10.4122/1.1000001130
Thevenot, D. R.
D. R.
Thevenot
F\303\266rster, M.
M.
F\303\266rster
Developing the DayWater adaptive decision support system for urban stormwater source control: A challenge!
DTU Library, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
2005
Conference full text
Flooding
Research dissemination
Research management
Source control
Stormwater
Urban water management
Water quality
Universit\303\251 Paris
2005
en
10.4122/1.1000001129
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Although urban stormwater management (USWM) is essential for controlling both flooding and pollution problems, decision-making in any USWM project is especially complex since it involves a large number of stakeholders and large variety of domains of knowledge, i.e. both technical (hydraulic, chemical or eco-toxicological) and managerial (planning, assessing, decision-making, etc\342\200\246). In order to facilitate the sustainable management of urban water management, an Adaptive Decision Support System (ADSS) for stormwater source control will be developed by a consortium of seven European research institutions and three private companies. The resulting 3-year research project (DayWater) started in December 2002 with financial support from the European Commission (5th Framework Programme). The major challenges of the DayWater project are presented and discussed in relation with the following points: cross-disciplinary partners, coverage of the European scale, strong end-user involvement, consideration of decision-making procedure in urban stormwater issues. This paper aims to compare the original work plan with the progress achieved to date and to analyse the reasons for both the success and difficulties encountered by the DayWater consortium as an example of a European research project dealing with a complex context.