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SUBSOL is an innovative project funded by the EU that aims to bring advanced freshwater resources management solutions to coastal areas. The project focuses on developing tools and concepts such as Freshkeeper, ASR Coastal, and Freshmaker to address freshwater challenges. With pilots and market scans across different regions, SUBSOL aims to create an online platform to share data, knowledge, and lessons learned in subsurface water solutions.
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SUBSOL Bringing coastal Subsurface Water Solutions to the market Gerard van den Berg (KWR Watercycle Research Institute, NL) WG Groundwater Luxemburg, 6 October 2015 SUBSOL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642228
SUBSOL, the facts • Call: H2020-Water-2014 two stage • Topic: Water-1a-2014 (first applicationand market replication) • Action: Innovation Action • Project title: bringingcoastalSUBsurface water SOLutionsto the market • Contract number: 642228 • Startingdate: 1 September 2015 • Kick off dates: 8 and 9 October 2015 • Duration: 36 months • Total budget: 4,1 M€ • Total EC contribution: 3,4 M€ • Coordinator: KWR Watercycle Research Institute (The Netherlands) • Consortium: 15 partners from Denmark (5), Germany (2), Greece (4), and The Netherlands (4) SUBSOL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642228
SUBSOL consortium SUBSOL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642228
Subsurface Water Solutions (SWS)Advanced freshwater resources management in coastal areas SUBSOL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642228
Subsurface Water Solutions (SWS)Advanced freshwater resources management in coastal areas SUBSOL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642228
Subsurface Water SolutionsA set of tools and concepts to solve freshwater challenges • Freshkeeper– Prevent saltwater intrusion into freshwater wells • ASR Coastal – Enable freshwater storage in brackish aquifers • Freshmaker – Enlarge natural freshwater lenses SUBSOL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642228
ASR Coastal SUBSOL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642228
Freshkeeper SUBSOL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642228
Acknowledgement at political level Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Minister of Infrastructureand the Environment, the Netherlands) during opening KWR building(18 September 2015): ‘Innovationsforsubsurface storage of water - such as the freshkeeperandfreshmaker– are crucialforourbattleagainstsalinisation’. SUBSOL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642228
SUBSOL project design Pilots and market scans • Reference sites • Noardburgum (NL) • Ovezande (NL) • Nootdorp/Westland (NL) Replication sites • Falster Island (DK) • Schinias (GR) • Dinteloord (NL) • Venice (US) SUBSOL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642228
SUBSOL project design Pilots and market scans • Market scans • Northwestern Europe • The Mediterranean (Greece, Cyprus, Turkey) • China (Laizhou Bay) • Brazil (Pernambuco) • Gulf of Mexico (Florida, Mexico) • Vietnam (Mekong Delta) SUBSOL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642228
Development of a SWS platform SUBSOL createsan open Online SWS Platform to share data, knowledgeandlessonslearntbetween cases andacrossregions. It consists of: • a Knowledge Base (SWS experiences, data, best practices, business cases, pTA assessments) • a SWS Toolkit (tools andmodels, hydro-technical DSS, EnvironmentalTechnology Verification) • a Virtual Market Place (partiesthatprovide expertise andknowledge) SUBSOL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642228
EU legislation/European MAR catalogue EU legislation • EU legislation (WFD, GWD, and UWWTD) do not specifically consider the requirements for MAR (incl. ASR). • The WFD stipulates MAR as a supplementary measure and indicates that this activity will require periodic controls and previous authorisation. • There is a lack of harmonisation between EU MS. • EU directives state that degradation of groundwater quality it is not allowed and the member states have to authorize the recharge systems and verify the monitoring program. (based on the FP7 - DEMEAU project) SUBSOL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642228
Finalconsideration Source: Pelling and Blackburn (2013) SUBSOL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642228
Thank you Gerard van den Berg (KWR) Gerard.van.den.berg@kwrwater.nl SUBSOL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 642228