• The Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge invited to present the progress being made in the Innovaugas Challenge 2 as an example of digitization in the capture and advanced processing of information for the management of extreme weather events such as floods and drought.
• The intervention was part of the round table dedicated to research projects on flood risk management and was given by José Ramón Bella, representatives of the UTE Aquatec Prointega, awarded the service.

The Innovaugas 4.0 project was presented to an audience of technicians and representatives of river basin management entities and river basin districts in Spain during the annual I D i Conference on flood risk management plans, organized by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, yesterday in Madrid.

Challenge 2 of Innovaugas 4.0 addresses digital and innovative solutions for extreme weather events such as drought and floods. Specifically, yesterday José Ramón Bella, representative of the UTE AQUATEC PROINTEGA, winner of Challenge 2, explained the advantages of the system being developed by Augas de Galicia to predict the risk of flooding and its effects on bodies of water and wastewater treatment plants.

The technological solution proposed by the UTE includes the installation of level and humidity sensors, multiparametric probes and cameras for real-time data collection. These data are processed in an advanced management system of new design and not existing in the purchased that feeds the artificial intelligence algorithm that will allow Augas de Galicia technicians to increase the prediction time for these events, improve the efficiency in the response and in the decision making in real time, among other advantages.

INNOVAUGAS 4.0

Innovaugas 4.0 is a project promoted by the Entidad Pública Empresarial Augas de Galicia, under the Department of Infrastructure and Mobility of the Xunta de Galicia, which seeks to achieve new solutions for advanced integrated water management, optimize water resources and provide long-term response to the demands of the different uses of water, in balance with the natural environment and river ecosystems, respecting the achievement of environmental objectives established for water bodies and addressing the new scenarios determined by climate change.

The Innovaugas 4.0 project has an elixible budget of 7 million euros and is 80% co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Plurirexional Operational Program of Spain (POPE) 2014-2020.

Innovaugas 4.0 was selected by the Ministry of Science and Innovation in 2020 in the Line of Promotion of Innovation from the Demand and Innovative Public Procurement, has an aid of European funds of 4,200,000 euros, will also be co-financed by the Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN) with 700,000 euros and Augas de Galicia will approach 2,100,000 euros.