In the western part of Flanders, Aquaduin is responsible for the production and distribution of drinking water for around 60,000 inhabitants, mainly through the abstraction of groundwater from two coastal aquifers: Saint André (123ha) and Westhoek (87 ha). In the 1980s, an ever-increasing water demand resulting from population growth and tourism meant that Aquaduin could…
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With the floods that affected Belgium in July, it’s easy to forget just how dry the early months of the year were. There is no doubt that Flanders is in the midst of a chronic drought. To help relieve the pressure on the vulnerable aquifers of West Flanders, Alpro turned to Water Reuse Europe…
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Developed by Ecofilae, and sponsored by Water Reuse Europe, HotSpotReuse® is the the first collaborative platform open to everyone, free of charge for circular water economy on a local level. As such we believe that HotSpotReuse® will be a very useful tool for the water reuse community in Europe and beyond. Learn more about this…
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Find all episodes of the Water Reuse Podcast below: Episode 2 Miquel Rovira Boixaderas Director of Sustainability at Eurecat (Technological Centre of Catalonia), Spain Episode 1 Jos Frijns Resilience Management & Governance team leader at KWR
The India-EU Water Partnership (IEWP) is an outcome of the ‘Joint Declaration on Water’ adopted by India and the EU on 30 March 2016 during the 13th EU-India Summit in Brussels, to enhance cooperation on water issues, including the ‘Clean Ganga’ programme of the Government of India. It aims to facilitate cooperation between India…
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Agriculture is confronted with increasing challenges associated with climate change such as prolonged periods of drought alternating with more intensive rainfall events, and more broadly with water scarcity issues which result in increasing crop damages. Strategies are being developed to control these risks and to secure long-term supplies of water. This requires new approaches to …
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Aureilhan Wastewater Treatment plant (France) Access to good quality water is one of the major human and economic challenges for the decades to come. Population growth, accompanied by increased water use, will not only severely reduce water availability per person but also create stress on biodiversity in the entire global ecosystem. With agriculture accounting for 70%…
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In 2017 and 2018, Belgium, and more specifically the Western part of Flanders, suffered from two severe drought events concentrated over a short period of time, from April to July in each year. Over these two consecutives events, only 61% and 68% respectively of the normal average rainfall of 213 mm was recorded. This resulted…
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