Newsletter March 2022

World Water Day 2022
22 March 2022
The hidden solution
Groundwater is critically important to the healthy functioning of ecosystems, such as wetlands. In deltas and coastal areas, groundwater also ensures the stability of the ground and prevents seawater intrusion under the ...
The hidden solution
Groundwater is critically important to the healthy functioning of ecosystems, such as wetlands. In deltas and coastal areas, groundwater also ensures the stability of the ground and prevents seawater intrusion under the land.
WorldWaterDay
Protect and preserve
Human activities over-use and pollute groundwater in many places. In others, we don’t know how much water is down there. Groundwater is out of sight, but it mustn’t be out of mind.
A changing world
Groundwater will play a critical role in adapting to climate change, especially drought. We must protect and explore groundwater, balancing the needs of people and the planet. #WorldWaterDay www.worldwaterday.org Climate change is being felt through water. In some places, there is too much water; in others, too little. In the driest parts of the world, groundwater may be the only water people have.
#WorldWaterDay

SMART-Control - free web-based tools to plan and optimize managed aquifer recharge facilities
Online seminar Series starting on 5 April 2022!
SMART-Control - Smart framework for real-time monitoring and control of subsurface processes in managed aquifer recharge (MAR) applications - is a Water JPI project funded under the 2017 Joint Call on “Water resource management in support of the ...
SMART-Control - Smart framework for real-time monitoring and control of subsurface processes in managed aquifer recharge (MAR) applications - is a Water JPI project funded under the 2017 Joint Call on “Water resource management in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals”, as part of the CSA IC4WATER. The project is running from February 2019 to July 2022. The project consortium consists of nine partners from Brazil, Cyprus, France and Germany and is coordinated by Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. The main objective of SMART-Control is to reduce the risks associated with the application of sustainable groundwater management techniques by developing an innovative web-based real-time monitoring and control system (RMCS) in combination with risk assessment and management tools. The system builds up on the functionalities of the existing groundwater modelling platform developed by the Research Group INOWAS at TU Dresden, Germany.
The developed web-based tools within SMART-Control will be presented in three online seminars. The tools can be used to analyse various processes occurring during managed aquifer recharge (MAR) and simplify the save and sustainable operation of MAR facilities. Online seminar Series starting on 5 April 2022!
Flyer for download
For more info visit the project website here

Restore our ocean and waters - a synergy info pack by CORDIS
The health of Europe’s ocean and waters is vital to its economic, social and ecological well-being. The EU boasts 68 000 km of coastline – more than Russia and the United States combined – and the area of water under EU jurisdiction is greater than ...
The health of Europe’s ocean and waters is vital to its economic, social and ecological well-being. The EU boasts 68 000 km of coastline – more than Russia and the United States combined – and the area of water under EU jurisdiction is greater than its land area. However, marine and freshwater ecosystems are rapidly degrading, and climate change will increase the frequency and severity of droughts, flooding and extreme weather, threatening the safety and livelihood of millions of Europeans. This Synergy Info Pack showcases 34 research projects funded through the complementary programmes of Horizon 2020 (including SME Instrument), LIFE and EMFF.
The groundbreaking work of these researchers is supporting the development of the technical, social, governance innovation and business models needed to secure the restoration of aquatic ecosystems and the development of a sustainable, resilient and climate-neutral blue economy. Among them are projects that foster a digital ocean and water knowledge system that builds on existing European infrastructures and services including Copernicus, EMODnet, Destination Earth, and European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs). This will be enhanced by future research funded through the next Work Programmes to achieve the objectives of the Mission Ocean and Waters.

EIT Community Water Scarcity: Call for external contributors to cope with Water Scarcity in Southern Europe
Deadline: March 27th 2022, 23:59 CET
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) are looking to select 45 experts with relevant education and professional experience in the water sector in Southern Europe. The 45 experts will integrate the Body of Knowledge (BoK) and ...
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) are looking to select 45 experts with relevant education and professional experience in the water sector in Southern Europe. The 45 experts will integrate the Body of Knowledge (BoK) and form a pool of experts acting as ambassadors of the Project. Some of them could be assigned to delivering some actions as described in the main document. On the other hand, the EIT Innovation Communities are looking for 40 mentors to support innovators in the water sector.
More information and application

SMART-Control Online Seminar - Initial risk assessment of MAR systems
5 April 2022
Get to know free web-based tools to plan and optimise managed aquifer recharge facilities: connection of monitoring sensors to the INOWAS platform and processing of monitoring data. The developed web-based tools within SMART-Control will be ...
Get to know free web-based tools to plan and optimise managed aquifer recharge facilities: connection of monitoring sensors to the INOWAS platform and processing of monitoring data. The developed web-based tools within SMART-Control will be presented in three online seminars. The tools can be used to analyse various processes occurring during managed aquifer recharge (MAR) and simplify the save and sustainable operation of MAR facilities.
Main topic: In this first seminar you will learn how to assess the microbial risk at the MAR facilities using the web-based quantitative microbial risk assessment as well as how to quantify the underground residence time between an infiltration basin and an extraction well based on temperature time series data using the web-based INOWAS platform.
Date: 05 April 2022, 2 pm CET
Free Registration: https://bit.ly/3Mo2d4S

12th Micropol & Ecohazard Conference 2022
6-10 June 2022, Spain
The 12th Micropol & Ecohazard Conference will be held from June 6th to 10th, 2022 in Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain). This conference is part of the IWA Specialist Group “Assessment and Control of Hazardous Substances in Water” conference ...
The 12th Micropol & Ecohazard Conference will be held from June 6th to 10th, 2022 in Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain). This conference is part of the IWA Specialist Group “Assessment and Control of Hazardous Substances in Water” conference series, which are conceived as an international forum for discussion on the state of the art in scientific development and technical solutions concerning emerging pollutants emission, treatment and effects.
Some of the main topics included are: i)treatment at the source, ii)monitoring & analysis, iii) fate & behavior during wastewater and sludge treatment, iv)environmental & risk assessment, v)monitoring & control, and vi)prioritization/regulation & public acceptance. Additionally, other themes are considered such as biotransformation mechanisms, fate of nanoparticles, antibiotic resistance or microplastics in natural as well as engineering environments, etc.
Registration is open!