The AQUARES Project. Water Reuse Policies Advancement for Resource Efficient European Regions, it is an Interreg Europe Project which receives funding from the European Regional Development Fund and has a total the budget of EUR. 1,544.231,20 (85% ERDF + 15% National). Period of implementation 60 months (June 2018 - May 2023).
Presupuesto
1.544.231 M€
Duration
60 mesesStart date
june, 2018
Fecha de finalización
may, 2023
This project brings together 10 public organisations from 9 different European countries (Malta, Germany, Poland, Greece, Czech Republic, Italy, Latvia, Slovenia and Spain) with the aim to achieve better water management of water resources through water reuse, profit from the opportunities in the water market, and secure the protection of water bodies.
The chief aim is to improve the implementation of regional development policies and programmes in partnership regions, to increase resource efficiency, green growth, and environmental performance management in the water reuse sector.
The Project efforts will focus on: Identifying viable water reuse strategies to confront inefficient uses of water; Securing the protection of water bodies; Taking advantage of untapped EU financing tools; Promoting public dialogue to address conflicting interests in the water reuse sector.
Expected Impact to increase awareness and consensus building among water providers, the workforce, and citizens, to support measures for water reuse, and to increase the capacity of staff in public administrations to effectively support water reuse.
The Euromediterranean Water Institute Foundation . is one of the partners' advisers of AQUARES Project. F-IEA will support the lead partner, carrying out relevant activities, elaborating deliverables and developing toolkits for the successful support of water reuse projects. Participation in project management and communication activities and organisation of an Infoday and a policy awareness event is also one of F-IEA roles.
AQUARES contributes to EU 2020 strategy targets, for which water reuse is an essential part; it is one of the 5 priority areas of work of the European Innovation Partnership on Water which objective is to increase the uptake of innovative water solutions by 2020.
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