REWAISE
REWAISE proposes a paradigm shift towards a carbon-neutral water cycle, addressing the technological, financial, legal and social issues so we can harness the full value of water, considering three key components of economic and social value generated by comprehensive water cycles:
Value in Water
Extracting and benefitting from the dissolved substances and energy inherent in raw and used water streams.
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Value from Water
Water is essential for economic activities and businesses related to the water sector will be promoted.
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Value through Water
The social, health and well-being functions of water are limitless, as it enables almost all our economic activities.
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Living Labs
REWAISE demonstrates innovative technologies, processes and governance models at nine living labs, grouped into three hubs (Mediterranean, Atlantic and Continental).
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WINcubator
Based on the Water Innovation Accelerator-WIN model, WINcubator will support a market arena to boost small to medium enterprise participation, using open innovation to develop new business models around water and alternative funding mechanisms.
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25 research and water industry entities working together to create a new “smart water ecosystem”; mobilising all relevant stakeholders so that society can embrace the true value of water; and reducing freshwater and energy use; resulting in a carbon-free, sustainable hydrological cycle to transition into a resilient circular economy.
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Related Projects
The CIRSEAU cluster consists of five sister projects (granted within the H2020 call topic CE-SC5-04-2019 “Building a water-smart economy and society”) demonstrating the feasibility of a water-smart economy and society. These five projects are B-WaterSmart, Wider Uptake, ULTIMATE, Water Mining and REWAISE.
Latest News
REWAISE takes part in the AD19 Conference
REWAISE takes part in the AD19 Conference The REWAISE project presented some of its findings at the 19th IWA World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion (IWA AD19), held in Valencia from[…]
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Final conference for the Swedish REWAISE Living Lab
REWAISE project manager Helena Tsiparis introduces the conference and the project. Photo: Adam Hallberg. Close to 100 participants got to see and hear more about what the REWAISE project has[…]
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The REWAISE project featured in an independent expert report from the European Commission
In the end of 2025, the European Commission released 3 independent reports, on the Water Resilience Strategy, to show how research and innovation are shaping the European water sector into[…]
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