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Managed Aquifer Recharge Solutions Training Network (MARSoluT)

Description:

Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) – storing water in aquifers during times of excess – is a key strategy to enrich groundwater resources in water scarce regions by providing intermediate storage, addressing the typical mismatch between water demand and availability. It can help to mitigate the effects of climate change, and to support water-related environmental services. MAR is, however, characterized by complex interaction of physical, biological and hydrochemical processes influencing water quality and the sustainability of infiltration rates. Individual processes are in principal known, but there is a significant knowledge gap on how they are linked and affect each other. An in-depth understanding of their interplay can lead to MAR systems tailored for best performance in terms of water storage, water polishing goals, infiltration rates, economic viability, and adaptation to climatic change.

MARSoluT addresses this knowledge gap by a collaborative effort in a multi-disciplinary team. Activities are organized around the existing field sites of previous EU FP7 project MARSOL that are already highly characterised and instrumented to allow further in-depth studies and experimental approaches. This will lead to new insights into the complex and coupled processes at MAR sites and will help to optimize MAR design and operation, and thereby minimizing risk of MAR failure. Excellence in research and technological innovation are ensured by involving partners from renown research organizations as well as SMEs and industry partners with a strong background in the water sector.

MARSoluT ESRs will get hands-on experience at various MAR sites while tackling specific MAR-related research topics in an interdisciplinary team. MARSoluT ESRs will become experts on the tailored planning of MAR systems making them attractive for employers from research, industry, and regulatory agencies which are eager to implement MAR into sound and safe Integrated Water Resources Management concepts.

Project information

Lead

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT, Germany

Partners

LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL, Portugal
EMPRESA DE TRANSFORMACION AGRARIA SA, Spain
UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA, Spain
SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO, S ANNA, Italy
ENERGY AND WATER AGENCY, Malta
HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ, Germany
UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE, Portugal
THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION OF ISRAEL - THE VOLCANI CENTRE, Israel
NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS - NTUA, Greece
GREEN2SUSTAIN IDIOTIKI KEFALAIOUCHIKI ETAIREIA, Greece
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, Israel
MEKOROT WATER COMPANY LIMITED, Israel
AGENCIA PORTUGUESA DO AMBIENTE IP, Portugal
WATER SERVICES CORPORATION - WSC, Malta
ERM ITALIA SPA, Italy
TEA SISTEMI SPA, Italy
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID, Spain
IWW RHEINISCH WESTFALISCHES INSTITUT FUR WASSERFORSCHUNG, GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBH, Germany

Source of funding

H2020-EU.1.3.1. - Fostering new skills by means of excellent initial training of researchers

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Published in Climate-ADAPT Feb 18 2021   -   Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Mar 05 2024

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