The objective is to assist the SWIM Partners Countries with (a) enhancing the policy, institutional and legal framework for the management of non-conventional water resources, within the IWRM context, and (b) strengthening the institutional capacity and public participation for the planning and management of these resources. The main non-conventional water resources are: re-use of treated wastewater, including its use in the recharge of groundwater aquifers and, as a last resort, desalination, using renewable energy where technically and economically feasible, and minimising environmental impacts.
The components of this Pillar are five-fold: (a) Strategy formulation for the use of non conventional resources, (b) Improving the legal framework in order to anchor the use of non-conventional water resources in the national water and environmental laws and regulations; (c) Developing the institutional framework for managing non-conventional water resources with stakeholders' participation, (d) Enhancing the environmental and social safeguards for the use of non-conventional water resources, and mitigating their adverse environmental and social effects and (e) Building capacity and awareness to increase knowledge on technologies and promote social acceptance.
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Work Package 1: Water governance & mainstreaming |
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Provide ad hoc support and advice for the review of water policies, national water strategies and IWRM plans |
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Expert Group Meeting on Cumulative Environmental Impacts of Desalination on the Mediterranean |
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Provision of technical assistance to Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco for identifying and advancing missing priority elements of their Wastewater Strategy through the preparation of a gap analysis and recommendations report (Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia) and organisation of a one day national consultation meeting involving all relevant stakeholders in each country. |
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Organisation of a Workshop to: a) discuss the draft concept note prepared by SWIM on sustainable non-conventional water resources management, including desalination using renewable energy and b) convene an expert group meeting to advise on the state of knowledge and commercial application in the Region of desalination using renewable energy resource (e.g. Concentrated Solar Power - CSP) as well as the measures for adverting environmental impacts. |
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Work Package 2: Capacity building activities |
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Develop national and regional capacity building programmes / training sessions |
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Training workshop on risk and insurance in PPPs for water infrastructure |
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Training and Study Tour in Europe on the Operation and Management of Wastewater Treatment Plants |
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Training Course on Cost Estimating of Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Desalination Plants |
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Regional training in Tunisia on innovative and adaptable technologies for treated wastewater reuse, including the recharge of aquifers and sustainable desalination - in coordination or joint organisation with the national trainings of H2020 CB/MEP |
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Regional training in Israel on innovative and adaptable technologies for treated wastewater reuse, including the recharge of aquifers and sustainable desalination - in coordination or joint organisation with the national trainings of H2020 CB/MEP |
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Work Package 3: Application of water management plans |
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Develop mechanisms and procedures to facilitate regional dialogue, consultations, and exchange of experience among the most water intensive sectors such as agriculture, tourism and urban development |
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Assessment on the best available technologies related to wastewater reuse and desalination in rural areas and evaluation on the Economic Considerations for Supplying Water Through Desalination in South Mediterranean Countries. Organisation of a meeting of the Expert Group on Desalination to review the Assessment and provide advice on further development. Activity to feed the regional training under WP 2. |
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Organise and/or participate in regional or sub regional events aiming at mobilising partner countries and other donors in favour of sustainable water management schemes, and bringing together key players on water and environment in the region |
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Participation and contribution to the Regional Conference on Advancing Non-Conventional Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean (Athens, 14-15 September 2011) and organisation back-to-back of the SWIM-SM Workshop on Sustainable Use of Non-Conventional Water Resources (Athens, 16 September 2011) |
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Work Package 4: Identification of good practices & success stories in the region & elsewhere |
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Identify and disseminate success stories and support the exchange of experience between the beneficiaries of the present project and those of other projects/programmes implemented at regional or national level and; |
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Documentation of Best Practices in wastewater reuse in Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Morocco |
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Work Package 5: Development of a Communication and Awareness Raising Strategy |
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Draw up a package of communication and awareness raising activities targeting relevant decision makers, stakeholders and the general public (including awareness on the draft Strategy for Water in the Mediterranean and the selected demonstration projects) |
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Consultation meetings with responsible for extension services, farmers and/or administrations / cooperatives related to farmers activities to identify the type of messages, materials and activities that could form the awareness raising and communication campaign addressing this target group (in Algeria, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia) |
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