CTRL+SWAN - Cloud Technologies & ReaL time monitoring + Smart WAter Network (AG126)
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CTRL+SWAN - Cloud Technologies & ReaL time monitoring + Smart WAter Network (AG126)
Ctrl+Swan Action Group (www.swan.technology) will be devoted to the further development of innovative sensor systems’ technologies to be integrated and implemented in the design of an innovative approach to the water distribution networks management, with the broaden goal to introduce our concept of Smart WAter Network (SWAN) as a key subsystem of the notion of Smart City, as it has been recently recognised in the scientific and technical international community. To tackle the above mentioned issues, we will therefore focus on techniques and technologies for water quality monitoring via innovative sensors and devices, in order to design and implement enlarged data models in a reliable early warning system for a more efficient water distribution network management, and extend our studies on the novel technique for designing i-DMAs compatible with hydraulic performance and optimized for water network protection.
WHAT
Ctrl+Swan will perform the following activities to contribute to trasform the traditional Water Distribution Systems (WDSs) in modern Smart WAter Networks (SWANs):
- develop innovative sensor systems’ technologies
- define water network partitioning techiniques
- implement a cloud platform to manage big data control
HOW
The insertion of smart sensors in the water distribution system requires a modern approach for the management of SWAN. In this perspective, the activities of AG Ctrl+Swan will be devoted to:
- develop innovative smart sensors to be placed in a water distribution network for a fast and online detection of an enlarged set of microbiological and/or physical-chemical parameters in order to monitor and to assess water quality
- design decision support systems to define optimal partitioning and sectorization of SWAN, applying the paradigm of "divide and conquer" and the criteria of "dual-use value" and, consequently, defining network dynamic layouts (acheved with smart sensors) to improve the management and the protection of water supply systems.
- implement a smart platform to collect and manage data from sensors in an early warning system that will provide a rapid feedback to an overall water management system that will accomplish the goal to continuously meet water quality fulfilments and to efficiently plan maintenance intervention. It will be based on multi-sourced and cloud data platforms including quality and quantity monitoring. The platforms should include data sources from water cycle and data sources from other interconnected domains network utilities, such as electricity, gas, the Internet, etc.
WHO
Universities
- Second University of Naples – Depertment of Civil Engineering, Design, Building and Environment (SUN – DICDEA)
- Second University of Naples - Department of Industrial and Information Engineering (SUN – DIII)
- University of Naples “Federico II” – Department of Physics
- University IbnTofail of Kenitra
- University of Thessaly
- University of Exeter
- Universitat Politècnica de Valencia (www.upv.es)
Research centers
- BioMEMs (www.biomemsrc.org)
- National Research Council (CNR) - Institute of Information Science and Technologies, Signal and Images Lab (ISTI)
- National Research Council (CNR) - Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA)
- National Research Council (CNR) - Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (IGG)
- The Mexican Institute of Water Technology (IMTA)
Companies
- Aqua-Consult Ingenieros (A-CING) (www.a-cing.com)
- Aqualia, gestión integral del agua (www.aqualia.es)
- Bdigital Technology center (www.bdigital.org)
- Costrame di Di Maso s.r.l (COSTRAME)
- EdgeLab S.r.l. ( www.edgelab.eu)
- Environmental Technologies S.r.l
- Hach Lange (www.hach-lange.com)
- Hydrodata S.p.A. (HYDRODATA)
- INFOSOLUTION S.p.A. (www.infosolution.it)
- Mares Costruzioni e Progetti I.T. S.r.l
- MED.HYDRO s.r.l. Coastal and Hydraulic Engineering and Research (www.medhydro.it)
- Novaetech s.r.l. – National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) spinoff company (NOVAETECH)
- Promete S.r.l. – CNR spin-off company (PROMETE)
- SENSUS ITALIA (SENSUS)
- SYSTEA - Systems Technology Advance SpA (SYSTEA)
Partners
- Basin Authority-County of Trento (IT) (http://www.bacino-adige.it)
- Smart H2O project (www.smarth2o-fp7.eu)
For further details and information contact Anna Di Mauro, Responsible of AG CTRL+SWAN Secretariat: agctrlswan@gmail.com

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to improve the...
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This second EIP Water Conference will be a great ...
Meeting at Water Ideas 2014 Conference in Bologna (IT)
Dear partner,
We invite you all to the AG meeting, 22th October at Water Ideas 2014 Conference in Bologna (IT).
The conference will host a special session of Smart Water Projects funded by the European Commission and...
AG Ctrl+Swan Meeting at ICT Proposer's Day 2014 in Florence
Dear partner,
We invite you all to the AG meeting, 8th October at ICT Proposer's Day Conference in Florence (IT).
A networking event in Florence, Italy on 9th and 10th October 2014 to promote European ICT Research...
