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Policy initiative to overcome water competition between the vital economic sectors of agriculture and tourism in the Mediterranean
“MedWater Policy” is a research project co-financed by the European
commission in the frame of the
INCO-MED Programme. “MedWater Policy” elaborates strategies to overcome the
water competition
between the vital economic sectors of agriculture and tourism in the
countries of the Eastern MediterraneanBasin.
- The consortium based its investigation on an analysis of the water
situation in five target
regions e.g. the Greek Island Naxos. In a further working step the
technical, economic and political
aspects of sustainable water supply were scrutinised. Focus was put on the
option of renewable energy
(RE) based desalination systems.
- Different combinations of RE technologies and desalination techniques
were assessed for their technical suitability and economic performance. The
project findings are compiled in the MedWater Model for Integrated Water
Planning. This computer tool is based in MS Excel and therefore widely
usable for water planning on local and regional levels. The tool allows
the
analysis of the water situation on local and regional level and assists in
formulating concrete action
plans to accomplish sustainable water supply.
| Project number | ICA3-CT-2000-30002 | ||
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| Subject(s) | no translation available , no translation available , no translation available | ||
| Acronym | MEDWATER-POLICY | ||
| Geographical coverage | France, Italy, Greece, Germany, Turkey, Tunisia, Jordan, Palestine | ||
| Budget (in €) | 589475 | ||
| Programme | INCO MED ( FP5 ) | ||
| Web site | http://www.medwater.de/medwater_policy_initiative.html | ||
| Objectives | - The aim of this proposal is to overcome the present, and prevent future,
water competition between the vital economic sectors of agriculture and
tourism in the Mediterranean area. The objective is to develop a
transboundary policy initiative and an integrated water-planning model based
on the study of selected arid regions in the area. - The current water supply and demand situation, available water saving, reuse, treatment and renewable energy supply options and the socio- economic, legal and administrative framework will be taken into account. - The project will investigate policy options with regard to: * water saving, * water reuse, * water treatment and desalination,energy supply for the water sector from renewable sources, legal and administrative measures, * transboundary co-operation and an integrative and locally adaptable consideration of the entire water chain. |
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| Period | [01/05/2001 - 30/04/2003] | ||
