge computing
- Compact systems
- Recursive updates
Edge computing
- Compact systems
- Recursive updates
+ Communication (IoT)

Looking for Partners (with research partners in different
participating countries
• End customers, especially with interests on water circulation
• Measurement developers
• Data analytic companies
• IoT vendors
• Automation companies
• System integrators.
Measurements
• Developers & vendors
• Reference laboratories
SMEs
Data analytics
• Trends and anomalies
• Spectral analysis, Data fusion, Modelling
Machine learning
Expertise
SMEs
AI & CI
• Automation companies
• System integrators
• Technology providers
• Chemical suppliers
Partners:

esko.juuso@oulu.fi
https://www.oulu.fi/university/
https://www.water-solutions.org/
+358 294 482463
Esko Juuso
Team Leader, D.Sc.(Tech.)
Finland

2019
Demetrios Eliades

KIOS Center of Excellence
University of Cyprus
Intelligent Decision Making for Natural
Multi-Hazard Risks

KIOS Research and Innovation Center of
Excellence
Largest international ICT research
center in Cyprus, 140+ researchers
70+ externally-funded projects
Strategic partnership with Imperial
College London
R&D for main water organizations in
Cyprus and other gov departments
Specialization in systems & control,
modelling, monitoring and fault
diagnosis, computational intelligence
25 years experience in Water & ICT
Maintaining the EPANET-MATLAB Toolkit
Real-time state-estimation, leakage &
contamination detection, optimization,
cyber-physical security
Organizers “Battle of Leakage Detection &
Isolation Methods” WDSA-CCWI2020
Proposals on emergency response &
security

What is the challenge
• Multiple hazards are not considered during
decision making
• Tools are needed to assess the risks due to
multiple hazards
• Target governments, local authorities, water
utilities etc.
Proposed approach
• Hazard modelling
• Cascading dynamics across systems
• Framework for vulnerability assessment
• Interdependencies modelling
• Hazard risk evaluation using IoT, Big Data
and AI/ML
• Tools to model systems and
interdependencies, and use to make
decisions
• Satellite information + sensors and models
to learn uncertainties and changes in time
• Conduct standardization activities for
handling multi-hazard risk assessment
• Link with H2020 DRS projects.
Increased pumping from boreholes by the sea
may affect water quality, and as a result, the
yield, which will then have a cascading effect on
the food production, as well as in the increased
use of processed water for agriculture.
H2020-2020-LC-CLA-16
Multi-hazard risk management for risk-informed
decision-making in the E.U.
RIA, 2-Stage, 5M

The project results are expected to contribute to:
• Pre-standardization and standardization activities related to multiple-
hazard risk assessment
• Help in investment prioritization for risk reduction
• Assist in identifying areas which are vulnerable to multi-hazard risks
• Support the design of what-if scenarios affected by long-term drivers
• Support decision making considering risks e.g., for water allocation
• Assist decision-makers in modeling cascading risks affected by
short/long-term environmental and social changes

- Research institutes
- SMEs/LE
- Universities
- Local authorities/governmental organizations
- Water authorities
 Disaster risk management
 Decision making & planning
 Nature-based solutions
 Standards
 Hazards (geological, hydrological, meteo, bio)

eldemet@ucy.ac.cy
www.kios.ucy.ac.cy
+357 2289-3461
Demetrios Eliades, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Cyprus

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