Water’s circular economy project making headway on three islands

Greece is taking a lead in developing a circular economy through the European Union-funded Hydrousa project, a scientific program aimed at the extraction of water from unconventional sources to be used for irrigation and even for human consumption on the country's islands. It is now moving on from the designing stage to licensing.

The program was officially launched a few weeks ago at Impact Hub Athens, although it started last July on the islands of Myconos, Lesvos and Tinos, through a range of innovative applications.

The project, which boasts 27 partners, seeks to tap unused water sources such as wastewater in order to diminish or ideally eliminate the need to bring freshwater in from elsewhere, as well as to reduce its cost. The idea is motivated not just by the material advantages of extracting a precious resources from an unusual source, but also by the...