Objective MEDITATE aims at the development of a water management support system at the Mediterranean catchment level, integrating the use of alternative water resources such as karst submarine springs, seawater or brackish water desalination and water reuse, for wa ter scarcity management. Innovative technologies for submarine springs, from survey using an autonomous underwater vehicle, monitoring at the spring level till capture prototype, will be developed mainly in this project. Economical and environmental study of submarine springs will be conducted and taken into consideration.Submarine springs study will also be used to determine the real water resource potential at the coastal karst aquifers in three Mediterranean catchments. The submarine springs could repres ent important alternative water resource as it has been reported during the last 30 years, but without serious scientific arguments. New technology for characterising the submarine springs will help to infirm or confirm this hypothesis. Low cost and low energy desalination plants for temporary use and salinity variability of submarine springs water will not be developed within MEDITATE, but designed based on feasibility analysis. A general analysis of desalination cost for various conditions will be taken into account in the socio-economic analysis for the management system. In the same manner, a review of water reuse will be carried out, taking into consideration environmental and health problems, technical and cost problems in order to have serious data to be considered in water management scenarios. The water management support system will bring stakeholders in a decision making process considering water visions for 2025. The WMSS will provide set of scenarios, giving safe water yield, based on the cha racterisation and hydrological modelling of four catchments. This WMSS will allow integrating different types of knowledge inclusive all social actors, in a decision-making process. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologyengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsengineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdesalinationengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management Keywords Decision support system alternative resources submarine springs water planning Programme(s) FP6-INCO - Specific measures in support of international cooperation: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) INCO-2002-B1.1 - Comprehensive policy for integrated water planning INCO-2002-B1.2 - Improving the water consumption by users and uses and plant breeding for efficient water and nutrient use Call for proposal FP6-2002-INCO-MPC-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme IP - Integrated Project Coordinator BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES EU contribution No data Address 39-43, Quai André Citroën - Tour Mirabeau PARIS France See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address Rue Michel Ange N°3 PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address College Road, Cranfield BEDFORD See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY Türkiye EU contribution No data Address Beytepe Campus ANKARA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN Jordan EU contribution No data Address Queen Rania Street AMMAN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ECOLE SUPERIEURE D'INGENIEURS DE BEYROUTH Lebanon EU contribution No data Address Riad El Solh BEIRUT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION OF SYRIA Syria EU contribution No data Address DAMASCUS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ACCIONA AGUA S.A.U Spain EU contribution No data Address Avenida De Europa, 22 ALCOBENDAS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PROYECTOS E INSTALACIONES DE DESALACION S.A. Spain EU contribution No data Address Ramon Rubial, 2 ERANDIO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data WATER ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH CENTER OF NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY,, Lebanon EU contribution No data Address Zouk Mikhael LOUAIZEH See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
