Objective
Climate change and population growth are expected to exacerbate the water crisis of Mediterranean African Countries (MACs), where agriculture accounts for 80-85% of freshwater consumption. The aim of MADFORWATER is to develop a set of integrated technological and management solutions to enhance wastewater treatment, reuse for irrigation and water efficiency in agriculture in three MACs (Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt). MADFORWATER will develop and adapt to three main hydrological basins in the selected MACs technologies for the production of irrigation-quality water from drainage canals, municipal, agro-industrial and industrial wastewaters, and technologies for water efficiency and reuse in agriculture, initially validated at laboratory scale. Selected technologies will be further adapted and validated in four field pilot plants of integrated wastewater treatment/reuse. Integrated strategies for wastewater treatment and reuse targeted to the selected basins will be developed, and guidelines for the development of integrated water management strategies in other basins of the three target MACs will be produced, considering climate change, population increase and economic growth scenarios. The social and technical suitability of the developed technologies and non-technological instruments in relation to the local context will be evaluated with the participation of MAC stakeholders and partners. Guidelines on economic instruments and policies for the effective implementation of the proposed water management solutions in the target MACs will be developed. The project will lead to a relevant long-term impact in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia in terms of increased wastewater treatment, wastewater reuse, food production and income in the agricultural and water treatment sectors, and decreased groundwater exploitation, water pollution and food contamination. The MADFORWATER consortium consists of 18 partners, 5 of which from the 3 MACs and 1 from China.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringwater engineeringirrigation
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutrition
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringwater engineeringurban drainage
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
40126 Bologna
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Participants (21)
2020 Sidi Thabet Ariana
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731 00 Chania
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2092 Tunis
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6708 PB Wageningen
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5210 Windisch
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10101 Rabat
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20122 Milano
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00153 Roma
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28040 Madrid
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70010 Valenzano
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00185 Roma
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12666 Giza
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75007 Paris Cedex 07
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2289 DC Rijswijk
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00189 Roma
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3308 Limassol
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73410 Mognard
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6330 Cham
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210093 Nanjing
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2289 DC Rijswijk
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00189 Roma
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