WorkPackage 4

WP4: Concepts and design tools for sustainable, integrated water and wastewater management

This fourth workpackage is aimed to develop a Decision Support System (DSS) for End-Users like as technical planners/designers and Decision Makers starting from some selected Case Studies.

WHAT IS A ZER0-M CASE STUDY

The ZER0-M project, through the activities envisaged by the Workpackages 1 - 5 will contribute to disseminate Sustainable Water Management (SWM) approach and will also realise demonstration plants as well as real scale pilot plants.

However, the pilot projects will only consider a few of the possible SWM solutions. They need to be identified, designed and realized in a very short time, due to shortness of ZER0-M project life span.

The case study analysis is a "virtual" exercise to consider other SWM solutions, different form the one that will be adopted in the pilot project. Preferably the case study will be applied to the same area where the pilot project is implemented. In each case study, a number of feasible technological and environmental management alternatives will be considered; Pro and Contra assessed.

AIMS OF A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS

- Acquire expertise to be able to select a better alternative in a future real opportunity,
- Contribute to the development of the DSS that will be used in the future real cases
- Define clear criteria to monitor and assess the degree of success of the pilot projects
- Develop an Economic Model