The AQUIFER project comes to an end, providing groundwater users with various tools and resources for efficient management
The European AQUIFER project concluded last April. This project was funded by the European INTERREG SUDOE program, led by the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain (CSIC-IGME), and included participation from the CWP, CUADLL, and a total of six partners from Spain, Portugal, and France. The consortium, represented by various stakeholders involved in the sustainable exploitation of groundwater (user and irrigation communities, universities, research centers, clusters), aimed to address the challenge of sustainable management of this water source in its entirety, considering both quality and quantity aspects as well as various uses.
Throughout the project, a range of tools related to aquifer recharge, modeling, planning and data collection, and the promotion of knowledge exchange among users and relevant stakeholders were developed.
The main outcomes of the project include the construction of recharge ponds at the Llobregat aquifer in Molins de Rei, the publication of a best practices guide and international success stories in efficient and sustainable management of this resource, the development of a platform for success cases and decision support, the implementation of a groundwater monitoring network, the development of hydrogeological and numerical models, and finally, a tool for predicting groundwater levels.
All these results represent significant progress in the potential for sustainable management of groundwater resources in the medium and long term, also ensuring availability in a context of structural scarcity due to the effects of climate change.
