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The BlueArk Challenge, initially launched as a hackathon and then as a call for projects, is evolving and becoming a residency programme for SME, start-up and water specialists. This new format was officially presented at the BlueArk Conference on 21 November, attended by over 320 water specialists. Companies with a solution related to the multiple use of water are invited to apply and test their innovations in the Val de Bagnes for at least three months.

Water management: two innovations win CHF 10,000 thanks to the BlueArk Challenge! Using artificial intelligence and a digital twin, the BlueArk Challenge uses artificial intelligence and a digital twin to guarantee the supply of drinking water in local communities and to encourage the infiltration of rainwater using an innovative infiltration box. These are the functions …

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With the support of BlueArk, CSEM and Neuchâtel-based SME Precidata have developed a system for monitoring and measuring water flow rates and issuing height and flow alerts for mountain streams, brooks, and irrigation channels. Initially developed in 2021 as part of the BlueArk Challenge, the system is lightweight and mobile. Self-powered and connected wirelessly to a remote server, it is equipped with three cameras which monitor the stream continuously, all year round. The system does not alter the natural environment, and provides communities with an invaluable tool for decision-making, particularly in optimizing water use and preventing flooding.

The BlueArk Challenge rewards four innovative and sustainable projects Continuous monitoring of wastewater using artificial intelligence, better quantification of the value of water using a digital tool, analysis of water quality directly at source using a connected container, and preventing water hammer in water pipes using an innovative solution: these four concrete ideas have been …

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Four innovative solutions rewarded by the BlueArk Challenge A filter to remineralise rainwater collected in isolated, high-altitude locations, dynamic valves integrated into the network and coupled with algorithms to prevent drinking water stagnation, a microturbine for measuring and adjusting irrigation flow rates that uses artificial intelligence to adapt to the weather and the needs of …

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