Alternative FRESH water resources for saline Coastal Areas

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

Date of latest update: 2024-03-26

Description

Description (EN):

The main objective of the FRESH4Cs project is to provide year-long sustainable fresh water resources for the different water users in rural coastal plains, as an alternative for the use of the increasingly salinized shallow groundwater and surface water and/or overexploited deeper aquifers. We will do this by demonstrating five different solutions. These alternative water resources considered focus on using surplus fresh water that is now drained to sea during periods of water abundancy.

Achievements (EN):

FRESH4Cs wants to demonstrate solutions for sustainable freshwater resources in coastal regions, and does this by implementing 6 dems. These demos have all progressed in their design, planning and permitting phase. The partners regularly exchanged their experiences on demo design. A joint monitoring strategy ensures compliance with regulations, and will allow technology evaluation. At Felixstowe (UK), the construction of the water transfer and buffering network has been finished at the end of 2020. It will start providing irrigation water to farmers in summer 2021. At the same site, we will demonstrate underground water storage and recovery (MAR) in a second demo. Model results indicate a higher than expected potential. Permit delivery is delayed and requires additional water quality measurements, but we will start construction later in 2021. The design for the nature-based solution for wastewater treatment at Koksijde (BE) has been finished and construction works will start in 2021 after the permit is obtained (decision on 27/1/2021). The design of the water buffering demo at Kwetshage (BE) has suffered delays due to historic soil pollution and the need for a stability study for a nearby railway. Construction is expected to start in 2022. The feasibility study for underground buffering at Braakman Zuid (NL) has identified the most suitable locations and started negotiations with local farmers and regulators. Their pilot-scale demo will be constructed in mid-2021. The feasibility study at Kruiningen (NL) for the storage of effluent has made progress on monitoring effluent quality, an important parameter to assess the potential. Covid-19 related production stops have delayed some works. Non-technological barriers and opportunities are important to ensure further uptake of the solutions. Partners collaborated to gain insight in each member state’s specific water framework through interviews with experts and stakeholders. These interviews will be complemented with surveys of water users to further detail the framework and specific investment requirements. A project workshop exchanged experience on collaboration forms between farmers, industry and government. A successful start conference in Bruges (BE) focused on the challenges to make our water system robust for the future. Since then project partners have organized local events that connect directly to the investments stakeholders and have disseminated the FRESH4Cs solutions at several meetings.

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Expected Results (EN):

The main results are the efficient use of surplus fresh water resources that are currently drained in the sea and a reduced pressure on unsustainable water resources. A secondary result is the increase of subsurface fresh water quantities and decreasing salinization. Results will be measured by the amount of water coming from these alternative resources. Over the 5 demo sites annually 1 360 000 m³ of fresh water will be provided, with another 0.5-1M m³/yr through a feasability study.

Expected Outputs (EN):

Five demonstration sites for the use of alternative water resources and one evaluation report on these technologies are a first output. These demos include technologies based on shallow aquifer storage (creek ridge infiltration (with/without desalination) and managed aquifer recharge; UK, NL, BE), innovative water management including storage and redistribution (UK) and the use of waste water through a nature based solution upgrade of an existing treatment plant (BE). These demos will benefit local actors in the water landscape: water managers (governmental or private), water utilities and water users such as farmers, tourism and drinking water production. We will start one replication site through by conducting a feasability study. A roadmap for widespread implementation of the demo technologies will be delivered, which will focus on technological and non-technological opportunities and barriers. It targets policy and legislation makers and the different actors in the water sector.

Thematic information

Water management

Specific Objective: Increase the adoption of new solutions for a more efficient use of natural resources and materials

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06g) supporting industrial transition towards a resource- efficient economy, promoting green growth, eco-innovation and environmental performance management in the public and private sectors

Partners (11)

Lead Partner: VITO nv.

