WP 3: Implementation and monitoring of the WATERCARE water quality integrated system (WQIS)». Deliverable D.5.1.1 - Alert Tool for the Bathing Water Management

In this report, we describe the design, development, implementation and testing of the Alert Tool for the Bathing Water Management. The flow of information stored in the Water Quality Integrated System (WQIS) database is managed by a continuously running software that processes the data by means of a forecast operational model connected to an alert tool. These tools are the WQIS results and allow generation and delivery of FIB dispersion forecast maps, which are then used by decisionmakers. Therefore, the system outputs real-time data that update historical series with new data. The alert tool notifies users of: o system progress; o any abnormalities in the environmental parameters; o any hardware abnormalities detected in real time. The alert tool has been tested and applied to the five pilot sites in the Adriatic Sea.