Hydrogeology

• Hydrogeological modelling
• Quality and pollution of groundwater
• Aquifer recharge
• Water and mining

Acuatic ecosystems

• Ecotoxicology
• Biological indicators
• Cyanobacteria

Hydraulic heritage

Extreme events

Water and landscape

• Chemical and biological quality objectives
• Unconventional analytical methods
• Emerging chemical and biological contaminants

Three main fields of action are considered in terms of water treatment and water reuse research activities: drinking water, urban and industrial wastewater treatment and reclaimed water reuse.

Drinking Water

• Treatment Technologies. Desalination
• Detection and removal of micropollutants

Urban and Industrial Wastewater Treatment

• Biological and physical-chemical processes
• Membrane technology
• Advanced treatment processes

Reclaimed Water

• Nature-based solutions

Analysis of the design and implementation of economic policy instruments for sustainable water management

• Individual & collective economic behaviour in relation to water
• Economic policy instruments-EPIs (pricing mechanisms, markets of tradable permits, risk-management schemes and cooperation-based mechanisms)

Integrated water resources management: economic dimensions

• Environmental & natural resources economics
• Climate change adaptation (CCA) and Disaster risk reduction (DRR)
• Nexus approach (water-energy-food-biodiversity-climate)
• Hydro-economic modelling & analysis & prioritisation of water investments.
• Regulatory impact assessment (RIA) and links between environmental policy & macroeconomic performance
• Cost-benefit analysis (CBA), Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), Cost-recovery analysis, New decision-making theories
• Integrated assessment frameworks (i.e. social-ecological modelling) and economic valuation of ecosystem services
• Economic regulation of the urban water cycle

Economic regulation of the urban water cycle

Water Governance