About this Toolbox
Water resilience has recently gained increased attention all over Europe. From mainly being an issue in southern regions, it has over the last decades become an issue in the Baltic Sea Region, too. Accelerated by climate change, extreme alternations in precipitation patterns lead here to periods of too much or too little water, and can at times cause severe challenges for local water supply. An effective means to counteract these problems can be water recycling, in particular, if the reuse of treated wastewater is combined with the retention & recirculation of excess stormwater.
The Water Recycling Toolbox is a knowledge hub that provides inspirations & guidance to municipalities, local water companies and any other parties who would like to start up activities to integrate water recycling into local water supply strategies. It is extended step-by-step along with results from the WaterMan project, in the framework of which it was established. So will be worth to visit this website again from time to time!
The graphic below presents different elements of a Baltic Sea Region-specific approach to water recycling. If you would like to get to know more about them and related pilot measures within the WaterMan project, please click on the links below.
Pilot measures within the WaterMan project
Clik on the link to get more details.
- Berlin – Recycling treated wastewater for commercial use
- Bornholm – Recycling treated wastewater for agricultural use
- Bornholm – Recycling treated wastewater for hydrogen production
- Braniewo – Rain garden for the greening of a public car park
- Braniewo – Recycling water from a public indoor swimming pool
- Kalmar – Recycling treated wastewater in public buildings
- Kalmar – Recycling treated wastewater for irrigating green spaces
- Saldus – Stormwater recycling for fountain operation and greenery irrigation
- Västervik – Utilisation of stormwater with the aid of “multi-dams”
- Gargždai –Natural stormwater treatment for use in municipal services
About the Water Core Group of Euroregion Baltic and the WaterMan project.
Contacts for further information:
Tobias Facchini
Region Kalmar Countytobias.facchini@regionkalmar.se
