GW4 Water Security Alliance conference
This GW4 Water Security Alliance forum will be focused on the future of innovation, ecosystems and resilience for water security.
It will bring together industry, government and charity leaders to discuss pressing global challenges on water resources.
Confirmed speakers so far include senior representatives from ARUP, the Met Office, Wessex Water, Welsh Water and UKWIR, as well as prominent researchers from the GW4 universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter.
For more information, please contact gw4water@cardiff.ac.uk
WssTP Innovation Awards Winners 2018 announced !
In the context of Water Innovation Europe 2018 conference “The road towards a Water-Smart Society: Overcoming the Water challenges of the future”, the WssTP Water Innovation Awards 2018 ceremony was held on the 13th of June.
For the 2018 edition of WssTP Water Innovation Awards, we had many strong applications submitted. The winners of this edition have been identified for their excellence and high market potential of their innovations in their field of application.
We are now thrilled to announce that the winners of our five prize categories are:
- SMEs Award: Altered: Nozzle
- Water technology & infrastructure prize: TECHNI
- Digital Water Prize: SmartH20
- Water Governance Prize: CONCERT’EAU
- Global Water Challenges Prize: HSBC Water Programme
For more information on the WIE2018 winners, please read the full press release here. To learn more about WssTP Water Innovation Awards 2018, please visit the conference’s webpage.
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HYDROUSA: Closing the water loops of the Mediterranean region with innovative regenerative business models [Launching soon]
REGENERATIVE & NATURE-BASED WATER SOLUTIONS
HORIZON 2020 project on Innovative, regenerative and circular solutions for nature-based water management, based on circular value chains.
Water management in Mediterranean islands is currently fragmented and there are several barriers, which need to be overcome in order to close water loops and contribute towards the environmental and economic development of these regions. Mediterranean islands, in particular, face significant challenges in terms of water management and conservation. Water reserves are scarce, while the high touristic activities during the summer months stress the limited water reserves.
To overcome these challenges, a new HORIZON 2020 project, HYDROUSA is set to launch in July 2018 to reimagine a water resilient economy, mitigate climate change and reform the agro-food system.
HYDROUSA aims to provide innovative solutions for Mediterranean islands in terms of water/wastewater treatment and management, which will close the water loops and will also boost their agricultural and energy profile. HYDROUSA goes beyond the current water and wastewater management practices by adopting innovative, nature-based water management solutions for different types of water characterised by low energy footprint. Clear water loops will be demonstrated, recovering added value products, while integrating and interacting with the local market.
These technologies will be demonstrated at six demonstration sites at full scale in three Mediterranean islands (Lesvos, Mykonos and Tinos) whereas the transferability of HYDROUSA solutions will be assessed in 25 early adopter cases in Mediterranean coastal areas and islands and at several water-stressed rural or peri-urban non-Mediterranean areas.
The additional services that will be provided with the innovative approaches will lead to a win-win situation for the economy, the environment, and the community. Comprehensive business models will be developed to demonstrate the economic viability of the aforementioned technologies and services as well as the resulting economic benefits from the recovered materials and energy.
HYDROUSA will not only develop and demonstrate innovative water services, but will revolutionise the water value chains in Mediterranean areas from water use up to sewage treatment and reuse. It will change the human water cycle by valorising non-conventional water resources, which are currently not being exploited.
The consortium of the HYDROUSA project consists of 27 high competent organisations involved in water management, agricultural activities, ICT and, business/marketing, dissemination/ communication spanning throughout the whole water supply chain.
The project is led and coordinated by National Technical University of Athens, (NTUA).
Contact Person:
Simos Malamis
Email: smalamis@central.ntua.gr
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HYDROUSA will officially launch in July 2018. Follow the project’s first steps on twitter @HydrousaProject.
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European media and press enquiries:
Dimitris Kokkinakis
Impact Hub Athens
Email: dimitris.kokkinakis@impacthub.net
The HYDROUSA has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 776643.
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CENTAUR wins Water Industry Award for Innovative Technology
CENTAUR technology was recently awarded as the ‘Most Innovative New Technology of the Year’ at the 2018 Water Industry Awards, an event that celebrates and rewards outstanding achievement and innovation in the UK water industry.
One of the most widespread impacts of climate change will be the increased frequency and severity of urban flooding due to peaked storms with intense rainfall. This has the potential to impact thousands of EU citizens. CENTAUR has been designed in response to the need to reduce flooding in increasingly crowded urban areas by utilising the existing storage capacity within wastewater systems. During periods of intense rainfall, these systems can overflow because their local capacity is exceeded.
The CENTAUR system measures level at key points within a wastewater network and communicates this information via a proprietary radio protocol to the CENTAUR Hub. The Hub uses an Artificial Intelligence algorithm to instruct a gate to effectively manage and utilise capacity that exists within the network.
The CENTAUR project, was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme and the technology was developed by a consortium including scientists and engineers from Environmental Monitoring Solutions (EMS) the University of Sheffield, the University of Coimbra, EAWAG (Zurich), Steinhardt GmbH, Veolia and Águas de Coimbra.
To read the full press release, please click here.
For more information about the project itself, click here. If you need a more focused industry approach, you will find more details on the EMS website page.
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