SWIM- SUSTAIN WATER MED: NETWORK OF DEMONSTRATION ACTIVITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND REUSE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

ENEA is one of the partners in the Sustain Water Med project, co-funded by the 2007-2013 ENPI Cross-Border Cooperation in the Mediterranean Programme under the Regional Technical Assistance Programme Sustainable Water Integrated Management (SWIM), launched by the European Commission. The project promotes the dissemination of policies and sustainable water management policies in the Middle East and North Africa, areas characterized by the increasing water shortage, made even heavier by the pressure exerted by desertification along with climate change. The 4 pilot actions implemented in Egypt, Jordan; Morocco and Tunisia have engendered innovative and integrated approaches to wastewater treatment and reuse for irrigation purposes.

Countries & partners:  GERMANY: GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Adelphi Research GMBH; ITALY: ENEA; EGYPT: NRC National Research Centre; JORDAN: AL BALQA Applied University, IUCN- International Union for Conservation of Nature; MOROCCO:  ABH SMD- Agence du bassin Hydraulique du Souss-Massa et Draa; TUNISIA: ONAS- Office National de l’Assainissement;

ENEA Activities:

• setting up of pilot plants at the Campus of Berzeit University in Palestine and the BAU University in Amman, Jordan
• installation of wastewater and storm water treatment and reuse plants with early-warning systems at the Police Security Directorate in Amman
• installation of water quality plants for irrigation in Tunisia
• creation of an integrated system for wastewater treatment Ait Idir village in Morocco
• training and dissemination of results

Status: Completed