The kick-off meeting of the projects funded under the Water JPI IC4Water funding scheme took place at the premises of the Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) in Paris on February 2nd, 2019. The project partners of the eight joint projects presented their projects. Catalin Stefan and Jana Glaß presented the project SMART-Control: Smart Framework for real-time monitoring and control of subsurface processes in managed aquifer recharge applications.