1. Rivers and Riverside Monitoring System
Yoseph Abate – Ethiopian Educational Research Network - Ethiopia
WACREN e-Research Hackfest – Lagos (Nigeria)
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement n°
Addis Ababa
Rivers and Riverside Monitoring System

2. Outline Background Scientific Problem Study Factors
Computing and Data Model
Technologies
Summary and Conclusion

3. Addis Ababa’s Rivers background
A city with a number of rivers stretching over 400KM in length
No clear rules/regulations on how to keep them clean
No meaningful enforcement of some form of “rules” to their cleanliness
Practically WASTE DISPOSALS and OPEN SEWERS
Trash
Human waste
Industrial waste
background

4. City Government
The Addis Ababa City Government is interested to monitor the situation of the rivers throughout the year
Researchers need these data on daily basis
Two main tasks:
Data Acquisition
Data Analysis
scientific problem

5. Study Factors Pollution Landscape study factors Watershed
Socio-Economy
Policy and Legality
Communication
study factors

6. Study Factors… Pollution Landscape Watershed Socio-Economy
Policy and Legality
Communication
Rehabilitation of Rivers and Riversides
Clean-up Processes
Restoration of Riverside Security
study factors

7. Study Factors… Pollution Landscape Watershed Socio-Economy
Policy and Legality
Communication
Beautification of Rivers and Riversides
Source-to-Mouth
Tourism and Public Park
study factors

8. Study Factors… Pollution Landscape Watershed Socio-Economy
Policy and Legality
Communication
Study of impacts on/by:
Soil
Land use
Vegetation
Wildlife
Animals
study factors

9. Study Factors… Pollution Landscape Watershed Socio-Economy
Policy and Legality
Communication
Study of impact of people inhabiting within 100meters
Study on economic benefits affected due to the damages done to the rivers
study factors

10. Study Factors… Pollution Landscape Watershed Socio-Economy
Policy and Legality
Communication
Study of non-violation reallocation of people
Recommendations based on international experiences
study factors

11. Study Factors… Pollution Landscape Watershed Socio-Economy
Policy and Legality
Communication
Awareness creation
Community-based data acquisition
Dissemination of research outputs and lessons learnt
study factors

12. Formal Data Acquisition- Web
End-User Web Portal
Users insert status of rivers/riversides
GPS location
Local name of rivers
Status (pre-defined) …
Users search and access Rivers/Riversides’ current status (graphical Reports)
Administrators Web Portal:
Data integrity checking
Administrative maintenance of status, names, …
computing and data model

13. Community Data Acquisition – Mobile
Ordinary Citizens
Citizen Scientists
computing and data model
Passer-by data acquisition
Advantage:
GPS location auto-insert
Selected from community schools presiding along the stretch of the rivers
Students
Teachers

14. computing and data model
Most important elements about rivers and riversides
Location (GPS)
Status (predefined statuses)
Socio-economic integration of rivers with the people living along
Cultural aspects of rivers to the society (religious or related)
computing and data model

15. Technology FutureGateway gLibrary Open Access Repository (OAR)
Authorization & Authentication
Manage tasks
gLibrary
Provides services to access existing data collections or create new ones
RESTifies possibly heterogeneous databases
Open Access Repository (OAR)
Main repository for contents
Uniquely identifies pictures and reports within the whole system
technologies

16. summary and conclusion
Research Output
Deducted from
data collected and
based on the standards of rivers and water quality
Rivers are ranked accordingly
Measurement standards PH
Sodium-Potassium compositions
Actions are taken by respective responsible bodies based on the above results
summary and conclusion

17. summary and conclusion
Who are Involved
Research & Development
Acquisition & Action
summary and conclusion
Environmentalists
Biologists
Urban Planners
Software Engineers
Citizen Scientists
Ordinary Citizens
Addis Ababa City Government

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