Water Management Strategies against Water Scarcity in the Alps

Programme 2007 - 2013 Alpine Space

Date of latest update: 2023-01-07

Description

Description (EN):

The main challenges of this project are to create local Early Warning Systems against Water Scarcity in the Alps based on sound and perennial monitoring and modelling and anchored strongly and actively within a Stakeholder Forum linked across comparative and contrasting regions across the Alps. The Early Warning System is based on the linkage and improvement of field monitoring and assemblage of qualitative and quantitative data derived from anthropogenic water use in selected pilot regions in France, Italy, Austria, Slovenia and Switzerland. The aims are to implement water management at the short term (annual) scale as well as the long term (future scenarios) scale based on modelling under climate change and anthropogenic scenarios. Future water shortages should be prognosed and prevented by innovative measures of mitigation and adaptation. Awareness raising and stakeholder interaction will form an important part of problem identification, participation in the project, dissemination of results and implementation of new approaches.

Achievements (EN):

The 5th and last General Meeting took place. A 3rd project newsletter was published and disseminated in 5 languages. A new stakeholder questionnaire was distributed to collect information on the perception of water scarcity. Workpackage 5 (water system characterization) is finished. A comprehensive report can be downloaded from the project's website. A scenario guideline was developed to calculate the future development of the water resources in Pilot Sites. Irrigation norms are published on the website of the Slovenian Chamber for agriculture to optimize the water use for agriculture. A prototype of dynamic scenario catalogue for drought conditions was developed for the Province of Carinthia. First agreements between hydropower companies and the Province of Trento were reached to re-use turbinated water for a ditch network to maintain these ecosystems. The development of Early Warning Systems is ongoing for Arly and Piave and the Province of Carinthia. Outputs and results can be downloaded on the following ASP web page : http://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/running-projects/?tx_txrunningprojects_pi1[uid]=7&tx_txrunningprojects_pi1[view]=singleView

Thematic information

Water management Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management

Partners (17)

Lead Partner: Université de Savoie, Institut de la Montagne

Address: 27, rue Marcoz B.P.1104, 73011 Chambéry Cedex, France

Legal status: n/a

Societé Economique Alpestre

Name: Societé Economique Alpestre

Address: Avenue de Genève, 105, 74000 Annecy, France

Legal status: n/a

Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica Slovenije -Kmetijsko gozdarski zavod Maribor

Name: Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica Slovenije -Kmetijsko gozdarski zavod Maribor

Address: Vinarska ulica 14, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

Legal status: n/a

Agenzia Regionale per la Prevenzione e Protezione dell'Ambiente del Veneto – Dipartimento Regionale per la Sicurezza del Territorio

Name: Agenzia Regionale per la Prevenzione e Protezione dell'Ambiente del Veneto – Dipartimento Regionale per la Sicurezza del Territorio

Address: Via Matteotti, 27, 35137 PADOVA, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Provincia di Alessandria

Name: Provincia di Alessandria

Address: Piazza Libertà 17, 15100 Alessandria, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Uncem Delegazione Piemontese

Name: Uncem Delegazione Piemontese

Address: via Gaudenzio Ferrari 1, 10124 Torino, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Provincia Autonoma di Trento - Dipartimento Urbanistica e Ambiente

Name: Provincia Autonoma di Trento - Dipartimento Urbanistica e Ambiente

Address: Via Jacopo Acconcio, 5, 38100 Trento, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg (PLUS), Zentrum für Geoinformatik (Z_GIS)

Name: Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg (PLUS), Zentrum für Geoinformatik (Z_GIS)

Address: Kapitelgasse 4-6, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

Legal status: n/a

Amt der Kärntner Landesregierung, Abteilung 15 und Abteilung 18

Name: Amt der Kärntner Landesregierung, Abteilung 15 und Abteilung 18

Address: Flatschacherstraße 70, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria

Legal status: n/a

Bundesanstalt für Agrarwirtschaft

Name: Bundesanstalt für Agrarwirtschaft

Address: Marxergasse 2, 1030 Wien, Austria

Legal status: n/a

Nacionalni Inštitut za Biologijo; Oddelek za raziskovanje sladkovodnih in kopenskih ekosistemov

Name: Nacionalni Inštitut za Biologijo; Oddelek za raziskovanje sladkovodnih in kopenskih ekosistemov

Address: Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: n/a

Eidgenössische Anstalt für Wasserversorgung, Abwasserreinigung und Gewässerschutz

Name: Eidgenössische Anstalt für Wasserversorgung, Abwasserreinigung und Gewässerschutz

Address: Ueberlandstrasse 133, 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland

Legal status: n/a

Conseil General de la Savoie

Name: Conseil General de la Savoie

Address: Hotel du Departement BP 1802, 73018 Chambery Cedex, France

Legal status: n/a

Amt der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung; Fachabteilung 19A, Wasserwirtschaftliche Planung und Siedlungswasserwirtschaft

Name: Amt der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung; Fachabteilung 19A, Wasserwirtschaftliche Planung und Siedlungswasserwirtschaft

Address: Stempfergasse 7, 8010 Graz, Austria

Legal status: n/a

Geološki zavod Slovenije

Name: Geološki zavod Slovenije

Address: Dimičeva ulica 14, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: n/a

Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFUEidg. Departement für umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation UVEK

Name: Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFUEidg. Departement für umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation UVEK

Address: 3003 Bern, Switzerland

Legal status: n/a

Agenzia di Sviluppo GAL Genovese S.r.l.

Name: Agenzia di Sviluppo GAL Genovese S.r.l.

Address: Piazza Matteotti, 9 – 3° piano, 16123 Genova, Italy

Legal status: n/a

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Summary

Project name (EN): Water Management Strategies against Water Scarcity in the Alps

Project acronym: Alp-Water-Scarce

Project start date: 2008-10-01

Project end date: 2011-09-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 990 903.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 827 125.00

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2007 - 2013 Alpine Space

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2015-02-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

57 / 57 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

662 / 662 (100%)

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Water Management Strategies against Water Scarcity in the Alps

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