Kickoff meeting AG Ctrl+Swan (AG126) on 29 May 2014
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CTRL+SWAN - Cloud Technologies & ReaL time monitoring + Smart WAter Network (AG126)
Ctrl+Swan Action Group (www.swan.technology) will be devoted to the further development of innovative sensor systems’ technologies to be integrated and implemented in the design of an innovative approach to the water distribution networks management, with the broaden goal to introduce our concept of Smart WAter Network (SWAN) as a key subsystem of the notion of Smart City, as it has been recently recognised in the scientific and technical international community. To tackle the above mentioned issues, we will therefore focus on techniques and technologies for water quality monitoring via innovative sensors and devices, in order to design and implement enlarged data models in a reliable early warning system for a more efficient water distribution network management, and extend our studies on the novel technique for designing i-DMAs compatible with hydraulic performance and optimized for water network protection.
WHAT
Ctrl+Swan will perform the following activities to contribute to trasform the traditional Water Distribution Systems (WDSs) in modern Smart WAter Networks (SWANs):
- develop innovative sensor systems’ technologies
- define water network partitioning techiniques
- implement a cloud platform to manage big data control
HOW
The insertion of smart sensors in the water distribution system requires a modern approach for the management of SWAN. In this perspective, the activities of AG Ctrl+Swan will be devoted to:
- develop innovative smart sensors to be placed in a water distribution network for a fast and online detection of an enlarged set of microbiological and/or physical-chemical parameters in order to monitor and to assess water quality
- design decision support systems to define optimal partitioning and sectorization of SWAN, applying the paradigm of "divide and conquer" and the criteria of "dual-use value" and, consequently, defining network dynamic layouts (acheved with smart sensors) to improve the management and the protection of water supply systems.
- implement a smart platform to collect and manage data from sensors in an early warning system that will provide a rapid feedback to an overall water management system that will accomplish the goal to continuously meet water quality fulfilments and to efficiently plan maintenance intervention. It will be based on multi-sourced and cloud data platforms including quality and quantity monitoring. The platforms should include data sources from water cycle and data sources from other interconnected domains network utilities, such as electricity, gas, the Internet, etc.
WHO
Universities
- Second University of Naples – Depertment of Civil Engineering, Design, Building and Environment (SUN – DICDEA)
- Second University of Naples - Department of Industrial and Information Engineering (SUN – DIII)
- University of Naples “Federico II” – Department of Physics
- University IbnTofail of Kenitra
- University of Thessaly
- University of Exeter
- Universitat Politècnica de Valencia (www.upv.es)
Research centers
- BioMEMs (www.biomemsrc.org)
- National Research Council (CNR) - Institute of Information Science and Technologies, Signal and Images Lab (ISTI)
- National Research Council (CNR) - Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA)
- National Research Council (CNR) - Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (IGG)
- The Mexican Institute of Water Technology (IMTA)
Companies
- Aqua-Consult Ingenieros (A-CING) (www.a-cing.com)
- Aqualia, gestión integral del agua (www.aqualia.es)
- Bdigital Technology center (www.bdigital.org)
- Costrame di Di Maso s.r.l (COSTRAME)
- EdgeLab S.r.l. ( www.edgelab.eu)
- Environmental Technologies S.r.l
- Hach Lange (www.hach-lange.com)
- Hydrodata S.p.A. (HYDRODATA)
- INFOSOLUTION S.p.A. (www.infosolution.it)
- Mares Costruzioni e Progetti I.T. S.r.l
- MED.HYDRO s.r.l. Coastal and Hydraulic Engineering and Research (www.medhydro.it)
- Novaetech s.r.l. – National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) spinoff company (NOVAETECH)
- Promete S.r.l. – CNR spin-off company (PROMETE)
- SENSUS ITALIA (SENSUS)
- SYSTEA - Systems Technology Advance SpA (SYSTEA)
Partners
- Basin Authority-County of Trento (IT) (http://www.bacino-adige.it)
- Smart H2O project (www.smarth2o-fp7.eu)
For further details and information contact Anna Di Mauro, Responsible of AG CTRL+SWAN Secretariat: agctrlswan@gmail.com
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Dear AG members,
Thank you all for your contributions.
We submitted a full paper to IAHR 2015, it can represent a good synthesis of AG activities.
Moreover, the paper allows to show the Action Group to international scientific and technical community and
to improve the...
Annual EIP Water Conference 2014 - Barcelona
Dear partners,
We invite all interested parties to join and participate in the annual EIP Water Conference 2014 on 5 November 2014 in Barcelona.
This second EIP Water Conference will be a great ...
Meeting at Water Ideas 2014 Conference in Bologna (IT)
Dear partner,
We invite you all to the AG meeting, 22th October at Water Ideas 2014 Conference in Bologna (IT).
The conference will host a special session of Smart Water Projects funded by the European Commission and...
AG Ctrl+Swan Meeting at ICT Proposer's Day 2014 in Florence
Dear partner,
We invite you all to the AG meeting, 8th October at ICT Proposer's Day Conference in Florence (IT).
A networking event in Florence, Italy on 9th and 10th October 2014 to promote European ICT Research...
Kickoff meeting AG Ctrl+Swan (AG126) on 29 May 2014