On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, the partners of the TARGET project —Territorial Strategy for Water Scarcity— invite you to meet them at the Hôtel du Département de la Gironde in Bordeaux for a dissemination seminar presenting the project’s results, entitled “Unconventional Water Facing Water Scarcity: From Strategy to Action.”
This event, open to all, will bring together local and regional authorities, government services, funding agencies, businesses, experts, and researchers. It will address the topic of unconventional water (collective and industrial treated wastewater, rainwater harvesting, process water) as a key leverage point against dwindling water resources, examining the technical and socioeconomic challenges that characterize them.
Provisional Program:
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9:00 AM – Welcome Coffee – Poster Session
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9:30 AM – Opening
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10:00 AM – Project Results
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The TARGET Strategy: A planning method for facing water scarcity:
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Water governance and scarcity in the Southwestern European area
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The TARGET Strategy
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Three case studies:
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A water scarcity prevention plan using unconventional water for the Dordogne basin (France)
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Three action plans to reduce drinking water supply vulnerability in Barreiro (Portugal)
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The local circular water program of Granollers (Spain)
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Break – Poster Session – Group Photo
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Lessons learned from the TARGET project facing the challenges of unconventional water use:
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Technical challenges
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Socioeconomic challenges
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12:30 PM – Complimentary Lunch – Poster Session
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1:30 PM – Collaborative Workshop: “Reusing Treated Wastewater: Opportunity or Feasibility?”
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Case studies:
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The Grand Périgueux Agglomeration Community
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Second case study to be confirmed
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Group work
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3:00 PM – Outlook and Valorization – What added value does the TARGET project bring to…?
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The Adour-Garonne Water Agency
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The Portuguese Environment Agency
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The Besòs and Tordera Basins Consortium
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3:30 PM – Deliverables and Next Steps
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3:45 PM – Closing
Registration (free) before October 22, 2026: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=KstHjFb48kaDsc8ctKAgtSXnC9t5MENIggdkhw–AQpUNVpNNzJaQjIxTTFUTDNWNzRLVURRUzNINS4u
Schedule in PDF: programme_previsionnel_seminaire_target_2026-11-03
TARGET is a project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the Interreg Sudoe 2021–2027 program.