AWARD Work Package 5-Simos MALAMIS -Sanitary Engineering Laboratory - NTUA - 2024 Part2

🎙️Part 2 of our interview with Simos Malamis from Sanitary Engineering Laboratory - NTUA , leader of Work Package #5 in the AWARD Project on "Experiencing Alternative Water Resources solutions in demo cases for strategic planning"💧
Key Stakeholders and Roles:
- 🌍 Local stakeholders at 4 demo sites: Essential for delivering projects.
- 🇪🇺 National & European stakeholders: Crucial for promoting the project.
- 🤝 Social Engagement: Stakeholders directly contribute through various means.
Key Innovations:
- 🛠️ Technical: Constructed wetlands & sustainable urban drainage systems.
- 📈 Management: New water management techniques.
- 🔍 Evaluation: Advanced monitoring tools.
- 💡 Social: Co-developing solutions with stakeholders.
Take-Home Message: We need to integrate the valorization of alternative water resources within the normal water value chain and the day to day business of the water activities, we need to enhance social acceptance by working from the very beginning with a local stakeholders👫
AWARD is a three-year project, funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe with the goal to enhance water management by integrating Alternative Water Resources (AWR) into strategic planning.
Consortium: The project is coordinated by OiEau and brings together 14 beneficiaries and 2 affiliated entities across 7 European countries. Partners: OIEAU, UPSaclay, UVSQ, ePLANETe, Aquavalley, InterSus, BDG, AIMEN, NTUA, IRIDRA, PSB, UTCB, CETAQUA, VIAQUA, CMM, CAP.
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