Smart Water Monitoring with Geodata

A sovereign, cross-border data space for flood early warning, water quality monitoring and extreme weather response. Connecting municipalities, research institutions and technology providers across Spain, Ireland and Norway.

Análisis de Patrones de Movilidad Urbana
Predicción de la Demanda de Transporte
Servicios de Información Multimodal
Datos de Flotas y Sensores de Tráfico (IoT)
Matrices de Origen-Destino (OD Matrix)
Infraestructura de Movilidad Sostenible

The Project

NEXMO — Geodata Space for Smart Water Monitoring and Response from Extreme Weather — is a Digital Europe Programme pilot validating cross-border data spaces for climate resilience, coordinated by the Municipality of San Javier (Murcia, Spain).

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Water Intelligence

Integrating IoT sensor networks, satellite Earth observation (Copernicus), and municipal infrastructure data to deliver real-time water quality and flood risk insights.

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Data Sovereignty

Built on Eclipse EDC and IDSA Dataspace Protocol. Each participant retains full control over their data with policy-based access and usage control.

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Cross-Border Resilience

Pilot cities in Spain, Ireland and Norway share environmental data across national boundaries under a harmonised INSPIRE-compliant governance framework.

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Green Deal Aligned

Contributing to EU climate adaptation objectives, DS4SSCC (Data Spaces for Smart and Sustainable Cities and Communities) and the European Green Deal.

Project Objectives

  • Deploy a federated water monitoring data space across three European cities, enabling real-time data sharing for flood and drought early warning.
  • Validate interoperability of heterogeneous data sources — IoT sensors, satellite imagery, meteorological forecasts and municipal records — using INSPIRE and DCAT standards.
  • Demonstrate DS4SSCC reference architecture in production conditions with public authorities, research institutions and technology companies.
  • Produce replicable open-source tooling and governance templates for water data spaces deployable by any European municipality.

Use Cases

NEXMO está diseñado como una infraestructura institucional que facilita la creación de casos de uso colaborativos orientados a aportar beneficios medibles al ecosistema de la movilidad sostenible.

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Flood Risk Mapping

Combining river gauge IoT data with Copernicus satellite imagery and meteorological models to produce real-time inundation risk maps for coastal and fluvial areas.

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Water Quality Monitoring

Continuous multi-parameter monitoring (pH, turbidity, conductivity, nitrates) from Libelium sensor networks, federated across pilot sites and accessible via open APIs.

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Extreme Weather Early Warning

Integrating MET Norway forecast models with local IoT observations to issue early warnings for flash floods, storm surges and heavy precipitation events.

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Coastal Erosion Tracking

Time-series analysis of satellite-derived coastline change data shared between San Javier and Donegal to benchmark erosion rates and inform coastal management plans.

Ecosystem

A consortium of municipalities, technology companies and research universities building the next generation of water data infrastructure.

Types of Actors

Governance Authority

UC3M custodian of rules and guarantor of common interest.

Public Administration

Public sector entities planning urban mobility.

Transport & Logistics

Fleet management and freight distribution entities.

Tech SMEs & Research

Data refinement and advanced mobility solutions.

Citizenry

Final beneficiary of system optimization.

Operational Roles

Data Space Operator

Cloud infrastructure and technical deployment.

Data Provider

Shares datasets with strict Terms of Use.

Data Consumer

Authorized to access and exploit data.

Service Provider

Processes data to generate value-added outputs.

Delegated Data Provider

Aggregator publishing on behalf of original owner.

Regulatory Alignment

UNE 0087:2025

Governance and interoperability framework.

European Data Spaces

Sovereign architectures with EDC connectors.

GDPR

Strict privacy and data protection compliance.

Data Governance Act

Neutrality and functional separation principles.

Data Regulation

Fair and equitable access, SME protection.

Data Catalogue

Explore the datasets published by all participants, synchronised automatically from their EDC connectors across all three pilot cities.

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Federated Datasets

Query all connector catalogues in real time from a single access point using the DCAT standard.

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Continuous Sync

Catalogues are updated automatically every 30 seconds via the Dataspace Protocol (DSP).

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Search and Browse

Filter by name, provider or identifier. View metadata, distributions and policies for each dataset.

Browse the Catalogue

Request Access

Únete al espacio de datos NEXMO. Completa el formulario y recibirás credenciales de acceso para tu conector EDC.

Onboarding Process

1

Fill in the form

Provide your organisation name, contact name and corporate email address.

2

Confirmation email

You will receive an email confirming that your request has been received and is under review.

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Activation email

Once approved, you will receive a second email with your access credentials and a link to your EDC connector interface.

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Access your connector

Inicia sesión en la interfaz DSR (Data Space Ready) con las credenciales proporcionadas para administrar tus datos de movilidad en el espacio NEXMO.

Organisation Details

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