Department: Vlakwa

Address: Graaf Karel de Goedelaan, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 341 882.10

ERDF budget: EUR 205 129.26

Suffolk County Council

Name: Suffolk County Council

Department: Environment Strategy

Address: Endeavour House, Russell Road, IP1 2BX Ipswich, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 109 606.70

ERDF budget: EUR 65 764.02

HZ University of Applied Sciences

Name: HZ University of Applied Sciences

Department: Delta Academy Applied Research Centre

Address: Het Groene Woud 1-3, 4331 NB Middelburg, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 313 481.25

ERDF budget: EUR 188 088.75

Felixstowe HydroCycle Ltd

Name: Felixstowe HydroCycle Ltd

Department: none

Address: The Vision Centre,21 Eastern Way , IP32 7AB Bury St Edmunds , United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 2 058 595.70

ERDF budget: EUR 1 029 297.85

University of East Anglia

Name: University of East Anglia

Department: School of Environmental Sciences

Address: Norwich Research Park, NR47 7JT Norwich, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 67 216.10

ERDF budget: EUR 40 329.66

Environment Agency

Name: Environment Agency

Department: East Anglia, Ipswich

Address: Cobham Road, IP3 9JD Ipswich, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 138 466.45

ERDF budget: EUR 83 079.87

Meijer Frozen Foods B.V.

Name: Meijer Frozen Foods B.V.

Department: NA

Address: Stationsweg 18a, 4416PJ Kruiningen, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 99 783.75

ERDF budget: EUR 49 891.88

Vlaamse Land Maatschappij (VLM)

Name: Vlaamse Land Maatschappij (VLM)

Department: -

Address: Velodroomstraat 28, 8200 Brugge, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 472 447.97

ERDF budget: EUR 283 468.78

Intercommunale Waterleidingsmaatschappij van Veurne-Ambacht (IWVA)

Name: Intercommunale Waterleidingsmaatschappij van Veurne-Ambacht (IWVA)

Department: none

Address: Doornpannestraat 1, 8760 Koksijde, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 1 050 452.03

ERDF budget: EUR 630 271.22

Dow Benelux bv

Name: Dow Benelux bv

Department: -

Address: H.H.Dowweg 5, 4542NM Hoek, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 366 006.45

ERDF budget: EUR 183 003.22

Van Wallenburg b.v.

Name: Van Wallenburg b.v.

Department: none

Address: Maalstede 1, 4421ED Kapelle, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 5 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 2 500.00

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Suffolk County Council

Alternative FRESH water resources for saline Coastal Areas

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HZ University of Applied Sciences

Alternative FRESH water resources for saline Coastal Areas

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Felixstowe HydroCycle Ltd

Alternative FRESH water resources for saline Coastal Areas

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University of East Anglia

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Environment Agency

Alternative FRESH water resources for saline Coastal Areas

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Meijer Frozen Foods B.V.

Alternative FRESH water resources for saline Coastal Areas

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Vlaamse Land Maatschappij (VLM)

Alternative FRESH water resources for saline Coastal Areas

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VITO nv.

Alternative FRESH water resources for saline Coastal Areas

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Intercommunale Waterleidingsmaatschappij van Veurne-Ambacht (IWVA)

Alternative FRESH water resources for saline Coastal Areas

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Dow Benelux bv

Alternative FRESH water resources for saline Coastal Areas

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Van Wallenburg b.v.

Alternative FRESH water resources for saline Coastal Areas

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Summary

Project name (EN): Alternative FRESH water resources for saline Coastal Areas

Project acronym: FRESH4Cs

Project start date: 2019-02-15

Project end date: 2022-09-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 5 022 938.50

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 760 824.51

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 54.96%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 2 760 824.51.

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Interreg 2 Seas FRESH4Cs: Alternative freshwater resources for coastal regions

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu/

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2021-06-01

Languages: en

How to re-use process water as freshwater for agricultural purpose.

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu/

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2023-02-03

Languages: en

Interreg2Zeeën-programma; FRESH4Cs-project zoet water

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Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu/

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2022-08-30

Languages: nl

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

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2020-06-18

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