Managing Water for the City of the Future
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About SWITCH: Background
Increasing global change pressures, escalating costs and other risks inherent to conventional urban water management are causing cities to face ever increasing difficulties in efficiently managing scarcer and less reliable water resources. As well, satisfying water uses/services and waste water disposal without creating environmental, social or economic damage is an ever more difficult challenge.
The overall goal of the SWITCH project it to catalyse change towards more sustainable urban water management in the "City of the Future".
The project is implemented by different combinations of consortium partners, organised in six complementary and interactive research themes. The project includes a number of demonstration activities, to be carried out in several cities. In each of the demonstration cities, a Learning Alliance has been or will be established.
Click here to watch an introductory video about the SWITCH project.