SPECIFICATION

Within the "Water" category, EnWin supports projects and companies focused on innovative solutions, especially in the following areas:

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• sustainability of water use as a resource across industries, trade and services, agriculture, forestry, water management, and, last but not least, human settlements and households

• water availability and quality

• ecological impact of the life cycle of a product or service (assessed, inter alia, through the "water footprint")

• neutral and circulating products and innovative solutions supporting the sustainable use of water resources within the circular economy

• digitization and work with data for monitoring pollution and water availability or for preventing losses and optimizing the use of water and water resources

• urban and infrastructure development in the application of the principles of sustainability and circularity in water management, incl. concept of green cities and the promotion of biodiversity in urban areas

• reducing pollution from large industrial installations and strengthening the capacity to prevent industrial accidents

• increasing water retention in the landscape as prevention of hydrological extremes

• technologies that support the reduction of pesticide and fertilizer use in agriculture and actively reduce water pollution from excess nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, etc.) in line with the principles of a Europe-wide "farmer to consumer" strategy

• prevention, monitoring, and removal of contamination from microplastics and medicinal products

• water quality in the environment of the blue economy (use of the potential of the seas and oceans according to the EU concept)

• conservation of biodiversity in lakes, rivers, and wetlands through new technologies or the implementation of eco-innovation