Imagine if farms could safely use 'second-hand' water from rain, drains, or desalination instead of relying only on fresh groundwater. This effort tests how to clean and monitor this water across six different European regions to make sure crops stay healthy and safe to eat. It's like creating a safety manual and a smart toolkit so farmers can stop worrying about water shortages.
Farmers cannot use reclaimed or desalinated water due to technical risks and strict regulations. This leads to wasted water resources and increased vulnerability to droughts.
A risk-rating scale for water safety, ML-based virtual sensors for monitoring, modular biochar treatments, and a decision support system for crop-water needs.
If you are an irrigation system provider dealing with increasing water scarcity — this project developed ML-based virtual sensors and a decision support system that helps farmers optimize crop-water needs. This allows you to offer smarter, data-driven water management tools to your clients.
If you are a water filtration manufacturer dealing with the need for low-cost onsite cleaning — this project developed modular treatments like biochar. This provides a validated method to scale safe circular-water management across 6 different pilot contexts.
If you are a consultant dealing with complex EU water regulations — this project developed a risk-rating scale aligned with Reg. (EU) 2020/741. You can use these validated protocols for over 20 water-crop combinations to guide farmers toward compliance.
Based on available project data, the project aims to define the CAPEX and OPEX for the uptake of these circular-water solutions, though specific price points are not yet listed.
The project is specifically designed for scaling up, using 6 pilots across Europe as living laboratories to demonstrate large-scale use in open-field and greenhouse settings.
Based on available project data, there is no specific mention of licensing terms, but the project delivers replication toolkits and validated protocols for wider uptake.
Yes, the risk-assessment framework is specifically aligned with Reg. (EU) 2020/741 and the UWWTD recast (EU) 2024/3019.
The project period runs from 2026-09-01 to 2029-08-31, meaning full validation and toolkits will be ready by late 2029.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward research and 'other' entities (11 out of 13 partners), with a low industry ratio of 8%. While this ensures strong scientific validation of the risk-rating scale, the presence of 2 SMEs and a lead coordinator from a producer organization (Sociedad Anonima Agricultores de Lavega de Valencia) provides the necessary practical link to the end-user.
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