**6. Conclusions**

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Fig. 14. Video Management Center prototype (CGV): streaming live view feature available on the web interface. The camera shown and listed are used in Lepida SpA R&D laboratories

data, the prototype also implements other features such as: strong authentication of all the users that can access the web interface; profilation of the users that can access the web interface, in order to limit and specifically select the features each users is enabled to access; logs collection related to all the operations that each user makes on the web interface. The authentication is performed by exploiting the "fedERa" system. "FedERa" *fedERa* (2011) is the regional authentication system designed and promoted by Lepida SpA; it is a federated authentication system that allows the access to all the online services offered by the federated Public Administrations, with the usage of a single username-password that is valid for all the federated services. The profilation system has been implemented ad hoc for this prototype and it allows to differentiate the features that are available to each user: live view, view on demand of the recorded video, download of the recorded video. The profilation system, strictly correlated to the authentication system, allows the creation of logs to trace the activities of video data managements, as required by the italian privacy laws: the log systems collects information about the timestamp, identity of the user and specific operation made on the Video Management Centre (live view, on demand view, download). Actually the Video Management Center prototype has been tested by Lepida SpA internally. In a couple of months it is scheduled the start of a test bed usage of such a system in collaboration with a small Public Administration of the Emilia-Romagna region, for public security purpose. The architecture designed for security videosurveillance purpose and the developed prototype could nevertheless also be used in scenarios such as the one described by the project of the Civil Protection, so for environmental monitoring purposes that are based on video images.

as a test-bed.

This publication has highlighted some interesting aspects of environmental monitoring mainly related to the Public Administrations context. Let us stress that, expecially in the Public context, an effective usage of the available resources and a development based on economies of scale are fundamental. The research method proposed and adopted by Lepida SpA has represented, as the described test-beds have shown, a valid instrument for the efficient planning, without any resource wasting, both phisical and economic, of all the environmental monitoring activities managed at a regional level. In particular the method proposed has given the opportunity of increasing the knowledge of all the infrastrucutures and system concerning the environmental monitoring field, active and used inside the whole regional territories, resulting in a more aware development of new hardware and software solutions able to face with the practical problems and necessity raised by the Public Administrations of the Emilia-Romagna region. The test-beds activated and described in this chapter will offer in the next months the chance to properly set and define all the systems variables and parameters in order to become useful models for the definition of future full services devoted to the Public Administrations.

#### **7. Acknowledgment**

This chapter was prepared in collaboration with Eng. Stefania Nanni, Laboratories ICT Manager at Lepida SpA, Eng. Anna Lisa Minghetti, Lepida network Manager at Lepida SpA, Eng. Federico Marcheselli, ERretre network Manager at Lepida SpA, Eng. Fabio Brunelli, Services Development area at Lepida SpA.

**1. Introduction** 

pollution.

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*France* 

**ICT for Water Efficiency** 

*Nice Sophia Antipolis University / Polytech Nice Sophia,* 

Global change poses unprecedented threats to society through impacts on both the natural environment and engineered infrastructure. Specifically, growing global population requires urban and infrastructure development at the same time as global warming demands massive investment in measures for both adaptation to future climate and mitigation through reduced emissions. The water sector is at the heart of this 21st century challenge, and the need of the hour is to have a major revision of our approaches and implementation of technology for the management of water resources, flood risk and

As mentioned recently by the Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform (2005) – WSSTP - representing all the European water sector actors, "water supply, storm-water drainage, wastewater collection and treatment, as well as quality and quantity management of natural water resources need to be efficiently secured or, where necessary, improved. Only through a paradigm shift from fragmented towards integrated urban water management economic development, social balance and ecological integrity can be secured. [...] During the last three decades the European water industry has built up a great competitive strength based on innovative supply and sanitation concepts, technology, knowledge and skills; availability of financial resources; wide experience in many industrial sectors; close cooperation with European R&D organisations and universities, including active involvement in R&D projects in the various European Union R&D Framework Programmes; expanding markets in the European Union and outside; European Union policy on sustainability, environment and energy; a broad spectrum of efficient governmental structures, tailored to specific local needs. The three largest companies providing water supply and sanitation services in the world are European. In addition, a large number of European Small & Medium Enterprise's (SME's) export their expertise and equipment across the world. Several European firms and institutes have prominent positions in the open market for major water and sanitation studies and implementations. The European water sector is a major economic player - 1% of GDP - with a turnover in the European Union of about 80 billion Euro and an average growth rate of 5% per year,

compared to 2.5% per year average growth rate for the European Union economy."

The diagnostic provided by the profession at the European level and with the support of the WSSTP mentions that sustainable approaches for the development of water projects are needed to deliver social, economic and environmental benefits. These demands are pressing issues in the new European Member States, and in developed and developing countries outside Europe. Technologies need to be properly integrated with social, economic and

Philippe Gourbesville

Authors would like to thank the following people and organizations, for their competence and their data: River Basin Consortium of the "Po" River, Civil Protection of Emilia-Romagna Region, Drainage Consortium of the Western Romagna, Marconi Labs, Dab, Misa, Eltel4, IEIIT-CNR Bologna, IConsulting, MEEO.

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