WHYLD: Europe’s first real-time forecasting service
WHYLD (Worldwide HYdrological Large-scale Database) aims to create the first Europe-wide hydrological database.
This real-time monitoring network will enable us to better understand, anticipate and manage water-related risks: floods, droughts, water resource management, and much more.
Objectives, vision, means
In order to face the climate emergency, WHYLD aims to reinvent river monitoring in Europe.
Our ambition
- contribute to sustainable and resilient management in the face of climate change through knowledge of watercourses
- improve water resourcemanagement
- prevent flood and droughtrisks
Objectives
Real-time monitoring of the condition of European rivers
Creating Europe’s first hydrological database
Creating digital twins of large-scalewatercourses
Provide a river condition forecasting service to facilitate risk and water resource management
Resources
Expand the network of connected hydrological stations across Europe
Collect real-time data on water level, flow, temperature, turbidity and precipitation
Developing robust forecasting models to anticipate floods and droughts
Provide water stakeholders (local authorities, managers, decision-makers, governments) with decision-support services.
A European project
WHYLD is supported and co-financed by vorteX-io and subsidized by the European Innovation Council.
It is part of the global “Early Warning for All” initiative launched by the United Nations at COP27. It aims to reduce the risk of natural disasters by providing hydrological warning systems to at-risk populations by 2027.
vorteX-io
Project initiator and operational manager.
European Innovation Council
European financial and strategic support
Key figures
Whyld in figures
+1 000
stations deployed
in France and Croatia
+3 000
stations across
Europe
+45
people working
on this project
For further information
Join WHYLD today and help build a high-performance European hydrological network.
Why join WHYLD?
Thanks to the unprecedented hydrological database it creates, the WHYLD project opens up new, hitherto inaccessible perspectives.
The WHYLD European project is based on the deployment of vorteX-io stations on existing infrastructures, enabling hydrological data to be collected continuously in the field.
Installations are planned in several European countries, starting with France and Croatia, with a target of 3,000 micro-stations deployed in various countries by the end of 2026.
Data can be accessed via the vorteX-io platform, which offers dynamic visualizations and analysis tools for managers and decision-makers.
The data generated by WHYLD can be used to secure assets and perpetuate the activities of companies exposed to hydrological risks, as well as to develop innovative solutions and optimize parametric insurance.