Objective
Project Ô intends to demonstrate approaches and technologies to drive an integrated and symbiotic use of water within a specific area, putting together the needs of different users and waste water producers, involving regulators, service providers, civil society, industry and agriculture. The project seeks to apply the pillars of integrated water management (IWM) as a model for “water planning” (akin to spatial planning) and to demonstrate low cost, modular technologies that can be easily retrofitted into any water management infrastructure at district/plant level, hence enabling even small communities and SMEs to implement virtuous practices. Technologies and planning instruments complement each other as the first make possible the second and the latter can provide as example or even prescribe the former (and similar technologies allowing virtuous water use practices). Indeed the technologies support the regulators in implementing policy instruments, as foreseen by IWM, for convincing stakeholders (like developers and industry) to implement water efficiency strategies and could include instruments for e.g. rewarding virtuous behaviours (for example: advantageous water tariffs), planning regulations that award planning consent more swiftly or even prescribe the use of water from alternative sources (including recycling). Project Ô has in summary the overall objective of providing stakeholders (everybody using or regulating the use of water in an area) with a toolkit that enables them to plan the use of and utilise the resource water whatever its history and provenance, obtaining significant energy savings in terms of avoided treatment of water and waste water and release of pressure (quantity abstracted and pollution released) over green water sources. This overall objective will be demonstrated in up to four sites each in different Countries of Europe and in Israel, involving industries, aquaculture and agriculture as well as local authorities of different sizes.
Fields of science
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- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheries
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil society
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management
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Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.3.5. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials Main Programme
- H2020-EU.3.5.2.3. - Provide knowledge and tools for effective decision making and public engagement
- H2020-EU.3.5.4. - Enabling the transition towards a green economy and society through eco-innovation
- H2020-EU.3.5.2.2. - Developing integrated approaches to address water-related challenges and the transition to sustainable management and use of water resources and services
Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
10135 Torino
Italy
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9220 Aalborg
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10124 Torino
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46022 Valencia
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75794 Paris
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14014 Córdoba
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4120 Neufelden
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47012 Valladolid
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32000 Haifa
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06000 Nice
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97100 Ragusa Rg
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CV1 2TT Coventry
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
3810-193 Aveiro
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20133 Milano
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20133 Milano
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4400 Kalundborg
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88100 Eilat
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70100 Bari
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70126 Bari
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47533 Kleve
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51000 Rijeka
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
31080 Haifa
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20135 Milano
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
21310 Omis (Grad Omis)
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D02 XE80 DUBLIN
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4400 Kalundborg
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