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H2020Doctoral network2017–2022

EUROFLOW · A EUROpean training and research network for environmental FLOW management in river basins

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2017-09-01 → 2022-02-28
EU contribution
€3,923,989
Participants
24
Scheme
MSCA-ITN

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Results in brief

A EUROpean training and research network for environmental FLOW management in river basins

The regulation of river flows is one of the biggest stressors affecting river ecosystems across the world. In many westernised countries, major legislative efforts are therefore underpinning the development of new approaches to mitigate the impacts of river flow regulation. These approaches are based on optimising the management of river flows to maintain services to humans (e.g. water supply, hydropower) whilst protecting and/or rejuvenating the aquatic environment with water of adequate quantity and quality in space and time (i.e. environmental flows, aka e-flows). In this context, a field of applied aquatic science has developed to generate an evidence base for the best ways to manage the quantity, quality and patterns of e-flows to sustain river ecosystems. Euro-FLOW is training researchers to be future leaders in the science, business and policy of this field. The objectives of Euro-FLOW were: - to develop new theoretical and empirical insights to inform the management of water flows and aquatic ecosystems in river basins. - develop future research leaders through advanced training in: (i) river ecosystem science, (ii) transferable scientific and life skills, and (iii) collaborative working with international and inter-sectoral networking. - progress the field of e-flow science and management intellectually by establishing work on 15 linked projects, catalysing communications amongst 23 institutions (and beyond to their wider networks), and enabling intellectual cross-fertilisation both during the project and into the future.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

A EUROpean training and research network for environmental FLOW management in river basinsThe regulation of river flows is one of the biggest stressors affecting river ecosystems across the world. In manywesternised countries, major legislative efforts are therefore underpinning the development of new approaches to mitigatethe impacts of river flow regulation (e.g. EU WFD, US Clean Water Act, South Africa National Water Act, Australian WaterResources Act). These approaches are based on optimising the management of river flows to maintain services to humans(e.g. water supply, hydropower) whilst protecting and/or rejuvenating the aquatic environment with water of adequatequantity and quality in space and time (i.e. environmental flows, aka e-flows). In this context, a field of applied aquaticscience has developed to generate the evidence base for identifying the best ways to manage the quantity, quality andpatterns of e-flows to sustain river ecosystems. EUROFLOW will train a new cohort of researchers to be future leaders inthis field.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS · LeedsCoordinatorUnited Kingdom
  • ASOCIACION BC3 BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE - KLIMA ALDAKETA IKERGAI · LeioaSpain
  • DIREKCIJA REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE ZA VODE · CeljeSlovenia
  • EIDGENOESSISCHE ANSTALT FUER WASSERVERSORGUNG ABWASSERREINIGUNG UND GEWAESSERSCHUTZ · DubendorfSwitzerland
  • ENVIRONMENT AGENCY · BristolUnited Kingdom
  • Engadiner Kraftwerke AG · ZernezSwitzerland
  • FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN EV · BerlinGermany
  • HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ · LeipzigGermany
  • ISTITUTO SUPERIORE PER LA PROTEZIONE E LA RICERCA AMBIENTALE · ROMAItaly
  • KELDA GROUP PLC · BradfordUnited Kingdom
  • Landesbetrieb für Hochwasserschutz und Wasserwirtschaft · MagdeburgGermany
  • NORSK INSTITUTT FOR VANNFORSKNING STI · OsloNorway
  • OVE ARUP & PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · LONDONUnited Kingdom
  • STANTEC UK LIMITED · HIGH WYCOMBEUnited Kingdom
  • STICHTING IHE DELFT INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION · DelftNetherlands
  • Stiftung Schweizerischer National Park · ZernezSwitzerland
  • TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT · DelftNetherlands
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · BirminghamUnited Kingdom
  • UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY · OXFORDUnited Kingdom
  • UNITED KINGDOM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION · SWINDONUnited Kingdom
  • UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA · SANTANDERSpain
  • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO · TrentoItaly
  • UNIVERSITETET I OSLO · OsloNorway
  • cbec eco-engineering UK Ltd · AberdeenUnited Kingdom

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union