Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Wastewater Reuse (REUSE EUROMED 2024)

Water needs are evolving around the Mediterranean and in Europe, impacted by climate change. "Non-conventional" wastewater, crucial and often underutilized, requires careful reuse due to its environmental implications.

With a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach, the REUSE EUROMED 2024 conference, co-organized by AFEID, the INRAE ​​REUSE Network and the EACC Chair, aims to foster exchanges and create a meeting place for:

•  to share feedback (successes and failures) on methodological approaches related to the design, operationalization and evaluation of REUSE projects;
• identify the main socio-economic, regulatory, scientific, technical and technological barriers to all available tools;
• to contribute to structuring future R&I projects to better meet the needs on the ground;
• to create new opportunities for collaboration and strengthen networking.

The main topics that will be discussed are:

• governance of REUSE;
• REUSE for agriculture;
• health and environmental risks;
• water treatment processes for REUSE;
• feedback from local authorities.

The program includes various formats for exchanges: plenary and thematic presentations, round tables, pitches of innovative solutions (company stands), posters with a trophy for the best poster and, on request, there will also be the possibility of "B2B" meetings between REUSE actors.

The program is being finalized and a draft version will soon be available online.