The project is underwayWater in circulation” that he will see AENEAS And Municipality of Bologna collaborate together with citizens to identify new ones saving solutions and circular use of water resources. The initiative, which falls within the scope of the European NiCE project[1]will be at the center of an event that will take place tomorrow 19 June in Bologna (Casa di Quartiere Centro Costa, 5-7.30pm) in the presence of the ENEA researcher Francesca Cappellaro, the municipal councilor Daniele Ara, the president of the Porto-Zaragoza District Lorenzo Cipriani and representatives of ANCI Emilia-Romagna, Hera Group and University of Bologna.
The area of intervention for the pilot project was identified Porto-Zaragoza district[2] where from September researchers and institutions will organize workshops aimed at citizens and students to encourage the transition towards more sustainable and conscious lifestyles and consumption, with a focus on water resources. “We will create participatory and citizen science paths for the co-design and self-construction of do-it-yourself rainwater collection and reuse solutions that people can use in their homes, in private gardens but also in urban green areas such as, for example , urban gardens”, explains Francesca Cappellaro, ENEA researcher in the Support Section for the coordination of Circular Economy activities and responsible for the NiCE project for the Agency. “Our laboratories – continues the researcher – they will strengthen an awareness already present among citizens; in fact, in Bologna, we have already identified several good practices for circular water management”.
Among the initiatives mapped by ENEA there are, for example, “Porto Verde di Bologna” (winning project of the Participatory Budget), “Terracini in Transition” (the living lab of the School of Engineering of the University of Bologna), “Serra Aquaponica” of the Giardini Margherita, “Urban Living Lab of Bologna” of the Reciproco project and “Impronta Blu” of the HERA Group and the Municipality of Bologna.
“Water in circulation” is a pilot initiative of the project NiCEwhich relies on EU funding from beyond 2 million euros and aims to implement circular business and water consumption solutions and models on a pilot scale in seven European cities[3]. The EU project is coordinated by the German Environment Agency in collaboration with ENEA for Italy and eight other European partners (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, ENVIROS, StadtLabor Graz, Bistra, RIC Pro-Akademia, Creative Industry Košice and Municipality of Brzeg Dolny).
[1] The European NiCE Project “From Niche to Center – City Centers as Places of Circular Lifestyles” is financed by Interreg Central Europe with co-financing from the European Regional Development Fund.
[2] In the areas of via Marconi, via del Porto and via Azzogardino
[3] Bologna (Italy), Budapest (Hungary), Prague (Czech Republic), Graz (Austria), Ptuj (Slovenia), Brzeg Dolny (Poland), Kosice (Slovakia).
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