THE (HUMAN) NATURE OF THE PROBLEM

SUCCESS STORIES

Research and innovation projects

Water cycle and Soil related selected projects

  • AFRICAN WATER - Action to promote involvement of African water researchers in the Framework Programme.
  • ALERT - Sustainable Management of Water Resources by Automated Real-Time Monitoring.
  • AMEDEUS - Accelerate Membrane Development for Urban Sewage Purification.
  • ANTINOMOS - A knowledge Network for solving real-life water problems in developing countries: Bridging contrasts.
  • AQUA-CHIP - Development and validation of a DNA-chip technology for the assessment of the bacteriological quality of bathing and drinking water.
  • AQUAMONEY - Economic Valuation of the Environmental and Resource Costs and Benefits in the European Water Framework Directive.
  • AQUAREC - Integrated Concepts for Reuse of Upgraded Wastewater.
  • AQUASTRESS - Mitigation of Water Stress through new Approaches to Integrating Management, Technical, Economic and Institutional Instruments.
  • AQUATERRA - Understanding river-sediment-soil-groundwater interactions for support of management of water bod-ies (river basin & catchment areas).
  • AQUATEST - Low cost water test for developing countries – a preparatory study.
  • BIOTOOL - Biological procedures for diagnosing the status and predicting evolution of polluted environments.
  • BRAHMATWINN - Twinning European and South Asian river basins to enhance capacity and implement adaptive inte-grated water resources management approaches.
  • BRIDGE - Background cRiteria for the IDentification of Groundwater thresholds.
  • CADOX - Coupled advanced oxidation-biological process for recycling of industrial wastewater containing persistent organic contaminants.
  • DEMETER - DEMonstration of Earth observation Technologies in Routine irrigation advisory services.
  • DUWS RISK ASSESSMENT - Microbial risk assessment of dental unit water systems (DUWS) in general dental practice (GDP).
  • EPI-BATHE - Assessment of human health effects caused by bathing waters.
  • EuroDemo - European Platform for Demonstration of Efficient Soil and Groundwater Remediation.
  • EURO-LIMPACS - Integrated Project to Evaluate the Impacts of Global Change on European Freshwater Ecosystems.
  • EUROMBRA - Membrane bioreactor technology (MBR) with an EU perspective for advanced municipal wastewater treatment strategies for the 21st century.
  • EUROWET - Integration of European Wetland research in a sustainable management of water cycle.
  • FLASH - Observations, Analysis and Modelling of Lightning Activity in Thunderstorms, for use in Short Term Forecasting of Flash Floods.
  • FLOW-AID - Farm Level Optimal Water Management: Assistant for Irrigation under Deficit.
  • GABARDINE - Groundwater Artificial recharge Based on Alternative sources of wateR: aDvanced INtegrated tech-nologies and management.
  • HiWATE - Health impacts of long-term exposure to disinfection by-products in drinking water.
  • HORIZONTAL-ORG - Horizontal Standards on Organic Micro-pollutants for Implementation of EU Directives on Sludge, Soil and Treated Bio-waste.
  • HYDRATE - Hydro-meteorological data resources and technologies for effective flash flood forecasting.
  • INNOWATECH - Innovative and integrated technologies for the treatment of industrial wastewater.
  • KNAPPE - Knowledge and Need Assessment on Pharmaceutical Product in Environmental Waters.
  • MEDESOL - Seawater desalination by innovative solar-powered membrane-distillation system.
  • MEDINA - MEmbrane-based Desalination: an INtegrated Approach.
  • MEDITATE
  • NEPTUNE - New sustainable concepts and processes for optimization and upgrading municipal wastewater and sludge treatment.
  • NETSSAF - Network for the development of sustainable approaches for large scale implementation of sanitation in Africa.
  • NEWATER - New Approaches to Adaptive Water Management under Uncertainty.
  • ORFEUS - Optimised Radar to Find Every buried Utility in the street.
  • PEPCY - Toxic and bioactive peptides in cyanobacteria.
  • PLEIADeS - Participatory multi-Level EO-assisted tools for Irrigation water management and Agricultural Deci-sion-Support.
  • PRIMROSE - PRocess based Integrated Management of constructed and Riverine wetlands for Optimal control of wastewater at catchment ScalE.
  • RAMWASS - Integrated decision support system for risk assessment and management of the Water-Sediment-Soil system at river basin scale in fluvial ecosystems.
  • REBECCA - Relationships between ecological and chemical status of surface waters.
  • RECLAIM WATER - Water reclamation technologies for safe artificial groundwater recharge.
  • REMOVALS - Reduction, modification and valorisation of sludge.
  • RISK-BASE - Coordination Action on Risk Based Management of River Basins.
  • RIVERTWIN - A Regional Model for Integrated Water Management in Twinned River Basins.
  • ROSA - Resource-Oriented Sanitation concepts for peri-urban areas in Africa.
  • SAFIR - Safe and High Quality Food Production using Quality Waters and Improved Irrigation Systems and Management.
  • SCENES - Water Scenarios for Europe and for Neighbouring States.
  • SCOREPP - Source Control Options for Reducing Emissions of Priority Pollutants.
  • SEDBARCAH - SEDiment bioBARriers for Chlorinated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in groundwater reaching surface water.
  • SOCOPSE - Source control of priority substances in Europe.
  • STRESOIL - In situ stimulation and remediation of contaminated fractured soils.
  • STRIVER - Strategy and methodology for improved IWRM - An Integrated Interdisciplinary Assessment in Four Twinning River Basins in Europe and Asia.
  • SUSAN - Sustainable and Safe Re-use of Municipal Sewage Sludge for Nutrient Recovery.
  • SWAMP - Sustainable Water Management and Wastewater purification in tourism facilities.
  • SWIFT-WFD - Screening method for Water data Information in support of the implementation of the Water Frame-work Directive.
  • SWITCH - Sustainable Water management Improves Tomorrow’s Cities’ Health.
  • TECHNEAU - TECHNEAU: technology enabled universal access to safe water.
  • TWINBAS - Twinning European and third countries river basins for development of integrated water resources management methods.
  • TwinBasinXN - Promoting Twinning of River Basins for Developing Integrated Water Resources Management Prac-tices.
  • TWINLATIN - Twinning European and Latin-American River Basins for Research Enabling Sustainable Water Re-sources Management.
  • VIROBATHE - Methods for the concentration and detection of Adenoviruses and Noroviruses in European bathing waters with reference to the revision of the Bathing Water Directive 76/160/EEC.
  • WADE - Floodwater recharge of alluvial aquifers in dryland environments.
  • WATCH - WATer and global Change.
  • WATER RE-USE - Sustainable waste water re-use technologies for irrigated land and in NIS and southern European states.
  • WATERCATOX - Waste Water Treatment by Catalytic Oxidation Contactor.
  • WATERPIPE - Integrated High Resolution Imaging Ground Penetrating Radar and Decision Support System for WATER PIPEline Rehabilitation.
  • WSSTP - Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform.

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