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14 May 2019, Thessaloniki, Greece

At 14 May 2019, EYDAP presented the INTCATCH boats at the Industrial Area of Sindos, Thessaloniki. The presentation, was organized by Thessaloniki Water Supply and Sewerage Company (EYATH S.A.) and Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company (EYDAP S.A.). The demonstration was attended by various organizations and authorities such as, Public Water Supply and Sewerage Companies (EYATH, DEYA's), Public Power Corporation S.A. –Hellas (DEH), Institute ELGO 'Demetra' / Department of Soil Water Resources, Public Authorities ('Special Secretariat for Water' under Ministry of Environment and Energy, Academic Community (AUTH) and other Private Companies (Intergeo, Agrolab, Actor). The main aims were to investigate the intension of the stakeholders in Northern Greece, to take up the INTCATCH technologies determine the context in which the INTCATCH tools should be promoted to those stakeholder groups.

During the demonstration, interesting presentations were made, that led to a fruitful discussion among the participants. The autonomous robotic boats were presented in a real environment and provided real time data for key parameters. Finally, the discussion among the stakeholders triggered some important points in terms of exploitation of the INTCATCH services in Northern Greece. For example, the ability of the INTCATCH boats to be used for monitoring and sampling in coastal waters was of great interest for EYATH.