Objectives of the service
Due to the impacts of climate change, ensuring water availability through proper and ongoing qualification, quantification, management, and forecasting accessible for all is no longer just necessary but also strategic. WaterSIM tools can be deployed "as quickly as possible" to continuously survey the blue water (physical state) to support operational management as well as tactical and strategic planning anywhere on the world.
Within our Proof Of Concept involving first pilot users, we have built innovative indicators to monitor and control water state, water use, water stress and risk exposures. These indicators are adapted to the spatial and temporal resolutions of interest and are based on water level, water surface and water volume derived from Earth observations.
Users and their needs
Customers and users are various, sharing the same water value and acting on water resilience:
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National and Cross-border Integrated Watershed Management Organizations
To increase their monitoring networks and knowledge on rivers and lakes by combing all possible observation sources, and to get early warning for potential hazards and risk impacts
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Fire & Rescue Services
To use all available water data (from national networks and space-based observations) to monitor water bodies (rivers, lakes and reservoirs) and produce innovative indicators & interactive pilot-dashboard to improve the impact assessment of riverine floods.
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Dams Operators
To deploy specific in situ captors and use satellite observations to monitor regularly and precisely the water storage and plan operations
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Advocacy Groups – Water Stewardship
To develop Best Management Practices and use common basin mechanism to avoid or reduce operational impact and to replenish, restore or regenerate operational footprints.
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Engineers/Consultancies / NGOs
To use this new generation of monitoring and web-dissemination tools for any of your water-related contracts
Service/ system concept
With WaterSIM, customers and users can select different monitoring solution adapted to their regions and information services to fit their needs:
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For 360° monitoring of rivers
which capitalizes on national/transboundary in situ and space-based water data to precisely monitor the water level of rivers in real time
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To satisfactorily predict and warn of potential risk
an incoming flood along rivers, drought or failures in water availability, pollution risk upon monitoring tools deployed
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For a rapid mapping of water bodies
include innovative water stress and risk impact indicators & pilot-dashboard to support decision-making, available for an ongoing surveillance or launched upon alert for a pre-defined period
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For monitoring and control of water storage in lakes and reservoirs
which provides water level, water surface, water volume as well as water inputs, water abstraction and use to support command area and anticipate operations
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To rely on the know-how and expertise of Watersim’s partners to get more
Our main strength is our ability to process and use all types of data and sensors to collect them in a timely manner and produce insightful information and derived water indicator (e.g. for performance of hydrological and/or water hydraulic systems).
By providing real-time information on water resources from rivers and lakes, reservoirs, canals, irrigation tanks, rainfall, and soil moisture, WaterSIM helps to build a reliable system for all water resources related information. Combined with visibility into water demand or risk impact, WaterSIM helps the key decision makers for effective planning and management of water resources for their state/region/water users. The portfolio of services, from data collection to environmental intelligence is adapted to on different budget and infrastructure capacity (small, medium, high).
Space Added Value
WaterSIM solution integrates the latest satellite-based technologies to build a reliable and operational system for all water resources related information, that is:
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Satellite communication and navigation
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ARGOS/Kinéis connectivity
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To collect data from the micro-stations network (IoT baseline communication protocol)
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Iridium connectivity
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For large volume of data
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Global Navigation Satellite System
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To get continuous and referenced timing and positioning of stations, as well as rain data
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Earth observation satellites
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Radar Altimetry
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To monitor water level and storage change of lakes and reservoirs
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Optical Imagery
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To monitor water extent (flood included), storage change and land use/land cover
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Synthetic Aperture Radar
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To monitor water extent and flood mapping (even when cloudy) and storage change
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Other optical/SAR imagery (cost-effective)
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Used for production of Digital Elevation Model and ground movement monitoring
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Current Status
Thanks to the different technologies it relies on, WATERSIM is bringing clear value to:
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Produce and provide information where it does not exist (use of satellite observations and new in situ vorteX-io micro-stations.
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Improve and secure operational management using satellite connectivity.
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Offer a new way of doing tactical management of water resources.
The homogenous access to the information combined with the visibility into risk impact or water demand support effective planning and risk-based management of water resources for states/regions/water users.
If this activity resonates for you, you want to see what we can do and work it out in a following on demonstration project, please contact us.
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