Advanced observation and rainfall prediction for urban pluvial flood management

Programme 2007 - 2013 North West Europe

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

The project’s aim is to obtain fine-scale rainfall and flood data at the urban scale: a level of detail at which such information is currently lacking. The availability of fine-scale rainfall and flood data will enable urban water authorities to adequately cope with peak rainfall and will help to prevent the severe pluvial flood damage that in the past decades has been associated with these events. Rainfall radars are the only measuring devices that provide space-time estimates of rainfall that can be used for this purpose. This technique has only recently been developed to become sufficiently detailed to be applicable to the scale of urban areas. This innovative technique will be brought to implementation in water management practice at pilot locations in the partner countries. The installation of new radars for fine-scale rainfall measurement at pilot locations in Rotterdam and the Paris Region is foreseen as part of the RainGain project; a similar technique has been installed in Leuven several years before. In the UK. a novel. superresolution protocol will be applied to obtain detailed rainfall data from the C-band radar of the MetOffice. The fine-scale rainfall data will provide urban water managers with detailed peak rainfall information at temporal and spatial scales appropriate to the fastness of urban run-off processes. The information will be applied in in flood prediction models at pilot locations in the four participating countries to identify flood-prone locations and develop effective solutions for better flood protection such as early warning systems and optimised. real-time storage basin operation. These will in their turn be tested based on the detailed rainfall data and flood models. The end users of the rainfall equipment. data and models will be trained so they will be able to take over the project deliverables and to resume responsibility in operation and management.

Achievements (EN):

The aim of RainGain is to obtain detailed rainfall and flooding information in cities to improve resilience of urban populations and critical infrastructure. Different types of radars are installed and in 4 cities (Leuven, London, Paris, Rotterdam) for this purpose and different types of flood models are implemented. Through transnational cooperation local authorities learn about the pros and cons of different approaches in achieving urban flood protection. In 2013, a Local Authorities meeting was organised by the local partners in RainGain where a variety of city representatives from inside and outside the project shared and discussed experiences with radars and flood protection. Radars are operational in Leuven and London and new, state-of-the-art radars are under construction in Paris and Rotterdam. A review document on rainfall estimation was prepared in a shared effort by the RainGain partners, with additional contributions from external experts. Flood models have been set up in all 4 cities and a direct, transnational comparison between the models was made. RainGain partners summarised the results in a joint paper that was presented at a key international conference in 2014. Results are also disseminated to non-technical stakeholders through the National Observer Groups, RainGain website and educational platform.

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Water management Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management Waterways, lakes and rivers

Partners (13)

Lead Partner: Technische Universiteit Delft

Address: Stevinweg 1, 2628CN Delft, Netherlands

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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Name: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Address: Oude Markt 13, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium

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Aquafin NV

Name: Aquafin NV

Address: Dijkstraat 8, 2630 Aartselaar, Belgium

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Conseil Général du Val-de-Marne (Direction des services de l’environnement et de l’assainissement (DSEA)

Name: Conseil Général du Val-de-Marne (Direction des services de l’environnement et de l’assainissement (DSEA)

Address: HOTEL DU DEPARTEMENT, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94054 CRETEIL, France

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Meteo France

Name: Meteo France

Address: 7 rue Léon Teisserenc de Bort, 78195 TRAPPES, France

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Conseil Général de la Seine-Saint-Denis

Name: Conseil Général de la Seine-Saint-Denis

Address: HOTEL DU DEPARTEMENT, 93006 BOBIGNY CEDEX, France

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Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées

Name: Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées

Address: 6-8 avenue B. Pascal, Cité Descartes, 77455 Cedex 02 Marne-la-Vallée, France

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Imperial College London

Name: Imperial College London

Address: South Kensington Campus, Imperial College Road, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom

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VEOLIA Environnement Recherche et Innovation SNC (VERI)

Name: VEOLIA Environnement Recherche et Innovation SNC (VERI)

Address: 36/38 avenue Kléber, 75016 Paris, France

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Gemeente Rotterdam, Gemeentewerken

Name: Gemeente Rotterdam, Gemeentewerken

Address: Coolsingel 40, 3011AD Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Provincie Zuid Holland

Name: Provincie Zuid Holland

Address: Zuid-Hollandplein 1, 2596 AW Den Haag, Netherlands

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The MET office

Name: The MET office

Address: FitzRoy Road, EX1 3PB Exeter, United Kingdom

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Local Government Information Unit (secretariat to the Local Government Flood Forum)

Name: Local Government Information Unit (secretariat to the Local Government Flood Forum)

Address: 22 Upper Woburn Place, WC1H 0TB London, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

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Summary

Project name (EN): Advanced observation and rainfall prediction for urban pluvial flood management

Project acronym: RAINGAIN

Project start date: 2010-04-01

Project end date: 2015-08-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 7 210 124.27

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 3 605 062.13

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2007 - 2013 North West Europe

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2015-12-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

114 / 114 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 104 / 1 104 (100%)

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Advanced observation and rainfall prediction for urban pluvial flood management

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