| Welcome to the Watershare Newsletter |
Before we all take a much-needed break to re-energise and prepare ourselves for the start of 2023, please find the last edition of the Watershare Newsletter for 2022.
In this edition you will read about the various activities, research, and expertise of global researchers, utilities, and solutions providers who work to contribute to a resilient and inclusive water future.
Happy reading! |
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| What have partners been up to? |
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| “Wastewater for smarter societies” session at Aqua Circular Conference |
| Wastewater can act as a reusable resource as well as a vector for energy and materials to be extracted, treated, stored and reused. Water Smart Industrial Symbiosis (WSIS), as a form of circular economy, recognises the key role water/wastewater plays within a dynamic socio-economic and business-oriented industrial ecosystem. This session was organised to explain the concept of WSIS as applied in ULTIMATE and demonstrate in two case studies in Italy and Denmark how this approach is being implemented to achieve circularity. |
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| Circular Economy at IWA Copenhagen: Experiences and reflections |
| IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition: a mouthful, but what a crazy experience! Full of enthusiasm, and curious as to what the upcoming week would bring, on early Saturday morning, 10 September, I got on a train in Utrecht with Copenhagen as my ultimate destination. A truly inspiring week in which I participated in my first, big international congress covering topics on the entire water cycle. |
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| NextGen concludes after 4 years |
NextGen concludes after a great 4-year journey to develop the Water Circular Economy. NextGen has challenged embedded thinking and practices in the water sector by embracing circular economy principles and technological innovation beyond current approaches that target incremental improvements in water, resource, and energy efficiency.
Curious what the main results and key messages are? |
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| Applying the NEXOGENESIS Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus governance approach: Update from the three field visits |
| Lacking consideration for water, energy, food, and ecosystems (WEFE) interconnections and constraints in policy could hamper economic development and resource security. NEXOGENESIS is developing an artificial intelligence-based tool and a nexus governance approach to support stakeholders in the co-creation and implementation of WEFE-integrated policies. The ambition is for stakeholders in the project case study regions to identify an agreed-upon set of WEFE-integrated policies and possibly secure commitment to implementation through a stakeholder agreement. |
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| Sustainability at Cranfield – Water |
There is an urgency to combat climate change and a huge drive towards net zero to achieve a brighter future. At the heart of Sustainability at Cranfield University is the teaching of the next generation of leaders and innovators to deliver change.
What is Cranfield University doing on the topic of water and sustainability? |
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| First national water meeting in Argentina |
| Over 1500 attendees and 50 specialists attended the first ever national water meeting in Argentina. This event marked major milestone in the history of the water and sanitation sector in Argentina giving attendees the opportunity to share and discuss public policies on access to services, strategies for the management of resources, actions to address climate change and to reduce environmental impacts, as well as the development and promotion of technologies and solutions of the sector. |
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| Working towards climate adaptation and mitigation pathways in the Netherlands |
| The ability to prepare for, adjust to and recover or possibly even benefit from changes – described as ‘resilience’ – is vital for the long-term socio-economic, ecological, and human (physical and mental) health of communities. IMPETUS is combining scientific data and digital tools in a way that communities can interact with while they work together to explore their best options and make decisions that help them adjust to climate change. KWR hosted IMPETUS project partners Nelen & Schuurmans and WEI to discuss progress in the Atlantic Demo Site towards climate adaptation and mitigation pathways. |
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| Digitalisation in the Water Sector: Recommendations for Policy Developments at EU Level |
| This policy brief provides an overview of current gaps in the EU legislative framework that hinder the realisation of the benefits of digitalisation in the water sector and offers concrete recommendations on how to overcome them. It builds on the findings of five Horizon 2020 projects that address different aspects of digitalisation in the water sector and jointly form the DigitalWater2020 (DW2020) synergy group: digital-water.city, ScoreWater, Fiware4Water, NAIADES and aqua3s. |
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| Water and Climate Coalition Leaders: Action Plan for Integrated Water and Climate Agenda |
| Water and Climate Coalition Leaders have endorsed an action plan to achieve greater integration between the global water and climate agenda. The Action Plan comes in response to a call for more urgent actions towards mitigating, adapting and minimising climate related water impacts, which emphasises an integrated water and climate approach with international support to improve water data and information, to support partnerships in implementation and to recognise the need to protect water resources (e.g., glaciers). |
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| What should you look out for? |
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In the coming months, look out for exciting events and activities.
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| December Social Media Recap |
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Watershare partners continue to contribute to the development and exchange of new knowledge on diverse topics from alternative sources and water re-use, to water quality challenges, to the digital and technological transformation of the water sector.
Do you have interesting events, activities or opportunities to share with the Watershare Community? Tag us on Twitter and/or LinkedIn, or e-mail Raül Glotzbach. We would be happy to share your updates! |
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