WaterWorks 2015 Booklet

	Stepping up EU research and innovation cooperation in the water area
WATERWORKS 2015
21 transnational projects recommended for funding for over 17 million euro Following the ranking list established by an independent evaluation panel of experts, the Call Steering Committee - composed by the WaterWorks2015 partners participating in the call – has shortlisted and funded the 21 top research projects for a total Grant amount of over 17 million euro (in cash, i.e. total costs over 21 million euro). The 21 shortlisted projects are scientifically excellent projects, covering a wide range of disciplines (from social and economic sciences to nature sciences), and addressing a range of societal challenges related to Water and Agriculture. The funded projects are listed below.

Project	Title	Coordinator	Participating countries
ABAWARE	Advanced biotechnology for intensive – freshwater aquaculture wastewater reuse	Norway	Norway, Germany, Finland, Ireland, Romania, Sweden
AgriAs	Evaluation and management of As contamination in agricultural water and soil	Finland	Finland, Germany, France, Sweden
AGRINuPeS¹	Integrated monitoring and control of water, nutrients and plant protection products towards a sustainable agricultural sector	Portugal	Portugal, Spain, The Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey
AgWIT	Agricultural Water Innovations in the Tropics	Canada	Canada, Germany, Brazil, Costa Rica, Denmark, Sweden, Taiwan
AquaVal	Valorisation of water use in aquaculture using multi trophic systems	Portugal	Portugal, Spain, Italy
AWARE	Assessing the fate of pesticides and wastewater-borne contaminants in agricultural crops and their environmental risks	Spain	Spain, Germany, France, Norway
CLEARANCE	Circular Economy Approach to River pollution by Agricultural Nutrients with use of Carbon-storing Ecosystems	Poland	Poland, Germany, Denmark
ECOSAFEFARMING	Development and testing of a novel photocatalytic system for efficient cogeneration of clean water and hydrogen for ecosafe agriculture	Turkey	Turkey, Germany, Canada, Spain
Eutro-Sed	Eutrophication hotspots resulting from biogeochemical transformations and bioavailability of phosphorus in the fluvial suspended sediment of geologically contrasting agricultural catchments	Ireland	Ireland, Canada, Sweden,
FORWARD	Operational monitoring and Forecasting system for Resilience of agriculture and forestry under intensification of the WAteR cycle: a bid Data approach	Spain	Spain, Belgium, Denmark
IMPASSE	Impacts of MicroPlastics in AgroSystems and Stream Environments	Norway	Norway, Canada, Spain, The Netherlands, Sweden
INNOMED	Innovative options for Integrated Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean	Spain	Spain, Cyprus, France, Italy, Moldova, Portugal
LEAP	Legacies of Agricultural Pollutants (LEAP): Integrated Assessment of Biophysical and Socioeconomic Controls on Water Quality in Agroecosystems	Canada	Canada, Denmark, Portugal, Sweden
OPERA	Operationalizing the increase of water use efficiency and resilience in irrigation	The Netherlands	The Netherlands, South Africa, France, Italy, Poland, Spain
POTENTIAL	Variable rate irrigation and nitrogen fertilization in Potato; engage the spatial variation	Belgium	Belgium, Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands
ProWsper	How to PROtect Water, Soil and Plants production all togethER	Romania	Romania, France, Portugal
REWATER	Sustainable and safe water management in agriculture: Increasing the efficiency of water reuse for crop growth while protecting ecosystems, services and citizens’ welfare	Portugal	Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden
SMARTECOPONICS	On-site microbial sensing for minimising environmental risks from aquaponics to human health	Spain	Spain, France, Italy
SOSTPRO	SOurce STream (headwater) PROtection from forest practices: what are the costs and benefits, and how best to do it?	Canada	Canada, Finland, Sweden
Water4ever	Optimizing water use in agriculture to preserve soil and water resources	Portugal	Portugal, Spain, Italy, Turkey
WaterFARMING	Improvement of water and nutrient retention and use efficiency in arable farming systems from field to catchment scale in Europe and North Africa	Denmark	Denmark, Germany, Egypt, The Netherlands, Tunisia

1 Due to legal reasons, the project’ original acronym was replaced by AGRINuPeS with the agreement of the CSC, the WaterWorks2015 Coordinator and the EC.