Abstract
The INNOVA-MED Coordination Action is an integrated group of 8 EC funded projects dealing with wastewater treatment and water management. Deliverable D.14 (this report) is under Workpackage 5, which is concerned with the “Integrated Management of Wastewaters in the Mediterranean Area.” This workpackage deals with different aspects of wastewater management and water resources management through assessing the technical, financial, socio-economic, institutional, and regulatory influences on integrated wastewater management. Expert group 5 was set up to provide an exchange of experience of project partners and contributing stakeholders, with the focus on:
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Decentralized management of wastewater treatment and reuse for small communities.
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Identification of the national/sub-national water management policies which perpetuate current practices and broaden the existing studies on local capacity to recover costs to encompass both small, medium, and large sized municipalities.
This will ultimately lead to the formulation of suggested policies which may set the stage for the decentralization of authority, local participation, and infrastructural and capacity development.
This report (D14.Report of Expert Group 5) provides a final overview of management practices and recommendations based on national/sub-national policy. It will provide an identification of weakness in wastewater distribution, and further research needed.
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Zimmo, O.R., Imseih, N. (2010). Overview of Wastewater Management Practices in the Mediterranean Region. In: Barceló, D., Petrovic, M. (eds) Waste Water Treatment and Reuse in the Mediterranean Region. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2010_63
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