Cross border water resources and water supply management - DRINKADRIA project

The strategic project Networking for Drinking Water Supply in Adriatic Region (acronym DRINKADRIA) is co-financed by the European Union within the program IPA Adriatic Cross Border Cooperation 2007 2013. It started on November Is' 2013, and it will last for 29 months. The total value of the Project is 6.600.000 EUR. The Project aim is to develop a base for strategies and procedures for secure cross-border water supply with specific emphasis on water resources management in trans-boundary context, climate change and specific socioeconomic aspects of the Adriatic region. Significant financial resources will be invested in improvement of existing water supply systems in the region, and possibilities of cross-border connection of existing water supply systems will be analysed. Seventeen partner institutions from Adriatic region countries are involved in the Project: Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania and Greece. This paper provides an overview of the project activities with emphasis on two work packages (WP): WP4 cross-border water resources management and WP5 cross-border water supply.