1. Activities and work ahead PI Focus Area: Rural Water and Food Security
Bjørn Jensen
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)
PI Implementation Component session, CEWP, University of Èvora, Portugal, May 4th, 2017

2. Context

3. Main challenges and possible solutions
Water scarcity
Large scale MAR
Overexploitation of groundwater
MAR, regulatory mechanisms
Diffuse pollution of groundwater and related surface waters from agriculture
Regulation of use of pesticides and nitrate; better data management and proper monitoring schemes
Safe drinking water for the rural population
Water treatment and new groundwater-based water supply infrastructure
GDE effects of water scarcity and water pollution
Modelling of GDE effects, regulation og water use and water cycle management
Salt water intrusion
MAR and regulation of water use in coastal areas
Water sustainability of primary food production
Water efficiency in agriculture – water saving irrigation; treatment of manure
The need for better water management, regulation and governance
Policy dialogue and new regulation

4. Overall objective
The overall objective of the action is to support formulation and implementation of Chinese policies, legislation, standards and measures that will contribute enable better management, use and protection of groundwater resources and increased coverage of safe groundwater-based water supply in rural areas

5. Consortium

6. Chinese partners
Water Research Institute Shandong Province (WRISD). Contact: Professor Li Fulin (WP 3, WP 4)
International Economic and Technical Exchange and Cooperation Centre , MWR (IETECC). Contact: Professor Jin Hai (WP2)
MWR Development Research Center (DRC). Contact: Deputy Director Wu Nongdi (WP2)
Jinan Bureau of Hydrology (JBH). Contact: Wang Zhonghua (WP3)
China Institute of Geological Environmental Monitoring, China Geological Survey (CIGEM). Contact: Yin Xiulan (WP4)
Hohai University (HU). Contact: Professor Shu Longcang (WP4)
Geographical and Resources Institute, CAS (GRI). Contact: Liu Suxia (WP4)
China Geological Survey (CGS). Contact: Director Ma Chen (WP4)
Center for Agricultural Resources Research, CAAS (CARR). Contact: Chunsheng Hu (WP5)
Shenzhen University of Science and Technology (SUSTECH). Contact: Assistant professor Xin He (WP7)
Jinan University (JU). Contact: Professor Weiping Wang (WP7)
Jilin University (JIU). Contact: Professor Su Xiaosi (WP7)

7. Work packages
WP 1 Management and administration WP 2 Policy and business dialogues WP 3 Protection and restoration of groundwater dependent ecosystems WP 4 Diffuse pollution WP 5 Water saving irrigation WP 6 Groundwater-based rural water supply WP 7 Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) to restore aquifers and to achieve sustainable water supply in the North China Plain

8. Conceptual framework

9. Organisation

10. WP 2: Policy and business dialogue
Objective: to consolidate and give recommendations to favourable policies, legislation, socio-economic priorities and business collaboration for sustainable management, efficient use and protection of groundwater resources in rural areas based on the findings within the different WPs.
Scope of activities:
Policy briefs on:
Administrative instruments and relevant technologies to halt depletion and initiate recovery of groundwater resources
Administrative instruments and relevant technologies to reduce diffuse pollution of groundwater resources
Groundwater-based rural water supply
Water allocation and water saving technology to be applied in irrigation, based on the socio-economic value of water

11. WP 3 Protection and restoration of groundwater dependent ecosystems
Objective: to restore, protect and enhance the ecological status of the karst streams and springs of Jinan City and based on the results to extract general recommendations for similar projects in China.
Scope of activities:
Baseline analysis on hydroecological characteristics of the karst GDEs
Generalising test results from surface-groundwater interaction modelling
Assessment of impact from groundwater abstraction on GDE in karst springs and streams from catchment scale modelling
GDE restoration and protection strategies to support policy development

12. WP 4 Prevention of diffuse pollution and saltwater intrusion
Scope of activities:
Framework and methodologies for groundwater monitoring in Europe and China
Data storage and data management design and establishment of the framework for a database
Model concept enabling differentiated regulation of nitrate use on arable land
Available and applicable methods for mitigation of diffuse pollution (in situ and on site treatment and containment technologies) with a special focus on PRB well protection design.
Objective: to identify and apply EU Water Technology Innovations to provide safe and cost-efficient groundwater-based water supply, thereby contributing to improved health and reduced workload of the rural population of China.

13. WP 5 Water saving irrigation
Objective: to increase socio-economic and technical efficiency in water allocation and use in large-scale irrigation
Scope of activities:
Baseline analysis
Modelling of water saving irrigation technologies at farm and irrigation system scale
Modelling of the changes in socio-economic value of water imposed by water allocation of water under water scarcity
Generalising test results from modelling
Guidelines for water allocation and water saving irrigation strategies

14. WP 6 Groundwater-based rural water supply
Objective: to identify and apply EU technology to provide safe and cost-efficient groundwater-based water supply, thereby contributing to improved health of the rural population of China
Scope of activities:
Mapping of selected groundwater regimes
Identification of relevant EU water technology innovations in close cooperation with the PIANO project and the WssTP
Marketing of the model for Groundwater-based Rural Water Supply developed by the Danish Groundwater
Installation, monitoring and assess-ment of the performance of WTI’s
Marketing of the successful WTIs at CEWP Business Dialogues and technical forums in China

15. WP 7 Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) .
Objective: to restore aquifers and to achieve sustainable water supply in the North China Plain with the objective to share experience on MAR methods to counteract overexploitation, to increase underground storage of flood water
Scope of activities: Potential of using different water sources (reclaimed wastewater, lake and river water, rain- and storm water) for MAR
Water balance and the use of hydrological modelling for estimating the potential of storm water and reclaimed wastewater from the cities for infiltration in rural area
MAR operation surveillance.
Logistical implications in terms of infrastructure and space of MAR to restore the over-exploitation aquifers in the rural areas.
Treatment capacity of soils for selected water sources

16. Outputs Policy briefs Technical guidance documents
Recommendations for better regulation and administrative responsibilities
Implementation notes
Description of partnership models

17. Thank you for your attention!