Take the PrimeWater survey ‘User preferences for Earth Observation services’ now!
The PrimeWater survey ‘User preferences for Earth Observation services’ is now available online! (also in italiano) . The survey is targeted at anyone interested in water monitoring and forecasting services and it will help us study the attitudes of users and stakeholders towards Earth Observation…
PrimeWater – January 2021 Newsletter
The latest issue of the PrimeWater newsletter is out. In this issue: The Multi-User Panel has kicked-off! Discover our case studies Introducing the ICT4Water Cluster PrimeWater in publications Continue the discussion in IWA Connect group “Use of Earth Observation Data for Improved Water Management” Download…
Introduction of the ICT4Water cluster
The ICT4Water cluster is a hub for EU-funded research and innovation projects on ICT applied to water management. Member projects are both ongoing projects, such as PrimeWater, as well as completed projects that were members of the cluster before their completion. Currently, around 60 projects…
The PrimeWater Multi-User Panel has kicked-off!
The adoption of Earth Observation (EO)-based systems in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) requires integration of different perspectives including ecological, financial and social. These are needed to shape how information from EO systems is packaged and then used to inform real-world decision-making. Co-development is a…
The Earth Observation Science Virtual Laboratories of PrimeWater
The Institute for the Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA) of the National Research Council (CNR) is a research institute with also has a consolidate experience in the field of remote sensing. Within PrimeWater, CNR-IREA leads the Earth Observation (EO) Science Virtual Lab for advanced…
EO-based services and the stakeholders’ view
In this interview conducted by the International Water Association (IWA), Prof. Nikolaos Georgantzis, on behalf of Burgundy School of Business (BSB), gives an overview of the main concerns of stakeholders towards EO-based services, highlighting how PrimeWater (European H2020 Project) can address them. BSB is a…
Turning multispectral sensors data into information on water status and quality
In this interview with the International Water Association, Dr. Thomas Heege, managing director of EOMAP, gives an introduction about the role of EOMAP within the European Project PrimeWater and highlights the importance of multispectral and hyperspectral sensors data for water management. Under the lead of…
PrimeWater – August Newsletter
access the browser version of the newsletter here Welcome to PrimeWater! by Apostolos Tzimas, EMVISPrimeWater is a Horizon2020 funded research project that generates information on the effects of upstream changes on future water quality and quantity. PrimeWater is designed to impact (a) research in the fields…
An introduction to PrimeWater, an Horizon2020 EU project
Interview between the International Water Association (IWA) and Apostolos Tzimas, Managing Director at EMVIS Consultant Engineers. Within PrimeWater, Apostolos is the project lead and he further represents EMVIS as member of the PrimeWater project consortium. IWA: What challenges is PrimeWater addressing?AT: As water management operations…
PrimeWater project has kicked-off!
PrimeWater – Delivering Advanced Predictive Tools from Medium to Seasonal Range for Water Dependent Industries Exploiting the Cross-Cutting Potential of EO and Hydro-Ecological Modelling Over the course of the next three years, our consortium of organizations from Europe, North-America and Australia will further advance the…
EURACTIV special report “Can space technologies improve drinking water quality?”
The use of space technologies in different sectors of the EU economy has seen an increase lately. Advocates suggest that satellite data could help improve or even optimise production, from agricultural practices to drinking water processing. Read more in this special report by EURACTIV.com.