The Foundation
IEA has participated in the international Interregional workshop on water reuse
technologies, hosted by Lombardy Foundation for the Environment, in Milan, on
27-28, 2019. Additionally, the second project meeting of the AQUARES project
was also celebrated in the following days (28-29) and attended by the lead partner
General Directorate of Water from the Region of Murcia together with the rest
of partnership from Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Greece, Italy,
Latvia, Malta and Poland.
Several representatives assisted in the meeting from the Water Council of
Oldenburg and East Frisia (Germany), the Regional Development Agency of the
Pardubice Region (Czech Republic), the Ministry of Environment and Energy of
Greece, the Water and Energy Agency of Malta, the Foundation for the
Environment of Lombardy (Italy), the Baltic Coast Association of Latvia, the
Region of Lodzkie (Poland), the Municipality of Trebnje (Slovenia), as well as
the Ministry of Water, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the
Euro-Mediterranean Water Institute Foundation.
The workshop on 'Water reuse technologies' aimed at identifying viable
strategies to control the use of reused water and limit inefficient uses. Among
the topics of discussion were “The
technical challenges and scientific uncertainties; The specific barriers to water reuse in irrigation; Identification and optimization of
appropriate technologies” regarding water reuse.
The workshop
also explored how to make the most of European funding instruments and proposing
a dialogue to confront interests in the field of water reuse governance. At
this event, several representatives participated from the irrigation community
of Cartagena, as well as academics experts in the water reuse technologies of
the University of Alicante, who were invited by the IEA Foundation as
stakeholders.
Their cooperation showed that the region of Murcia stands
out in the water reuse technologies and its interest to continue advancing in this
field.
