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GLOBAQUA factsheets are now available for policy makers and river basin managers interested in multiplestressor mechanisms in European freshwater systems and in bridging EU water policy and scientific results. They provide an effective summary of the activities performed and results obtained by GLOBAQUA with special attention to key outcomes and policy recommendations. All the factsheets have been merged together in a communicative brochure which will be presented at the final conference and distributed among stakeholders.

GLOBAQUA disembarks in Canada

Damià Barceló (IDAEA-CSIC) is going to give a talk as invited speaker at the 7^th Water Resources Engineering Graduate Student Research Symposium, which will be held at the Université de Sherbrooke (Canada) on 2 to 3 May 2018.

GLOBAQUA and the revision of the WFD

IMPERIAL team is engaging actively with the councils involved in the revision of the WFD. For more information see the Exploratory note “Working on the Water Framework Directive” that shows the influence of GLOBAQUA in this revision.

GLOBAQUA at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Damià Barceló (IDAEA-CSIC) gave a lecture about GLOBAQUA at the chemistry institute of Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, in Porto Alegre (Brazil).

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GLOBAQUA landing to MARS

It is with great pleasure that we announce the establishing of an important partnership with MARS. The two projects share similar aims but while MARS is finishing quite soon, GLOBAQUA will last until 2019. For this reason, it was agreed that GLOBAQUA could build on MARS experiences to streamlining results presentation and dissemination of both projects. The agreement includes specific actions like merging the projects’ stakeholder contact lists to broaden groups, work together for the development of the Freshwater Information Platform sharing project updates and case studies data, ensure a co-validation of the key final products (i.e. guidance for River Basin Managers) by both Consortia.

GLOBAQUA at CEST2017

Nick Voulvoulis (IMPERIAL) is an invited keynote speaker at the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (CEST2017), which will be held in Rhodes (Greece) from 31st August to 2nd September 2017. His talk is entitled "Enabling science to deliver change". In addition, three more talks from GLOBAQUA will be presented. Theodoros Giakoumis (IMPERIAL) will make a presentation about "Progress with the WFD implementation in five European basins: Significant differences but similar problems", Iman Hayat Mohamad Ibrahim (IMPERIAL) will give a talk entitled  "Managing Diffuse Water Pollution from Agriculture through Integrated Catchment Management in the Age of Uncertainty: Experiences in East Anglia", and Norfaradila Jaafar (IMPERIAL) will present the work about "Prioritizing and Ranking of Antibiotics for Monitoring in Municipal Wastewater".

GLOBAQUA presenting research on the WFD implementation

In preparation of the WFD 2019 review,  the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC) invited Nick Voulvoulis (IMPERIAL) to present findings from his research on the WFD implementation. The hearing took place in Brussels on 5 July 2017, under the theme "Taking stock of our waters and its future: discussing the Water Framework Directive in prelude to its 2019 review". Nick also participated in a panel debate that followed between the representatives of the advisory councils.

GLOBAQUA at ASEE17 Conference

Damià Barceló (IDAEA-CSIC) is giving a keynote presentation about GLOBAQUA at the ASEE17 Conference, which will be held in Wroclaw, Poland, on 2th-5th July 2017. This is the first international conference on advances in energy systems and environmental engineering.

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GLOBAQUA at the Second Slovenian congress on waters

Radmila Milačič, Tea Zuliani and Janja Vidmar (JSI) attended the Second Slovenian congress on waters held in Podčetrtek. 19-20 April, 2017, and Radmila gave a presentation entitled "Elements in water and sediments of the Sava River under high and low water levels".

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Handbook about the Souss-Massa river basin

A new book called The Souss‐Massa River Basin, Morocco is published by Springer. It attempts to explore novel solutions to long-standing problems related to water management and offers some novel approaches to dealing with these growing problems on the example of Morocco. Co-edited by Dr. Redouane Choukr‐Allah (IAV),  Globaqua Member. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of water resources in the Souss-Massa river basin in southwestern Morocco and lists novel water management approaches to narrowing the gap between water supply and demand.

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