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Expected results
The main expected results of the LIFE CYANOBLOOM Project are the following:
- Increase the probability of timely detecting and warning of a bloom at the monitoring site by 80-90% and reduce the chance of missing a toxic cyanobacterial bloom at the monitoring site to 10%-20%.
- Increase the number of water sites being monitored by a factor of 10.
- Increase usage of satellite data from VHR, hyperspectral and Copernicus satellites for water bodies.
- Increasing the probability of detecting bloom initiation at the monitoring site will reduce exposure time to toxic blooms by 80%.
- Reduce the occurrence of water supply outages by 10%.
- Reduce health problems by 85-90%.
- Reduce infection cases and medical visits, which will also lead to savings for the health system up to 15,000€ per case.
- Reduce costs of monitoring and mitigation measures by providing a cost-effective solution, saving large efforts and investments to restore water sites.
- Reduce economic losses to commercial fishery, recreational and tourism by increasing the chances of early detection of cyanoHABs by 80%-90%.
- Job creation.
