LIFE09 ENV / ES/ 0456
Sustainable Water Management on Regional Level
via Unmanned Aerial System-based
Aerial Teledetection (UAS)
PARTICIPATING ENTITIES:
RIEGOS
DE NAVARRA, S.A.
With the contribution of LIFE,
the European Union’s financial instrument
What is AG_UAS?
What innovation does it bring?
AG_UAS is a Life project engaged in sustainable
water management on a regional level via Unmanned
Aerial System-based Aerial Teledetection (UAS).
The new Aerial Teledetection methodology proposed can contribute to improving
present-day methods and to identifying and understanding the existing problems
better. It provides full field information (image) and provides a spatial solution for a
spatial problem, offering the possibility of covering large areas.
Its objective is to show the technical-economic feasibility
of a new Aerial Teledetection methodology, to improve
global water management and contribute to its sustainable use.
It is one of the Spanish projects approved by the European Union in the LIFE
2009 call, with 3-year execution time, as from 01/10/2010.
The main innovation brought by
AG_UAS is that it makes it possible
to use teledetection from aerial
means via a UAS solution, which can
overcome the cost and operational
capacity limitations and problems of
present-day teledetection solutions
(satellite and aircraft).
What does it propose?
To provide solutions to the problems that exist with respect to the use of
water in:
, Resource utilisation (efficiency of
hydraulic infrastructures, irrigation
optimisation, etc.)
, Safety of mine exploitation storage
facilities.
To do this, a technology that already
exists (UAS- VTOL) will be developed
, Resource protection (dumping,
thermal pollution, etc.)
What are its specific objectives?
1
To test two new and innovative aerial teledetection systems by
designing and constructing two prototypes, one based on a high resolution
infrared camera and another on a multispectral camera. Both will use an
unmanned helicopter as an aerial platform.
2
To demonstrate the technical feasibility of the method by executing
environmental missions.
3
To demonstrate the economic feasibility of the method (assessing the
operation costs of the environmental missions)
4
To promote a Dissemination Plan on a national and European level of the
Project and of its results to support the EU environmental policy.
5
To develop a procedures manual to effectively apply the new methodology
on sustainable water management, supporting the development and
application of Directives 2000/60/EC and 2006/21/EC.
, Efficient control of the water status.
, Water resource inventory.
that will offer us spatial information
(images)
What is its aim?
To develop UAS-VTOL technology in order to demonstrate the technicaleconomic feasibility of the methodology in the following environmental
missions:
Detect leaks and filtrations in linear
hydraulic transport (canals) and
accumulation (dams) infrastructures.
Detect dumping and emissions in
surface water.
5
Detect thermal pollution in water
masses.
6
Watch over the chemical and
ecological status of surface water.
7
Detect the existence of ground
water.
1
Aznalcollar-1998 / Spain
Detect leaks and filtrations in extractive
industry waste storage reservoirs.
4
2
Kolontar-2010/ Hungary
Identify crop irrigation needs.
Water stress in enlarged area
3
The missions will be executed within a demonstration plan that will
include 142 demonstration flights, which will be carried out on surface
water masses, irrigated land and infrastructures of the Foral Community of
Navarra, seeking the most representative points of these infrastructures.
Participating Partners?
www.lifeaguas.es
bThe Navarra Industry Association (AIN) is the organisation that heads
Navarra Industry Association
S. Cosme y S. Damián, s/n
31191 Cordovilla (Navarra)
 +34 948 421 101
www.ain.es
lifeaguas@ain.es
and coordinates the execution of this project, and is responsible for
reaching the objectives set out. AIN provides services to industries in a
wide range of fields such as engineering and technology, training and
consultancy. It has 150 employees and 200 associated companies.
bThe Department of the Environment and Rural Development is the
organisation responsible for planning, coordinating, managing and executing the environmental policies of the Government of Navarra. Its
competences include the protection and preservation of the environment, as well as of the water resources.
Government of Navarra
Department of the Environment and Rural Development
c/ González Tablas, 7
31005 Pamplona (Navarra)
www.navarra.es
bRiegos de Navarra S.A. is a public company created by the Government
of Navarra, which depends upon the Department of the Environment
and Rural Development. Its aim is to control those irrigation aspects
that may have a repercussion on the natural medium, especially those
related to water saving, by improving the efficiency and adequate management of the irrigation systems, following the guidelines laid down
by the European Framework Directive.
The environmental nature of the missions, whose technical and economic feasibility is intended to be demonstrated, and the expectations
created around this project, justify the participation of both entities.
They will be fundamental in defining the environmental missions to be
executed and in interpreting the results.
bThe Environmental Resource Centre of Navarra (CRANA) is the fourth
partner. It is responsible for carrying out the Project Communication
and Dissemination Plan. CRANA is a foundation attached to the
Directorate General for Environment of the Government of Navarra. Its
commitment is to construct a new environmental culture and advance
towards the sustainability of the Navarra society.
RIEGOS
DE NAVARRA, S.A.
Riegos de Navarra S.A.
Edificio de Peritos, Avda Serapio Huici nº 22
31610 Villava (Navarra)
 +34 948 013 055
www.riegosdenavarra.com
riegosdenavarra@riegosdenavarra.com
Environmental Resource Centre of Navarra
C/ Padre Adoain 217 bajo
31015 Pamplona (Navarra)
 +34 948 140 818
www.crana.org
lifeaguas@crana.org
With the contribution of LIFE,
the European Union’s financial instrument