URBAN M2O aims to create solutions to generate the crucial information that is needed to develop and implement risk-based urban water quality management plans at the city scale. Such plans will contribute to achieving sustainable urban water systems with zero pollution impact on human health and the environment. URBAN M2O will achieve this objective by: 1) Developing and benchmarking AI-enhanced, resource-effective monitoring water quality technologies; 2) Developing fit-for-purpose water quality models and harmonized data management systems; 3) Demonstrating open-access urban water digital twins assimilating monitoring data to identify hotspots and prioritize pollution control actions under current and future climate scenarios; 4) Providing tailored guidance to end users and stakeholders for the effective development of urban water quality monitoring and management plans. Industrial partners will enhance their monitoring techniques with AI methods, benchmarking them against state-of-the-art monitoring approaches for trace organic chemicals, microbial contaminants, and microplastics in all urban water systems, namely drinking water, surface water, bathing water, wastewater effluents, groundwater, urban run-off, and sewer overflows. Monitoring and modelling solutions will be demonstrated in three real and operational case studies, selected to represent different challenges faced by urban water infrastructure. The URBAN M2O solutions will be tailored to stakeholders and end-users’ needs, addressing current and future requirements and challenges, and different resources and data availability. URBAN M2O will enable urban water managers and regulators to make informed decisions, prioritizing actions to enhance urban water quality, and protect human health, the environment, and biodiversity at the European scale.

iFLUX’ mission is to make groundwater visible! We have raised €1.36 million in equity & €1,185k through straight & convertible loans. With revenues from our developed paid projects, we brought our first product into the market: a passive flux sampler to measure & monitor 127 types of pollutants in the ground(water) and determine their impact. Today, our sampling technology has been used by 100+ customers across the EU and generated revenues €750k+. These customers include companies such as DOW, Total, ERM & Arcadis. A scalable real-time groundwater flow & flux sensing probe is our urgent development pipeline because monitoring groundwater dynamics is complex and requires highly accurate & real-time data to create a better understanding of aquifer behavior over time and spatially. With our sensing probe, we will be the next generation water monitoring solution by visualizing and integrating the dynamics of groundwater and its pollution.