Supporting decision-making and adaptation policies to address water scarcity and water stress

As Europe faces mounting challenges from water scarcity and drought, the EU-funded MARCLAIMED project has launched its official video, introducing how it is pioneering new ways to secure sustainable water resources across the continent. The video highlights MARCLAIMED’s integrated approach, which combines two resilient solutions — Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) and Alternative Water Resources (AWR) — to address water stress [...]

The MARCLAIMED project creates an integrated decision‑support environment built around a high‑fidelity digital twin of river‑basin and aquifer systems. Real‑time sensor feeds, including hydrological, meteorological, water‑quality and infrastructure data, are exchanged using the NGSI‑LD standard and are coupled with physics‑based hydraulic models, producing a continuously updated virtual replica of the water network across the three demonstration sites in Portugal, Spain [...]

Nitrate control is central to water safety, whether for general water supply systems or for managed aquifer recharge with alternative sources. While traditional laboratory testing provides reliable reference values, sampling and analysis often occur at fixed intervals, precluding continuous monitoring of conditions and associated risks. MARVIS is a digital tool that addresses this gap with an affordable and efficient approach [...]