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Project Ô: demonstration of planning and technology tools for a circular, integrated and symbiotic use of water
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About project
Water is vital for global economic and social development. Without water there would be no food, no life, no health and safety, no environment and nature, no economy: this element contributes to all the goals of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
This resource is becoming increasingly scarce and difficult to manage in many regions of the world.
Project Ô develops innovative solutions for integrated and circular water management in local networks.
Details
Project in progress
Program: Horizon 2020 GA ID 776816
Theme: #CircularEconomy, #PublicUtilities, #WaterManagement
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Start
June 2018
End
May 2022
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Project objectives
Demonstrate methods and technologies for an integrated and symbiotic use of water in the logic of circular economy (waste water, recycling ...).
Develop an Integrated Water Management (IWM) system to be tested in four industrial pilot cases worldwide.
To provide decision making tools for planning and conscious consumption of water to stakeholders (policy makers, consumers, companies...) in order to preserve this resource.
Concrete actions
The technologies developed in Project Ô have been installed in four different industrial and domestic water management contexts (Italy, Israel, Spain e Croatia) e sono una dimostrazione pratica dell’applicazione del concetto di economia circolare rispetto all’utilizzo dell’acqua.
Beyond these initial installations, the project’s technologies are intended to be used in a wide range of contexts. This allows more people to participate in a circular water economy, helping to support the transformation processes of the economy and the environment.
Project partners
23 partners including companies, research centres, universities and public bodies from EU and non-EU countries.
| Organization | Website / contacts |
|---|---|
| Iris Srl (Italy) – SME (Coordinator) | Link |
| Aalborg Universitet (Denmark) – University | Link |
| Acquedotto Pugliese Spa (Italy) – Public body | Link |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Cnrs (France) – Research Center | Link |
| Ekso Srl (Italy) – SME | Link |
| UNI – Ente Italiano di Normazione (Italy) – Technical Standardisation Body | Link |
| Exergy Ltd (Great Britain) – SME | Link |
| Galeb Dalmatinska Trikotaza Dionicko Drustvo (Croatia) – SME | |
| Heim.Art – Kulturverein-Flussig (Austria) – SME | |
| Hochschule Rhein-Waal-Hsrw Rhine-Waal University Of Applied Sciences (Germany) – University | Link |
| Israel Oceanographic And Limnological Research Limited (Israel) – Research Centre | |
| Kalundborg Kommune (Denmark) – Public body | Link |
| Municipality Of Eilat (Israel) – Public body | Link |
| Nanoquimia S.L. (Spain) – SME | |
| Particula Group Drustvo S Ogranicenom Odgovornoscu Za Usluge (Croatia) – SME | |
| Politecnico Di Milano (Italy) – University | Link |
| Regione Puglia (Italy) – Public body | Link |
| Socamex Sa (Spain) – SME | |
| Technion – Israel Institute Of Technology (Israel) – Research Centre | |
| Universidade De Aveiro (Portugal) – University | |
| Universita Degli Studi Di Torino (Italy) – University | |
| Universitat Politecnica De Valencia (Spain) – University | |
| Vertech Group (France) – SME |
The project is co-funded by the European Research & Innovation Programme Horizon 2020 under Grant Agreement no. 776816.
Contact us for more information
Innovation Division
E-mail: sviluppo.progetti@uni.com