DESCRIPTION:
Aims and goals:
1 Improve existing early warning systems.
2 Contribute to the development of means that lead to reduction of flood related pollution.
3 Contribute to the development of means that lead to minimization of damages caused by floods, with particular emphasis on sustainable riparian land use and flood plains. 4 Combine (1), (2) and (3) in the attempt to best serve the end-users by modelling various scenarios.
Preliminary project titles:
Priority Area 1:Sensoring and Monitoring
Development of sensors for rapid detection of hazards from floods which may lead to the development of risks with respect to: 1. Chemical hazards 2. Sedimentation (transport and remobilisation) 3. Groundwater contamination 4. Hydrobiological problems (e.g., fish kill, species extinction, reduction of biodiversity) 5. Hygenical
problems (pathogens, epidemics)
- Fast Bio-monitoring - Bio-monitoring using online-sensors - Development of sensors for rapid detection of environmental hazards for floods - Determination of the hygienic situation using real-time PCA - Rapid measurement methods for polar contaminants with instrumental and sensor-based methods - Rapid Bio-monitoring by virtual organisms - Contaminant remobilization in the Tisza Basin and the influence on human health - Bio-monitoring of the Danube River and water-related environmental risk management
Priority Area 2: Transfer, Evaluation and Management of Data
Quality assessment and assurance of data
Data extraction, standardization, and transfer via web
Concept and implementation of energy-independent and
failure-safe monitoring system
Independent data distribution system that is not dependent on public systems or energy, catastrophe-enabled
Extended dada base on acquisition and parametrisation of waters ecological function parameters
Priority Area 3: Evaluation of Information, and Modelling
- Knowledge-based forecast model for flood and pollution, focusing on existing scenarios
- Using GIS and remote-sensing methods as tools in order to further evaluate impacts of flooding in the whole Danube Watershed
- Application of prediction-models during crisis-management with hard-time restrictions
- Pollutant dispersion in rivers with strong heterogeneity
- Risk assessment of infiltration systems
- Modelling transport and degradation of pollutants
- Modelling and optimisation of point-sources of WWTP and sewer systems in flood events, focusing on particular substance
- Rapid forecasting as a part of a river modelling tool
- Flood forecasting and routing, rainfall runoff modelling
- Water quality modelling
- Instationary flooding processes outside of the original
river area
- Risk management and damage assessment at the surface
water-groundwater interface
- Flood forecasting and flood defence strategy evaluation
- Rigorous error estimates and online calibration of transient models for flood routing and pollution transport
- Modelling of the generation and movement of superficial landslides, detrital flow, and fast-flowing mudslides
Priority Area 4: Scenarios of Prevention, and Case Studies
Managing flood basins in case of pollution Hidden Burden. Remobilisation in the Tisza Basin and its Influence on
Human Health
A. Experiences of the 2000 Flood
a. erosion potential of deforestation
b. heavy metal loading
c. mining activities
d. health levels and effects
B. Test run model for a new scenario and results on topography and water levels
C. Test run A and B for worst case scenario
Normal accidents in the Danube Water Management System
Sustainable practices to minimize industrial wastewater loads and discharges
Define risk zones from study of smaller, inner rivers
Water quality dynamics- multimetric online analysis as a demonstration activity
Improvement of legal aspects
Hygienic pollution and effects on climate change
Ecosystem, Ecofunction, Quality control
Priority Area 5: Information Transfer, Communication, Moderation and Mediation
- Normal accidents in the Danube water management system
- Discursive participation
- IT-based communication strategies for different user groups
- Indicator system for the Danube River Basin
- Terminology
Development stage : Proposal Under Development
European funding source(s) :
Information Society technologies,
Sustainable development
Type of Project: FP6 Integrated project
Keywords : Databases, Database Management, Data Mining (001002009), Satellite Technology / Systems / Positioning / Communication (001003007), Network Technology, Network Security (001003005), Measurement and Detection of Pollution (009002003), Water Pollution / Treatment (009002005), Soil Pollution (009002004), Applied Metrology (008001002), Biochemistry / Biophysics (006003001), Assessment of Risk
(009001001), Transportation of Hazardous Materials (009001003)
Organisation type: University
Organisation size: <50
Other details : The chairman of the scientific programme committee is from the Technical University of Munich, Germany (Water Quality Control and Waste Management), member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Target partner organisation type(s) :
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Target partner expertise sought :
Companies from the area of sensor-design and software companies.
Not only SME´s but also large companies, research/ technology centres and universities are target partner organisation types.
Application domains : Information processing, information systems, Telecommunications, Biotechnology, ENVIRONMENT, Environment protection, Measurement methods
Entry date: 7/1/2003
Update date: 8/1/2003
Deadline for responses: 31/3/2003
