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Von der Leyen talks about crop water needs: A list of populisms necessary but not sufficient conditions
Last week Olivia Tempest wrote the news piece “Von der Leyen announces a new European Water Initiative amid shortage risks“. In the article, the word water appears 28 times, the wo…
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EIT Water, Smart Green Water, Spain Smart Water Summit: an intense EU Smart Water week
EIT Water. Agriculture is the art and technology of turning water into food On Tuesday 15 September, IRTA hosted the WAVEMAKER Business Creation Award Spain 2026 at BAC – Barcelona Circular (Sant Andreu). It is EIT Water’s nationwide event for Spain, bringing together startups, spin-offs, and entrepreneurial projects with solutions to water challenges. IRTA has […]
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EU crisis: towards active, not reactive, digitalisation of forest-fire monitoring
From national emergency to EU crisis The Government declared the national emergency on 25 July 2026, with the Ministry of the Interior taking sole command of the fires in Madrid, Ávila and Toledo; it is only the second time this level has been activated. More than [ ] professionals have been deployed on the ground, […]
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Public contribution to digitalisation to adapt Europe to climate change
1. Public consultation on the digital action plan for the water sector On 28 May, Olivia Tempest published the article “The European Commission launches a consultation on the digitalisation of the water sector”, open until 24 June. The news followed the European Commission’s announcement on 27 May opening a public consultation process on the Digital Action Plan […]
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The project NextGen, the reuse of regenerated water, energy and materials in a climate crisis
We are in an important episode of drought, where the current reserves of the reservoirs of internal basins in Catalonia (Spain) are at 33,6%, when 1 year ago they were 63,3%. Throughout this year 2022, the number of operating units in which the alert has been declared has increased, to the point that most of the […]
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From farm to fork, biodiversity and water
This is my 200th post, which coincides with the presentation of Iagua Magazine 29. I would like to start this post by sharing 2 news from the previous week that make me especially excited. On Thursday David Escobar called me to propose to extend my collaboration with iagua on agricultural issues, and thus continue helping […]
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DIANA to manage irrigation water demand
Several posts ago I wrote about the Horizon 2020 projects, and today I will continue this topic explaining some characteristics of the DIANA project. In the middle of last December, the (#EUWIC) EU Water Innovation Conference 2019 was held in Zaragoza: Accelerating action to tackle water pollution and enhance EU preparedness to water-related climate change […]
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H2020: water, climate, agriculture & irrigation
The reasons for this post: 1. Year 2020 It's been a couple of weeks of this year 2020. When I made the Christmas greeting I made an image that was a play on words between the water formula (H20) and the year we started (2020) Fig. 1 Image of the year 2020 2. Post about Horizon […]
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KPIs to evaluate communication efficiency in the water sector
This week we have left the year 2019 behind, and we begin the year 2020. At the end of 2019, Alejandro Maceira shared the increase of readers by countries of the iAgua platform in 2019. I have already congratulated the iAgua / SWM team on Twitter for its great growth, but I also wanted to […]
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From water footprint to digital footprint
1. Water footprint On November 18, Arjen Hoekstra died at the age of 52, as announced by IHE Delft. Arjen was the creator of the concept of Water Footprint in 2002. I share the link to the news. A sad news when mentors leave us at an early age. RIP Arjen. Fig. 1 Photo of the iagua interview […]
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#EUWIC & @LIFEprogramme. The battle for the 300 followers.
This week the event (#EUWIC) EU Water Innovation Conference 2019: Accelerating action to tackle water pollution and enhance EU preparedness to water-related climate change impacts is celebrated in Zaragoza. This event will serve to inspire innovators in the sector with the most relevant success stories, and to present the main community strategies for water and […]
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My water #30DayMapChallenge
A few days ago the news appeared that the INE (National Institute of Statistics) will carry out a macro study on mobility in Spain, following the movements of all mobiles in Spain. Four working days in November, a Sunday and three days of vacation will be analyzed. The objective of this study is to have information to […]
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FC Barcelona, water and food
On Saturday February 23rd Leo Messi reached 50 hat tricks in his professional career, 44 with FC Barcelona (32 in the Spanish League, 8 in the Champions League, 3 in the Spanish King's Cup and 1 in the Spanish Super Cup) and 6 with Argentina’s team. Messi reaches 50 hat tricks. Thank you Messi for […]
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The evolution of the latitude and elevation of irrigated areas in Europe
Climate change adaptation is leading to changes in the distribution (latitude and elevation) of irrigated areas in Europe, and will continue to do so. As a result of irregular precipitation, such as the one experienced in 2018, in the future, irrigation will likely take place at higher latitudes or at least the percentage of surface […]
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Who is @iservia?
On January 20, 2014, I published my first post in iagua. I opened my blog in iagua without knowing much of the news source and its team. It has been 5 years, and now I know the impact that iagua has on the water sector, and I am convinced that the #SmartWaterMagazine project will be […]
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