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CITYNET – The Network of European Research Projects on Integrated Urban Water Management
A research project supported by the European Commission under the Fifth Framework Programme which contributed to the implementation of the Key Action 'Sustainable Management and Quality of Water' within the 'Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development' area.
Timeframe: 31/01/2003 &ndash 31/01/2006
Project objectives:
The objectives of CityNet were to:
- Understand, describe, analyse and provide decision support for problem-oriented, cost-efficient, and sustainable urban water management in European cities, including their water resources, technical infrastructure and management challenges
- Form a network of excellence and expertise on urban water management available to advise the EU-Commission and other governmental and administrative bodies on state-of-the-art and research needs in urban water management
- Link individual project and integrated cluster activities to other ongoing European, international and national research projects
- Position the outcomes of the individual projects and the cluster for application and commercialisation in Europe and worldwide
Project Summary:
The CityNet project cluster consisted of six individual 5th FWP projects and dealt with the integrated aspects of water management in urban areas (water supply, sewerage, drainage) including the urban/rural interfaces (raw water sources, receiving waters, groundwater). The CityNet cluster consisted of 47 research partners and 59 end-users thus comprising a significant part of the European R&D capacity and implementation potential in urban water systems. This proposal for Accompanying Measures (AM) was designed to widen and deepen the joint activities of the cluster partners with respect to three aspects of integration:
- The urban water system and its water resources
- The necessary infrastructure for water supply, urban drainage and wastewater management, and
- The socio-economic aspects of urban water management
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