CWC – CITY WATER CIRCLES

• The CWC- City Water Circles project aims to help cities reform aging urban water infrastructure systems by applying a circular economy approach, which offers many economic and environmental benefits. This is by promoting a water-saving culture, including the use of unconventional water resources and taking the lead in adopting urban rainwater harvesting and use, as well as citywide graywater recovery measures.
  Partners will collaborate to create a knowledge base for circular water management in urban areas, available as a digital learning resource for all stakeholders. Innovative methods and tools (cutting-edge nature-based technology solutions, smart governance tools exploring new cooperation and financing projects) that can be used throughout Central Europe will also be developed with local stakeholders.

European partners 

Fővárosi Csatornázási Művek Zrt. (HU), Poliedra – Centro di servizio e consulenza del Politecnico di Milano su pianificazione ambientale e territoriale (IT), Mariborski vodovod, javno podjetje, d.d. e E-zavod (SI), Miasto Bydgoszcz e Fundacja Instytut na rzecz Ekorozwoju (PL), Javna ustanova RERA SD za koordinacijui razvoj Splitsko dalmatinske županije e Vodovod i kanalizacija d.o.o. Split (HR), Fachvereinig ung Betriebsund Regenwasse rnutzung e.V. (DE).

The project in Torino

The goal of the project is to introduce and promote water efficiency measures and the reuse of unconventional local water resources, such as rainwater and graywater, for public and domestic purposes in and around public and residential buildings in order to reduce water consumption and relieve pressure on over-exploited water resources in functional urban areas. At the same time, rainwater reuse will go a long way toward reducing the negative impact of intense weather events.
The specific investment planned by the City of Turin is aimed at introducing green roofing technology to create an outdoor roof garden with aeroponic cultivation.

Practical steps

The City of Turin implements the following actions:

• activation of a working group aimed at analyzing the local situation related to water management;
• definition of a strategy based on the principles of circular economy, in collaboration with local stakeholders and in synergy with the Italian technical partner Poliedra – Service and consulting center of Politecnico di Milano on environmental and territorial planning;
• identification of best practices with particular reference to implementations of “NBS – nature based solutions”;
• design and construction of a green terrace and an aeroponic greenhouse at Open011 (House of Youth Mobility and Interculture) in Corso Venezia 11
  communication and dissemination activities

• Total project budget: € 2,418,393.20
• City of Turin budget: € 270,391.60 (100% funded by the European Union)
• n. 11 Partners
• n. 6 Countries
• n. 5 Pilot Projects
• n. 6 innovative urban strategies