Aim of the Project

Water is an environmental, social and economic asset and as such needs to be managed with the objective of conserving a common patrimony in the interests of the community at large. Thus, it is necessary and important to guarantee water availability over time by means of sustainable forms of management, which will allow nations to cope with present demands without jeopardizing the environmental balance and the needs of future generations. The South Mediterranean and Middle East Region is characterized by the lowest per capita amount of water supply in the world, unequally distributed in space and time both at the regional level and within each country. The present demographic and socio-economic data indicate a continuous population growth in this area and therefore a continuously increased water demand.

The MEDAWARE project aims at addressing the significant issue of sustainable urban wastewater treatment and reuse in the agricultural production through the promotion of effective technologies and safe practices. The project will mainly focus on the development of technical specifications for urban wastewater treatment technologies and systems (including innovative ones) and for urban wastewater utilization. The project aims at increasing the safe reuse of wastewater in agriculture with the overall objective of water saving, safe effluent disposal, and the protection of environment and public health from the uncontrolled reuse of raw or low quality effluent. In specific, the project aims at supporting the competent authorities and all actors involved in the field of urban wastewater treatment and reuse by providing them tools and methods for the promotion of best practices (tailored to local needs and constraints) in respect to wastewater treatment and reuse.