About
MADFORWATER is a research and innovation project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme and coordinated by the University of Bologna. Its full title is “DevelopMent AnD application of integrated technological and management solutions FOR wasteWATER treatment and efficient reuse in agriculture tailored to the needs of Mediterranean African Countries”.
Climate change and population growth are expected to exacerbate the water crisis of Mediterranean African Countries (MACs), where agriculture accounts for 80-85% of freshwater consumption. The aim of ADFORWATER is to develop a set of integrated technological and management solutions to enhance wastewater treatment, reuse for irrigation and water efficiency in agriculture in three MACs (Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt). MADFORWATER will develop and adapt to three main hydrological basins in the selected MACs technologies for the production of irrigation-quality water from drainage canals, municipal, agro-industrial and industrial wastewaters, and technologies for water efficiency and reuse in agriculture, initially validated at laboratory scale.
Selected technologies will be further adapted and validated in four field pilot plants of integrated wastewater reatment/reuse. Integrated strategies for wastewater treatment and reuse targeted to the selected basins will be developed, and guidelines for the development of integrated water management strategies in other basins of the three target MACs will be produced, considering climate change, population increase and economic growth scenarios.
The social and technical suitability of the developed technologies and non-technological instruments in relation to the local context will be evaluated with the participation of MAC stakeholders and partners. Guidelines on economic instruments and policies for the effective implementation of the proposed water anagement solutions in the target MACs will be developed.
The project will lead to a relevant long-term impact in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia in terms of increased wastewater treatment, wastewater reuse, food production and income in the agricultural and water treatment sectors, and decreased groundwater exploitation, water pollution and food contamination. The MADFORWATER consortium consists of 18 partners, 5 of which from the 3 MACs and 1 from China.
Duration
01/06/2016 - 31/05/2020
Unibo Team Leader
Dario Frascari - DICAM
Coordinator
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA
Participants
- KROFTA AMERICA LATINA S.A. (Switzerland)
- Polytechneio Kritis - Technical University of Crete (Greece)
- INSTITUT SUPERIEUR DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SIDI THABET (Tunisia)
- UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID (Spain)
- Nanjing University (China)
- UNIVERSITÉ DE TUNIS EL MANAR (Tunisia)
- FACHHOCHSCHULE NORDWESTSCHWEIZ (Switzerland)
- UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO (Italiy)
- MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES AND IRRIGATION (Egypt)
- ROLLAND Arroseurs Sprinklers (France)
- S.K. EUROMARKET LTD (Cipro)
- PNO Innovatieadvies B.V. (Netherlands)
- CIHEAM-ISTITUTO AGRONOMICO MEDITERRANEO DI BARI (Italy)
- INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES POUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET L'AGRICULTURE-IRSTEA (France)
- FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS FAO (UNO)
- Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan II (Morocco)
- STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK (Netherlands)
- CIAOTECH S.r.l. (Italy)
- CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE (Italy)
Total Eu Contribution
Euro 2.910.868,75
Sito web
https://www.madforwater.eu/