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| Welcome to the Watershare Newsletter |
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Please find the first edition of the Watershare Newsletter for 2023.
In this edition you will read about the various activities, research, and expertise contributing to a resilient and inclusive water future.
Happy reading! |
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| What have partners been up to? |
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| Eau de Paris launched its first participatory budget |
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To better consider the needs and desires of Parisians in terms of drinking water, Eau de Paris launched its first participatory budget of 250,000 EUR. This innovative participatory approach also represents an opportunity to raise public awareness of the challenges around water.
Picture source: Eau de Paris |
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| Smart Water: Climate-Friendly Water and Urban Green Space Management |
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Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin starts Smart Water project with the goal to make Berlin climate-resilient by integrating blue-green infrastructures in the design of new neighbourhoods and in existing ones.
Picture source: KWB |
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| Simultaneous electricity generation and filteration of wastewater |
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The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have, together with the Electronic Materials Research Center and the Myongji University, developed an advanced membrane that can simultaneously provide drinking water and generate continuous electricity from various water resources such as sewage/wastewater, seawater, and groundwater.
Picture source: KIST |
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| Connecting generations and looking together at the future of drinking water |
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KWR, together with the Dutch and Flemish drinking water utilities, celebrates 40 years of its Joint Research Programme. The GRROW Symposium was the first knowledge and networking event to be held as part of the 40-year celebration. Within the GRROW (Generational and Radical Rethinking of the Watersector) research project, the young generation of drinking water professionals designed different future scenarios for the provision of drinking water in the Netherlands and Flanders. These scenarios were shared and discussed during a symposium as well as attention put on the next steps to realise the future scenarios for the drinking water sector.
Picture source: KWR |
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| Singapore World Water Day: Soaking in a month of non-stop action |
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| Every year Singapore dedicates the whole of March to Singapore World Water Day, when everyone plays a part to celebrate Singapore’s commitment to water conservation. Schools, corporates, and community partners join each year to make a splash of this national spirit, hosting activities like Water Wednesdays, serving up Blue Deals, and supporting iconic events like City Turns Blue. |
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| Circular Economy Solutions to Water Scarcity: Promoting Sustainability via Industrial Symbiosis |
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During the United Nations General Assembly’s annual Water Conference in March, participants discussed commitments, pledges and actions across all water sectors. The conference opened a dialogue on the current issues with water and the novel approaches being developed to tackle them. Several EU-funded projects are currently addressing these very issues with novel solutions.
Picture source: ULTIMATE |
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| Preparing for floods: adapting the Netherlands for climate resilience |
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Nelen & Schuurmans are developing tools to support flood preparedness in the Netherlands. Their work is part of the EU funded IMPETUS project with the objective of turning climate commitments into tangible, urgent actions to protect communities and the planet.
Picture source: IMPETUS |
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| Capturing Nanoplastics in Tap Water with Light |
| February 14, 2022 |
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) uses electro-photonic tweezing for real-time detection and capturing of underwater nanoplastics.
Picture source: KIST |
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| Resilience in the Smart City - How municipalities can better deal with crises and proactively create a sustainable future |
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| New study published (in German) shows that resilient cities and communities can not only withstand crises better but also actively shape change and enable a sustainable future. |
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| The Climate Resilience Post |
| February 14, 2022 |
| Newsletter sharing their latest activities, interventions and opportunities related to climate change, adaptation and resilience from 4 Horizon 2020 projects: REGILIENCE, ARSINOE, IMPETUS and TransformAr. |
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| 3rd Year of SCOREwater |
| February 14, 2022 |
| SCOREwater, the EU-financed Horizon 2020 innovation project, has since 2019 worked to create a resilient water cycle in cities with the help of digitalisation. |
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| If we are all going to live in cities, there has to be water |
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If we are all going to live in the city, there must be water. And in only a few of the 200 cities surveyed, water management is good enough to make them water-wise.
Picture source: KWR |
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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.
- Conference » EGU General Assembly 2023 in Vienna, Austria & Online (23-28 April 2023)
- Conference » Global Water Summit 2023 in Berlin, Germany (8-10 May 2023)
- Conference » Singapore International Water Week Spotlight 2023 in Singapore (4-6 June 2023)
- Conference » Water Innovation and Circularity Conference in Athens, Greece (7-9 June 2023)
- Conference » Water Innovation Europe 2023 in Brussels, Belgium (20-22 June 2023)
- Conference » 6th IWA International Conference on Eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment in Girona, Spain (26-29 June 2023)
- Conference » European Wastewater Management Conference & Exhibition in Manchester, UK (4-5 July 2023)
- Conference » World Water Week 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden (20-24 August 2023)
- Conference » 1st Non-Sewered Sanitation Conference 2023 in Johannesburg, South Africa (15-18 October 2023)
- Conference » UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) in Dubai, UAE (30 November - 12 December 2023)
- Conference » IWA Water and Development Congress & Exhibition 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda (10-14 December 2023)
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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 (@Water_share) and/or LinkedIn (@Watershare), or e-mail Raül Glotzbach (raul.glotzbach@kwrwater.nl). We would be happy to share your updates! |
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