URBWATER
Output characterisation | |
OUTPUT SENTENCE | Decision support system |
OUTPUT TYPE | DSS |
WATER TOPIC | Management process |
KEYWORDS | Management process |
KEYWORDS TYPE | Decision 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 RISKS | The integration with existent IT system can be difficult; The results of DSS are depending on the quality of impute datas |
MARKET RISKS | Not 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 DEVELOPMENTS | Regional 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 | |
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Contact | |
TECHNICAL CONTACT | PhD. eng. Radu Drobot |
COUNTRY | ROMANIA |
WEBSITE | www.utcb.ro |
WATER RTOM CONTACT | CFPPDA |
Background | |
PROJECT ACRONYM | URBWATER |
PROJECT 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. |
LEADER | Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest |
TEAMS INVOLVED | Technical 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 INVOLVED | ROMANIA |
PROJECT LOCATION | RO |
FUNDING ORGANISATION | CEEX |