WATERWISE

WATERWISE

The three-year WATERWISE project involves 12 project partners from 6 countries (Austria, France, Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland) under the leadership of the University of Neuchâtel (CH). It deals with Alpine, mountain headwaters, which are an important water source and provide natural and socio-ecosystem services, which are increasingly threatened by climate change and pressures for different land use.

The aim of the project is to support effective adaptation and management plans for mountain headwaters with greater availability of environmental information, new open source socio-hydrological headwater models for six pilot areas, and enhanced information transfer between science and policy. The models will serve to assess hydrological vulnerability for better adaptation to climate change and water use in this still poorly researched parts of alpine areas. By developing affordable meters for monitoring the waters and ecosystem services, and introducing numerical tools we will improve the coordination of water management plans along river basins and across borders.

Lead Partner:
UniNE - Université de Neuchâtel, Centre of Hydrogeology and Geothermics, CZ 

Project Partners:
FEM - Edmund Mach Foundation, Trento, IT
RNF - French Nature Reserves, FR
TK - TETRAKTYS, FR
UP - University of Passau, Bioeconomy Economics, DE
HKA - Karlsruhe University of Applied Science, DE
AG - Alpinarium Galtür Documentation Ltd., Austria
GeoZS - Geological Survey of Slovenia, SI
EGTC Geopark - EGTC Geopark Karawanken/Karavanke, SI-AT
LPVDA - Legambiente Piedmont and Aosta Valley, IT
ARPALomb - Regional Environmental Protection Agency of Lombardy, Italy
CREALP - Centre for research on alpine environment, CZ

Project duration: 1.9.2024 - 31.8.2027
Approved ERDF contribution: 1.613.790 EUR

Link WATERWISE Website