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 TourMedEau: Sustainable water management in the Mediterranean tourist areas
Location of Activities: Morocco, Tunisia,
Theme: Environmental Sustainability
Sector: Water and Wastewater
Lead Partner:
Municipality of Villasimius (Italy);
Contact: Salvatore SANNA - email: torsanna@tiscali.it
There is a general lack of dialogue between the authorities on both sides of the Mediterranean to address the issue of sustainable water management. This challenge is particularly intense in the tourism and industry sectors. Establishing sustainable water management and distribution solutions in industrial regions can be addressed through implementation and enforcement of internationally recognized norms and standards. The problems caused by tourists are more complex, however, due to the lack of compatible and sustainable water management systems to handle over consumption. |
 WADI - Urban Water Management
Location of Activities: Lebanon, Palestine,
Theme: Environmental Sustainability
Sector: Water and Wastewater
Lead Partner:
Municipality of Pisa (Italy);
Contact: Sandra Bertini - email: s.bertini@comune.pisa.it
Improved and more efficient water and waste water management is a major challenge facing local governments in the Eastern Mediterranean, where natural water resources are scarce and threatened by over-exploitation. Although there are piped sewerage systems in parts of larger cities, there is usually no waste water treatment and, in most urban areas, particularly smaller ones, households still rely on cesspits or septic tanks. This results in continuous contamination of groundwater resources. |
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