Smart Water Management Against the Threats of Climate Change

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

Date of latest update: 2023-11-16

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Description (EN):

The objective of the SWATCH-project is to develop a project application between the partners focusing on strengthening resiliency against weather extremes threatening surface water management and water supply in communities and municipalities in the NPA-region. The SWATCH-project has three main goals: 1) To form a project group with the required skills and knowledge, and involve potential associate partners in the project. 2) To identify the scope of the main project and clarify the roles of the partners. 3) To develop the application for the main project. Weather extremes due to climate change are adversely challenging water management across many areas of Northern Europe. Threats such as extreme rainfall events are difficult to manage, especially in coastal areas, mountainous regions, and those areas predicted to experience significant increases in frequency and intensity of rainfall. Ireland, Scotland, Norway, and Finland are amongst those countries in Northern Europe that are expected to experience more uncertain and extreme rainfall events in the near future. Drastic changes in weather conditions are already causing major challenges in the management of surface water runoff, causing problems such as flash flooding and contaminated fresh water sources; challenging proper management of water supply and sewage systems. Then focus of the main project will be to develop and deploy digital tools for smart water management for use by municipalities and regional authorities within the NPA-region in responding to climate change impacts. The main project will develop and pilot digital tools for modelling the effects of heavy rainfall, as well as new monitoring systems to manage surface water reservoirs, water distribution networks, and sewage systems in real time for different weather conditions. Selected models will be piloted in case studies for selected partner regions. Best practices identified can be transferred to other NPA-region.

Website: http://www.interreg-npa.eu/

Thematic information

Water management Climate change and biodiversity

Specific Objective: Increased innovation within public service provision in remote, sparsely populated areas

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: Savonia-ammattikorkeakoulu Oy

Department: Environmental Engineering, Water laboratory

Address: Microkatu 1 C Microkatu 1 C, 70201 Kuopio, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.savonia.fi

Total budget: EUR 35 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 22 750.00

Heriot-Watt University

Name: Heriot-Watt University

Department: School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS)

Address: Riccarton, EH14 4AS Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.hw.ac.uk

Total budget: EUR 20 022.61

ERDF budget: EUR 13 014.70

Central Solutions Ltd.

Name: Central Solutions Ltd.

Department: Research

Address: Innovation Works, National Technology Park, V94 42P1 Limerick, Ireland

Legal status: private

Website: https://www.central-solutions.com

Total budget: EUR 20 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 10 000.00

Bodø Kommune

Name: Bodø Kommune

Department: Office of City development Projects and mobility

Address: Kongens gate 23, 8006 Bodø, Norway

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.bodo.kommune.no

Total budget: EUR 20 000.00

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Heriot-Watt University

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Central Solutions Ltd.

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Bodø Municipality

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Savonia University of Applied Sciences

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Summary

Project name (EN): Smart Water Management Against the Threats of Climate Change

Project acronym: SWATCH

Project start date: 2022-01-01

Project end date: 2022-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 95 022.61

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 45 764.70

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 45 764.70.

Third-country contribution: Norway: EUR 10 000.00 (ERDF equivalent only)

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-11-02

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

152 / 152 (100%)

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

779 / 779 (100%)

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