What
INVESTWATER is a research and innovation project funded by the PRIMA Foundation and European Union.
HOW
INVESTWATER co-develops decision-support tools, business models and an adaptive scalability framework.
WHO
INVESTWATER consortium includes 11 partners from 7 countries across Europe and North Africa.
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Follow the latest news from INVESTWATER: project meetings, stakeholder workshops, training events, publications and milestones from our four pilot sites across the Mediterranean.
Working together for water resilience
Eleven partners across seven countries are demonstrating nature-based solutions at four pilot sites to improve groundwater resources and climate resilience.
11 partners
Universities, research institutes, SMEs, municipalities and authorities join forces across the Mediterranean to co-develop nature-based water solutions.
4 pilot sites
Contrasting sites in Cyprus, Portugal, Tunisia and Italy test nature-based solutions under diverse hydrogeological, institutional and socio-economic real-world conditions.
~1,360 km²
Four catchments spanning seventy to six hundred square kilometres provide the ground where recharge, quality and ecosystem benefits are measured, analysed and improved.
7 countries
Cyprus, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Tunisia, Greece and Spain contribute complementary expertise to address water-related challenges in the Mediterranean basin.
Integrated solutions
INVESTWATER develops, validates and scales integrated nature-based solutions through advanced analytics, field demonstrations and participatory planning approaches.
Advanced Decision support Tools
A suite of tools integrating hydrological modelling, earth observation, machine learning and socio-economic analysis to inform water planning and optimise site-specific NBS interventions.
Adaptive Scalability Framework
A participatory methodology combining biophysical, socio-economic, institutional and governance analysis to guide the scaling of NBS-to-MAR solutions across the Mediterranean and beyond.
Our pilot sites
INVESTWATER technologies, methodologies and tools are demonstrated in four pilot sites.
Kouris River Watershed (Cyprus)
Located in a semi-arid region of southern Cyprus, this watershed includes urban, peri-urban and agricultural zones. The region relies heavily on a shared coastal aquifer and has a population of approximately 66,000 people in the Akrotiri area.
Almada Municipality (Portugal)
This coastal, flood-prone urban area south of Lisbon covers 70 km², combining densely populated urban and peri-urban zones with agricultural and fishing activities.. It is underlain by a vulnerable coastal aquifer that supports green spaces and local agriculture.
Nadhour Saouaf Watershed (Tunisia)
A 351 km² watershed located in a semi-arid region dominated by agricultural activities, with growing industrial development and rapid land use changes. Monitoring is limited, and the area supports a population of approximately 30,000.
Val di Cornia (Italy)
Spanning approximately 600 km² in coastal Tuscany, this pilot site includes riverine zones, wetlands (e.g. Orti Bottagone) and productive aquifers that are critical to agricultural and ecological systems. The area is prone to land subsidence and groundwater stress.
Project funded by PRIMA Foundation
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The INVESTWATER project is funded by the PRIMA Foundation, a programme supported by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the PRIMA Foundation or the
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