Cyanoa digitalisation-monitoring cyanobacteria

CYANOA

Digitalisation and control of cyanobacteria applied to reservoir-wuality management, including water intake and treatment systems

Description

PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION

Project CPP2021-008579

In general, cyanobacterial blooms are common events linked to the eutrophication of water bodies. They pose a significant risk to public health and ecosystems due to their production of toxic metabolites. Because cyanobacteria (CB) and cyanotoxins can reach the population through drinking-water treatment plants, they must be monitored as part of routine analyses in reservoirs supplying potable water. Typycally, this monitoring is carried out in accordance with national regulations for certain cyanotoxins. Within the CYANOA project, we will develop:

Firstly, an Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV - a robotic watercraft) capable of real-time monitoring, measuring at any point and depth in the reservoir under study a range of variables relevant to determining cyanobacterial proliferation, and carrying out autonomous explorations based on different principles

Consequently, a model of the reservoir under study, built using information from historical data, hydrodynamic models, ecological and toxicological analyses, and measurements from the ASV-mounted probes; and capable of predicting the evolution of cyanobacterial blooms

Later, a Geographic Information System (GIS) to integrate, georeference and visualise all available information on the water body

Ultimately, a Decision Support System (DSS) trained with the GIS information and machine-learning algorithms to optimise water-intake and treatment decisions

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To begin with, the collection and management of historical data from the monitoring networks of the different River Basin Authorities, covering various periods and locations, as well as data from scientific publications and satellite sources, in order to reconstruct as accurately as possible how past cyanobacterial bloom events emerged and declined

Next, sampling in the Guajaraz reservoir and in situ analysis using a multiparameter probe

Then, qualitative and quantitative sampling and analysis of phytoplankton, along with quantitative sampling (integrated photic-zone samples) for the analysis of nutrients and other physicochemical parameters

Subsequent implementation of data in Geographic Information Systems

On the other hand, validation of the CYANOA system for the protection of drinking-water quality

Finally, assesment of replicability for evaluating the environmental quality of water


October 2022 – September 2025


TOTAL 792.310 €

EUROFINS-IPROMA 121.919€

CYANOA Project EU Funding

I+D+i project CPP2021-008579 founded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Union Next Generation EU/ PRTR

CYANOA, CONTROL OF CYANOBACTERIA

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