Interview with the Expert Group on Digital Water Systems Management
What is the main focus of your Expert Group? The Expert Group (EG) on Digital Water Systems Management drives the implementation of cutting-edge digital solutions in water management to enhance operational optimization and improve stakeholder decision-making. Focusing on data analytics, advanced modeling, and intelligent decision support systems, the EG aims to accelerate research and innovation […]
Expert Group Groundwater & Healthy soils
What is the main focus of your Expert Group? This group aims to address challenges related to groundwater depletion, contamination, water-related soil degradation, and ecosystem health through research, innovation, and collaboration. The water-soil and land use interactions, resumed by the concept of Critical Zone, will be addressed together with understanding synergies between policies. Integrated management […]
Expert Group on Green-Grey Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions
What is the main focus of your Expert Group? The goal of the Green-Grey Infrastructure & Nature-based solutions Expert Group (GGI & NBS EG) is to advance innovation and promote the adoption and up-scaling of nature-based approaches to water management, including hybrid blue-green-grey systems, to strengthen the climate resilience of urban areas, industrial and rural […]
Expert Group on Digital Water Systems Management
What is the main focus of your Expert Group? The Expert Group (EG) on Digital Water Systems Management drives the implementation of cutting-edge digital solutions in water management to enhance operational optimization and improve stakeholder decision-making. Focusing on data analytics, advanced modeling, and intelligent decision support systems, the EG aims to accelerate research and innovation […]
Expert Group on Water & Biodiversity
What is the main focus of your Expert Group? This group aims to address the challenges facing biodiversity, promote sustainable water management practices that conserve biodiversity and ecosystem integrity, and facilitate collaboration between water and biodiversity stakeholders. We look at the different dimensions of biodiversity including genetic diversity, species and ecosystems. What are the opportunities […]
Expert Group on Resource Recovery
What is the main focus of your Expert Group? Our Expert Group focuses on material and energy recovery from municipal and industrial wastewater in Europe. We analyse supply—demand dynamics for key materials, such as phosphorus, nitrogen, and critical raw materials and assess the economic and technical viability of recovery technologies. We evaluate regulatory frameworks, identify […]
Expert Group on Zero Pollution & Health
What is the main focus of your Expert Group? The Expert Group addresses water pollution by promoting research, innovation, and the development of standardized methodologies and technologies for monitoring, preventing and controlling chemical and microbiological contaminants. The main goal is reducing the impact on human and ecosystem health. Key objectives include emission reduction and prevention, […]
Expert Group on Water Distributions Network
What is the main focus of your Expert Group? Water distribution networks are the key infrastructure for a sustainable future in water management in Europe. Through research, policymaking and appropriate regulation, capacity building, necessary investment, community engagement, and the adoption of smart technologies, this group of experts aims to help facilitate the necessary transformation toward […]
Expert Group on Skills and Human Resources
What is the main focus of your Expert Group? The main focus of the Expert Group on Skills and Human Resources is to advance Water Europe’s vision of a Water-Smart Society by fostering a human-centric approach to innovation, collaboration, and capacity building. The group addresses workforce challenges such as aging demographics, skill shortages, and digital […]
Expert Groups on Water & Finance
What is the main focus of your Expert Group? The Expert Group focuses on identifying practical solutions to bridge financing gaps and overcome investment barriers in water-related technologies and sustainable water management practices. By developing strong business cases and proposing proof-of-concept exercises, the group aims to demonstrate the viability of investments that contribute to a […]