We perform applied research executing initiatives which pursue improvement of sustainable water use and management in its widest spectrum, i.e. from its production via efficient desalination technologies to treatment and purification with low or zero energy cost technologies, in addition to assessing and proposing quality improvements of water placed at the service of society and the environment via audits, advice, design of water treatment solutions and quality control.
Considering our insular conditions we are committed to transnational co-operation with Macaronesian regions and West African countries, with initiatives consisting of supplying drinking water and energy to isolated areas, likewise productive benefit of waste water and water quality protection to converge together towards a development model taking into account climate change, blue and circular economy as the foundations for sustainable development of water management and use.
We provide support for the execution and drafting of R+D+i European and regional projects and studies on water technologies, quality and governance, likewise verification of the results obtained,
We perform customised tasks of: dissemination, awareness and specialised formalisation linked to water, carrying out among others, tutoring of students doing work experience at different universities, and training programmes along the strategic lines of the area (desalination, purification, regeneration & circular economy, assessment & quality improvement of waters, climate change adaptation & mitigation strategies in the water sector, marine-maritime sector, training and outreach at any level of society), not to mention generating different training materials for awareness, teaching tasks and knowledge transfer.
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