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GT1.- INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Water managers are confronted with a number of problems and challenges related to water allocation: decreasing supply in the face of increasing demand, demographic changes, changing and extreme climatic events, etc. This makes the traditional fragmented approach insufficient and highlights the need for a holistic approach to water management.
GT2.- WATER IN AGRICULTURE AND THE WATER-ENERGY NEXUS
In the last 10 years, a new model of water resources management in agriculture has been implemented. The emphasis has shifted from measures aimed at increasing conventional sources of available water to new models of efficient and sustainable water management aimed at optimising water demand and use by crops.
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GT3.- TREATMENT AND PURIFICATION. TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING EMERGING COMPOUNDS. REUSE, RECYCLING AND DESALINATION
For operational purposes, the treatments that water receives can be classified into four groups: drinking and process water, wastewater treatment, reuse of reclaimed water and desalination of seawater and brackish water.
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GT4.- TICS, SMART TECHNOLOGIES AND WATER
In a general analysis of the application of Telecommunications and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to water networks, the reuse of existing technologies that were not originally conceived for these applications has historically been one of the most widespread practices.
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GT5.- FINANCING INNOVATION AND INNOVATIVE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
Increased investment, innovation and technology transfer, as well as public-private cooperation are key to achieving affordable access to safe drinking water and sanitation for all.