Kick of meeting for the project WATER4MED: managing water resources sustainably and efficiently

On 11^th and 12^th July 2024, the WATER4MED project organised its kick-off meeting. Funded by the PRIMA-MED call, this international project is led by the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), with Estanislao Pujades and Anna Jurado as project leaders. In addition to IDAEA-CSIC, the consortium is made up of the National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia – (INAT), from Tunisia; the Politecnico di Bari (POLIBA), from Italy; the Ibn Zohr University (UIZ), from Morocco; the Instituto Superior Técnico of the Universidade da Lisboa (ULisboa/IST) from Portugal; and the Al-Balqa Applied University (BAU) from Jordan.

WATER4MED aims to provide a robust approach to enhance Mediterranean water governance models by managing water resources sustainably and efficiently.

“In the current context of climate change and the Mediterranean basin’s suffering of continuous droughts, torrential rains and water stress, we aim to develop hydrogeological numerical models for groundwater resources and providing viable alternatives to increase water storage capacity and mitigate floods”, explains Estanislao Pujades, IDAEA researcher and coordinator of the project.

During the four years of the project, approaches and alternatives to climate change adaptation will be developed and tested in 6 demonstration sites considering the Mediterranean dimension.