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With the proposed AQUASmartTech project, we aim to design, and implement an IoT platform through which end-users can have real-time insight into water quality parameters. This platform will enable users to detect water pollution in real time.
Our innovation addresses heavy precipitation, droughts, and multi-hazard impacts on Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa. It targets several problems:
- Pollution from construction, untreated wastewater, agricultural chemicals, and industrial activities.
- Increasing water temperatures due to global warming, impacting ecosystems.
- Decreasing water levels from excessive agricultural flooding and water usage for electricity production.
- Rapid water level increases from excessive rainfall and snowmelt.
These challenges are tackled through environmental education, sustainable water management, and community engagement to preserve the lakes' biodiversity and quality.
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The AQUASmartTech project aims to create, test, and implement an IoT platform for real-time monitoring of water parameters in Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa. The platform combines hardware, communication, and software technologies to provide stakeholders with accessible data. Key activities include:
1. Engaging stakeholders to identify pollution problems and critical areas.
2. Collaborating with the Hydrobiology Institute to test various sensors.
3. Evaluating and setting up communication infrastructure in critical areas.
4. Procuring and developing sensors and devices for widespread monitoring.
5. Installing sensors at defined locations.
6. Establishing a communication network for data transmission.
7. Testing the hardware and communication systems.
8. Developing cloud and mobile applications for data access and alerts.
9. Training stakeholders on platform use.
10. Marketing the platform to the local population for pollution data access and reporting.
The innovative AQUASmartTech project is the result of our experience in developing several similar projects, including:- Research and Development (R&D) projects within the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, where InnoFEIT is a spin-off company.- ANGOR AG company’s in-house projects, acting as a subcontractor of this project.- Consulting engagements on similar projects in complexity and field (environmental protection, management systems for water resources, precision agriculture, IoT networks, sensors networks).Specifically, the AQUASmartTech project involves collaboration with the Hydrobiological Institute – Ohrid, which will lead activities related to their expertise in understanding the parameters of pollution that need to be measured, sensor testing, critical areas requiring monitoring, etc. Additionally, we have partnerships with external consultants and private companies experienced in real-world implementation of projects with similar complexity involving sensors, devices, communication and application.
For every developing project, there are risks associated with the implementation and the possibility that desired outcomes may not be achieved. These risks can stem from factors beyond our control (objective) like user adoption of the tool, or internal issues (subjective)like poor planning or execution. In this specific case, subjective factors for the project’s failure are minimized because all involved parties in the project’s development and implementation have experience in successful development and implementation of projects of similar or greater complexity. A greater challenge might be the effective utilization of the developed tool by potential users, particularly public enterprises and municipalities, due to their limited human and material resources for continuous monitoring and analysis of pollutants (based on acquired data) and timely reaction upon detection of pollution or other significant changes in water parameters. Additionally, vandalism risk towards deployed equipment should be considered. We have factored this into the project’s risk analysis and have planned to install the devices in protected, private areas wherever possible or in less accessible public spaces to reduce this risk.
With the proposed AQUASmartTech project, we aim to design, and implement an IoT platform through which end-users can have real-time insight into water quality parameters. This platform will enable users to detect water pollution in real time.
Our innovation addresses heavy precipitation, droughts, and multi-hazard impacts on Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa. It targets several problems:
- Pollution from construction, untreated wastewater, agricultural chemicals, and industrial activities.
- Increasing water temperatures due to global warming, impacting ecosystems.
- Decreasing water levels from excessive agricultural flooding and water usage for electricity production.
- Rapid water level increases from excessive rainfall and snowmelt.
These challenges are tackled through environmental education, sustainable water management, and community engagement to preserve the lakes' biodiversity and quality.
The main components of the system have been tested separately, and an initial integration exercise has been conducted.
The AQUASmartTech project aims to create, test, and implement an IoT platform for real-time monitoring of water parameters in Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa. The platform combines hardware, communication, and software technologies to provide stakeholders with accessible data. Key activities include:
1. Engaging stakeholders to identify pollution problems and critical areas.
2. Collaborating with the Hydrobiology Institute to test various sensors.
3. Evaluating and setting up communication infrastructure in critical areas.
4. Procuring and developing sensors and devices for widespread monitoring.
5. Installing sensors at defined locations.
6. Establishing a communication network for data transmission.
7. Testing the hardware and communication systems.
8. Developing cloud and mobile applications for data access and alerts.
9. Training stakeholders on platform use.
10. Marketing the platform to the local population for pollution data access and reporting.
The innovative AQUASmartTech project is the result of our experience in developing several similar projects, including:- Research and Development (R&D) projects within the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, where InnoFEIT is a spin-off company.- ANGOR AG company’s in-house projects, acting as a subcontractor of this project.- Consulting engagements on similar projects in complexity and field (environmental protection, management systems for water resources, precision agriculture, IoT networks, sensors networks).Specifically, the AQUASmartTech project involves collaboration with the Hydrobiological Institute – Ohrid, which will lead activities related to their expertise in understanding the parameters of pollution that need to be measured, sensor testing, critical areas requiring monitoring, etc. Additionally, we have partnerships with external consultants and private companies experienced in real-world implementation of projects with similar complexity involving sensors, devices, communication and application.
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