Over 55 businesses, technology and research centres, universities and associations have conducted six research and innovation projects in water management as part of the RIS3CAT Water Community, accredited by Catalan Government business competitiveness agency ACCIÓ. They have involved investment coming to €12 million over four years to promote the circular economy in water treatment, monitoring and decision support for water quality and developing technology for water-intensive industries.
The solutions to these challenges have been addressed in the projects entitled Digestake, led by the University of Girona-Lequia; Eflucomp, Regireu and Imaqua, coordinated by Eurecat; Elde, supervised by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia-INTEXTER; and Watertur, led by the Catalan Water Partnership.
Headed by the Eurecat technology centre, the RIS3CAT Water Community will conclude its operations this April. “It has been about building synergies between businesses”, says Xavier Martínez Lladó, director of Eurecat’s Water, Air and Soil Unit. “This has involved fostering research and driving the industry forward to safeguard the health and wellbeing of people and the environment, cut the cost of water management, conserve this natural resource and shift management models towards the circular economy”.
