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URBWATER

 Output characterisation
OUTPUT SENTENCE

Decision support system

 
OUTPUT TYPEDSS 
WATER TOPICManagement process 
KEYWORDSManagement process 
KEYWORDS TYPEDecision support system 
MARKET NEED TAILORED

The project responds to the need for urban water management during heavy rains, flood prevention within river network, and drinking water quality assurance.

 
OUTPUT DESCRIPTION

As main achievements within the project are the following:

a) Creating a database in GIS environment comprising: Numerical Model of the Land, coverage and exploitation of urban area, discharge infrastructure of municipal and pluvial waters, as well as a database necessary for calculations to determine the flood basin level.

b) Elaboration of the methods and models to identify and delimitate floodable areas due to flooding on the river upstream products of cities or following the failure of hydraulic defense works: ditches and dams.

c) Elaboration of the methodology to identify and delimitate flooded regions in the urban area caused by drain rainwater from urban areas and rural surface slopes adjacent to cities, which represent a unique sub-basin.

d) Modeling of pollutant transport within sources of surface water and groundwater used to supply water in urban areas, and delimitation of sanitary protection areas.

e) Elaboration of a methodology for integrated management of urban water, taking into account both the strictly urban area and the entire basin of which it is part.

 
STATE OF DEVELOPMENT

Programs applicable to urban basin scale with interaction at river basin level. Applications for Bucharest (sewerage network, Lacul Morii dam failure), modeling the propaation of pollutants on the Ialomita river, delimitation of sanitary protection areas

 
INNOVATIVE ASPECTS AND ADVANTAGES

Creating a database for storm water management, a database of river basin, respectively, experience in modeling and floodable area delineation.

 
INTELLECTUAL/INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Shared between partners.

Opportunities for collaboration on a contract basis within the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest.

 
TRANSFERABILITY

Methods and tools developed can be transferred to any urban area, having a general character.

 
POTENTIAL USERS/CLIENTS

Water companies in cities, regional water operators, water basin administrations.

 
 Estimation of risks
EVALUATION OF RISKS FOR OUTPUT USERS

The products meet the need to use IT within the activities of collecting, storing, retrieving and processing data. They allow identification of areas in which sewerage network is under the pression of heavy rains, and testing of storm water management solutions.

Lack of qualified staff, where minimal requirements in knowledge are: skills in computing, hydrology and hydraulics.

Risk of losing trained staff by going to competitors which offer more attractive salaries.

Lack of specialised software: ArcGIS.

ECONOMICAL RISKS? ?Not relevant
TECHNICAL RISKSThe integration with existent IT system can be difficult; The results of DSS are depending on the quality of impute datas
MARKET RISKSNot relevant
 Steps ahead
NEXT STEPS TO ACHIEVE THE STATUS 'READY TO USE'

 On customers’ premises, training based on case studies solved jointly of users able to use the concepts and computer products made within the URBWATER Project.

TYPE OF PARTNER FOR THE NEXT DEVELOPMENTSRegional operators, water companies, water basin administrations. ?
TASKS TO BE PERFORMED

Partners are to assimilate and apply the developed methodologies in specific cases.

COLLABORATION DETAILS

Activities of technology transfer are taken into account: courses for learning and using developed technology (technical cooperation with personnel training able to solve current problems of exploitation).

 Estimation of ressources
RESOURCES FOR NEXT STEPS
  • Required: computer (server)
  • Specialised software: ArcGIS 9.x
  • Staff: Hydro Technology engineers or with knowledge of hydraulics, hydrology and use GIS software.
FORESEEN COSTS FOR NEXT STEPS
  • Costs for training: approximately 7.500 EUR/one week of courses for up to 5 students (global price).
  • Costs for testing: free (during the week of courses)
  • Costs for improvement: depending on request
  • Costs for technical assistance: 5.000 EUR/3 months
  • Costs for implementation: depending on the existing computing infrastructure (hardware and software)
 Contact
TECHNICAL CONTACTPhD. eng. Radu Drobot 
COUNTRYROMANIA 
WEBSITEwww.utcb.ro 
WATER RTOM CONTACTCFPPDA 
 Background
PROJECT ACRONYMURBWATER 
PROJECT DESCRIPTIONAs main achievements within the project are the following: ?a) Creating a database in GIS environment comprising: Numerical Model of the Land, coverage and exploitation of urban area, discharge infrastructure of municipal and pluvial waters, as well as a database necessary for calculations to determine the flood basin level. ?b) Elaboration of the methods and models to identify and delimitate floodable areas due to flooding on the river upstream products of cities or following the failure of hydraulic defense works: ditches and dams. ?c) Elaboration of the methodology to identify and delimitate flooded regions in the urban area caused by drain rainwater from urban areas and rural surface slopes adjacent to cities, which represent a unique sub-basin. ?d) Modeling of pollutant transport within sources of surface water and groundwater used to supply water in urban areas, and delimitation of sanitary protection areas. ?e) Elaboration of a methodology for integrated management of urban water, taking into account both the strictly urban area and the entire basin of which it is part. 
LEADERTechnical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest 
TEAMS INVOLVEDTechnical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest ?- National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management ?- National Meteorological Administration ?- The Romanian Academy's Institute of Geography ?- Foundation for Applied Information Technology in En 
COUNTRIES INVOLVEDROMANIA 
PROJECT LOCATIONRO 
FUNDING ORGANISATIONCEEX 

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