{"id":7030,"date":"2017-01-27T15:52:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T14:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kwrwater.nl\/?p=7030\/"},"modified":"2017-02-06T11:47:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T10:47:08","slug":"ecosystem-services-benefit-from-water-sector-innovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kwrwater.nl\/en\/actueel\/ecosystem-services-benefit-from-water-sector-innovations\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecosystem services benefit from water sector innovations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post_intro\">\n<p>Ecosystem services are currently a focus of intense interest. An ecosystem service is a \u2018service\u2019 that the ecosystem provides to humans. The groundwater resources we use for our drinking water supply would be one example. In today\u2019s decision-making process interventions in the water system are often considered and assessed on a sector basis. Within the European <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kwrwater.nl\/projecten\/dessin\/\">DESSIN <\/a>project, we are developing an integrated assessment method to gain insight into the impact of interventions in the water system on the ecosystem. Last week the project partners met in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Method developed<\/h2>\n<p>During the DESSIN meeting in Barcelona we discussed the integrated method developed, and examined how this system can be incorporated into decision-making. With this method one can determine how the ecosystem can contribute sustainably, for example, to water treatment or to the supply of freshwater for agriculture and horticulture.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kwrwater.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bijeenkomst-Europees-project-DESSIN--780x470.jpg\" alt=\"European DESSIN project meeting\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kwrwater.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bijeenkomst-Europees-project-DESSIN-1-780x470.jpg\" alt=\"European DESSIN project meeting\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Barcelona and Westland pilots<\/h2>\n<p>Cetaqua is working in DESSIN on a pilot in which slightly contaminated surface water from the Llobregat river is collected and infiltrated in an aquifer. This helps counter the salinisation of the groundwater and provides for a better use of freshwater resources. KWR and Bruine de Bruin are working in DESSIN on the further development of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kwrwater.nl\/projecten\/zoet-zout-westland\/\">Westland case<\/a>: the combination of Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR), the Freshkeeper and reverse osmosis. Together with other case studies, these demonstrate that ecosystem services benefit from the development and implementation of water sector innovations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecosystem services are currently a focus of intense interest. An ecosystem service is a \u2018service\u2019 that the ecosystem provides to humans. The groundwater resources we use for our drinking water supply would be one example. 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