The challenge of reclaimed wastewater reuse for acquifer recharge in the Mediterranean area

The present volume gathers the contributions and experience of the IMPROWARE project, which was realised within the SWIM programme and co-funded by the European Commission and will be described in detail further on. This particular call for papers was dedicated to environmentally sustainable water management policies and practices and stemmed from the desire to share and integrate knowledge among some of the most relevant members of the scientific community and others during the “Policies and Techniques for a Sustainable Present” international workshop that took place in Tunisia in October, 2014. The meeting, along with the project’s goals, aimed at spreading the best international practices in water management polices. Experience sharing in various sectors and the urgent need for professional figures to spark a productive debate on potential strategies to be implemented have the clear intent of coping with the growing global demand for water resources and the manifested technical-management critical issues while enacting virtuous conduct over a long-term period. Furthermore, it aims at exhorting the heightened responsibility of policy makers and the entire civil society towards such topics, especially in Mediterranean regions.