This document discusses the Waternomics project, which aims to develop smart water management applications. It notes that water demand is increasing globally while infrastructure is costly to maintain. The Waternomics project involves 3 pilot sites in Greece, Italy, and Ireland to test applications for domestic, corporate, and city users. The goal is to use new technologies and data to improve water monitoring, leak detection, and encourage conservation.

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Project co-funded by the European
Commission within the 7th Framework
Program (Grant Agreement No. 619660)
ICT FOR WATER MANAGEMENT
Presented by Wassim Derguech
OPEN AGILE SMART CITIES – IRELAND
INAUGURAL MEETING – DUBLIN – WOODQUAY VENUE
TUESDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2015

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WATER IS VITAL
Water is essential
65% of
water
75% of
water
80% of
water

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ONLY 3% IS FRESH WATER
70% of water
Only 3% is
fresh water

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WATER DEMAND IN NUMBERS
By 2025, 2/3 of the world population
will live in water stressed regions
Global energy and water demand is expected
to rise 40% over the next 20 years
20-40% of Europe’s water is being wasted
+40%
20-40%
of water
wasted

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WATER INFRASTRUCTURES ARE COSTLY TO MAINTAIN

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MULTIPLE SOURCES OF DATA ARE REQUIRED

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BUILDING SMART APPLICATIONS

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SMART WATER IMPACT COVERS 3 AREAS
Domestic Users
Corporate Users
SMART Cities

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▶ Type of project: Collaborative project
▶ Project start date: February 2014
▶ Duration: 36 months
▶ Call: FP7-ICT-2013-11
▶ Effort: 416 PM
▶ Budget: €4.287M
▶ Max EC contribution: €2.905M
▶ Grant No.: 619660
▶ Consortium: 9 partners
▶ Countries: 4
▶ SMEs: 4
▶ Pilots: 3
KEY FACTS ABOUT WATERNOMICS

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LOCATION
Municipality Corporate Public
THERMI, GREECE LINATE AIRPORT, MILIAN GALWAY, IRELAND
Domestic users and utility Corporate users School and University Users
KEYOUTCOMES
• Identify, inform and gain
consent of user-base;
• Detail assessment metrics;
• Link the Waternomics
Platform to the Utility
database;
• Gain feedback on feasibility
and efficiency of flexible
tariffing;
• Feedback from utilities and
consumers on: personalised
interaction with the system
and ease of data accessibility;
• Evaluate efficacy of system in
raising user awareness of
water consumption, and
changes in consumer
behaviour.
• Technical – sensor locations,
data and communication
architecture;
• Reporting – relevant KPI’s;
• Economical – Cost/Benefit
analysis;
• Business Model – new services
and value proposition;
• Management and processes;
• Certifications;
• Savings – attributable savings
based on availability of real-
time water data for (i) novel
business models, (ii) fault/leak
detection, (iii) water network
optimisation;
• Corporate image– CSR;
• Public Awareness.
• Assess current SOTA metering
and billing methodologies;
• Detailed monitoring of usage
characteristics;
• Conduct data analysis /
assessment
• Implement and test leak and
fault detection strategies;
• Implement public water
feedback and visualisation
dashboard;
• Test gamification system and
gather feedback from users.
PILOT SITES

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KEY TECHNOLOGIES

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ICT4WATER.EU

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