Tunis – In the African countries of the Mediterranean, where agriculture accounts for 80 and 85% of fresh water consumption, climate change and population growth are generating an increasingly pressing water crisis. This is the context from which Madforwater, a new Horizon 2020 project dedicated to creating technological solutions for water management in Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt. Coordinated by researchers from the University of Bologna Dario Frascari and Julius Zanaroli, Madforwater involves 18 partners from 11 different countries, who will gather today and tomorrow in Bologna, at the School of Engineering and Architecture of the Alma Mater for the kick-off meeting for the official start of work. During the next four years, with the coordination of Unibo, partners will be engaged in developing and adapting to the North African context of technological and management solutions for wastewater treatment and reutilisation in agriculture. (9Colonne)
