AQUARES aims to improve policy instruments, by articulating a process of integration of water reuse in national, regional and local development plans, to promote the efficient use and management of water in EU regions and to support sustainable development and
ecoinnovation adoption across the agricultural, industrial, urban and recreational sectors.

The value of the project amounts to: 1 835 546,00 EUR
Including the value financed by the EU: 1 544 231,20 EUR
Budget for the Łódź Region: 146 837,00 EUR

June 2018 – May 2023

Regional Government of Murcia, Ministry of Water, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Spain
General Direction of Water Greece Ministry of Environment and Energy, Special Secretariat for Water, Greece
Lodzkie Region, Poland
The Regional Development Agency of the Pardubice Region Programme
Funding, The Czech Republic
Energy and Water Agency Programme, Malta
Lombardy Foundation for the Environment, Italy
Water Board of Oldenburg and East Frisia, Germany
Euro-mediterranean Water Institute Foundation (FIEA), Spain
Association “Baltic Coasts” Programme, Latvia
The Municipality of Trebnje, Slovenia

Our objective is to establish a regional network of experts in a water efficiency area, originating from both the academic environment and practitioners. We invite representatives of authorities from the Łódź region responsible for environmental quality and resource efficiency, public administration employees dealing with water market regulation and promotion of wastewater treatment in order to support ecological innovations in water re-use, entrepreneurs from the water and agricultural sectors, as well as regional development agencies; environmental agencies; entities supporting enterprises and organisations representing SMEs / business circles; universities, knowledge centres, research institutes and institutes of higher education; private entities, non-profit organisations committed to resource efficiency.