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stopping antibiotic resistance evolution
No full textThe goal of StARE (Stopping Antibiotic Resistance Evolution) is to protect European citizens’s health and the environment via water quality research, by minimizing the impact of discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants (UWTPs) and contributing to sustain safe water cycles.
According to WHO, antibiotic resistance is a global threat for human health, driven by many interconnected factors, where water plays a key role. UWTPs are major sources of antibiotic residues, resistant bacteria (ARB) and resistance genes (ARG) into the environment and, therefore, represent crucial control points for efficient technological intervention. Though ARB&G are well characterized clinically, their occurrence in aquatic environments, relation to the regional use of antibiotics, or temporal/geographical variations are poorly understood
imdroflood improving drought and flood early warning forecasting and mitigation using real time hyd
No full textStrengthen drought and flood forecasting and early warning is essential to improve adaptation to climate change. IMDROFLOOD plans different actions to improve the mitigation of the impact of droughts and floods at the catchment level. All these actions will be implemented in different catchments of Europe and South Africa, covering contrasted environmental conditions and specific problematic. IMDROFLOOD will make use of currently available information sources on meteorological, hydrological and remote sensing data to generate new information relevant for flood and drought risk management. [More](http://www.waterjpi.eu/joint-calls/joint-call-2015-waterworks-2014/imdroflood
innomed innovative options for integrated water resources management in the mediterranean
No full textThere is a need to achieve a better understanding of the interactions between land use and
climate and their effect on water resources in order to improve long-term sustainable water use. This is specially relevant in areas such as the EU Mediterranean (EUM) region, which is a major climate change hotspot due to water scarcity, concentration of activities, and reliance on climate-sensitive resources. Irrigated agriculture is the largest (blue) water user in the EUM, accounting for more than 50% of total water withdrawal, largely doubling the EU average.[More](http://www.waterjpi.eu/joint-calls/joint-call-2016-1/innomed
rewater sustainable and safe water management in agriculture
No full textWater is a natural resource vital for social wellbeing and agriculture economy. Yet, during the past decades, geographic and climatic features, as well as active release of man-made chemicals, have been driving to water depletion and a loss of quality. This creates a major need for water reuse in increasingly situations, such as in agriculture. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are crucial sources for water reuse, since they promote the removal of unwanted substances. [More](http://www.waterjpi.eu/joint-calls/joint-call-2016-waterworks-2015/rewater
aquaval valorisation of water use in aquaculture using multi trophic systems
No full textAquaVal is framed in the subtopic in Challenge I the "water reuse and water recycling technologies in the agriculture and freshwater aquaculture sectors", with clear relation to other challenges and subtopics and the European Strategy on Bioeconomy. AquaVal aims to the development of technological solutions for the treatment of water used in freshwater aquaculture facilities. The technological solutions will be combined to comprise a full treatment system, to remove pollutants and valorise effluents following the circular economy precepts. Treated water will be obtained with quality for recycling/reuse to the producing facility or discharge into natural water sources. [More](http://www.waterjpi.eu/joint-calls/joint-call-2016-waterworks-2015/aquaval
prowsper how to protect water soil and plants production all together
No full textThe need for innovative strategies for water and soil protection that substitute the time-, energy- and resource-consuming remediation processes with other more efficient and environmentally-friendly is becoming urgent. In this respect, the interest of this project is to promote such solutions for public and private practitioners and to up-rise industrial competitiveness through economically sustainable technologies/products, in the Agriculture Field and indirectly in the Water Management aria. [More](http://www.waterjpi.eu/joint-calls/joint-call-2016-1/prowsper
irida innovative remote and ground sensors data and tools into a decision support system for agricul
No full textEfficient agriculture water use is of crucial importance for water resources management. Evapotranspiration is an important part of the water cycle, as it is the sum of evaporation and plant transpiration from the Earth's land and ocean surface to the atmosphere.
Consequently, accurately determining evapotranspiration (ET) is the first step for improving irrigation efficiency and productivity and for quantifying the ecosystem water balance. The IRIDA´s approach is to combine on the ground ET and soil moisture measurements, with remote sensing ET determinations obtained with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV/RPAS/UAS) (at plot scale) and manned vehicles and satellites (at catchment scale). [More](http://www.waterjpi.eu/joint-calls/joint-call-2015-waterworks-2014/irida
accelerated water purification during artificial recharge of aquifers a tool to restore drinking wat
No full textWater is essential for life, not only for direct consumption, but also for sanitary requirements, and for agricultural and industrial production. Pure drinking water is a limited resource and the demand for water is increasing globally due to human population growth, increased wealth, and climate change. Development of efficient and cost-effective techniques for water purification and reuse is therefore urgent. Artificial recharge of aquifers is an often used technique to replenish deficient water resources. [More](http://www.waterjpi.eu/joint-calls/joint-call-2015-waterworks-2014/acwapur
leap legacies of agricultural pollutants integrated assessment of biophysical and socioeconomic
No full textWidespread nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilizer use threatens water quality and aquatic ecosystems. Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) have been implemented in an attempt to improve water quality, but time lags between BMP implementation and measurable water quality benefits are frequently observed. One reason is the slow release of N and P from legacy nutrient stores that accumulated in the landscape over decades of fertilizer application. At present, we continue to lack: (a) a comprehensive characterization of the nature, size and reactivity of agricultural N and P legacies, (b) integrated modelling tools to predict the timing and magnitude of water quality improvements achievable through BMPs, and (c) policy instruments that acknowledge time lags and balance trade-offs between short and long-term costs, benefits and risks. [More](http://www.waterjpi.eu/joint-calls/joint-call-2016-waterworks-2015/leap