kick-off meeting of THE ZEROPOLLUTION4WATER CLUSTER

The ZeroPollution4Water cluster is a new-born initiative that originated from the union of seven different projects. These projects revolve around two main themes:

– Preventing groundwater contamination and protecting its quality against harmful impacts of global and climate change
– Securing drinking water quality by protecting water sources against pollution, providing innovative monitoring and treatment solutions, and ensuring safe distribution.

H2OforAll is one of the “sister founding” projects within the Cluster.

Visit to Águas de Coimbra

H2OforAll partners visited Águas de Coimbra (AC), the company that manages the water distribution network in Coimbra city.

The water supply system under the responsibility of AC starts at the suppliers’ delivery points and is composed of 53 water tanks, about 1200 km of water pipes, 37 pumping stations and all devices from the distribution network to end users.

AC guarantees the water distribution to the end user about 85 000 clients of Coimbra city.

Kick-off Meeting

The meeting was held at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology – Pólo II, University of Coimbra.

The meeting started with a Welcome Session. The Director of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Prof. Luísa Durães, started by welcoming all the participants and gave the word to the Diretor of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Prof. Paulo Oliveira, followed by the head of Águas de Coimbra, Prof. Alfeu Sá Marques, the Project Coordinator, Prof. Rui C. Martins and the Vice- Rector of the University of Coimbra for Research, Prof. Cláudia Cavadas.

After the welcoming session, the Project Coordinator gave an overview on H2OforAll project by presenting the consortium composition and the overall objectives of the proposal. The interconnection between the project work packages (WPs) was shown as well as the specific objectives of each WP.