IHCantabria among the twenty-two Spanish water research centres that join forces

On 23 November, the directors of 22 Spanish water research centres met at the University of Barcelona to exchange information on their research areas and ongoing projects, as well as to detect synergies with a view to setting up a large scientific network on water issues.

The Water Research Institute (IdRA) of the aforementioned university hosted the meeting, which is being held for the first time in our country.

After the exchange of information, the variety of problems addressed by the research centres became clear, hence the multidisciplinary nature of most of them; the high level of international competence, as well as the training, knowledge transfer and dissemination aspects that many of them possess.

Among the most repeated issues are the sustainable management of water resources, the microbiological quality of water, hydraulic aspects, the integral water cycle in cities, research on water in agriculture, and water and land use planning.

It was agreed to work on the identification of objectives and topics of common interest, to become a thematic network and public advice, as well as to hold a second meeting in 2019 in Valencia organized by the University Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA).