Energy
Waste
Water and Sewage
Transport
Green Blue
Buildings & land use
englishdeutsch
Project Summary Project Description Application of Tools Opinion of Tools Decision making process Contact Details

Application of tools

Name of the case study
Developing new methods for co-operation on groundwater protection: Water co-operation and project "Clean Water".


Name of tool
Water co-operation

Description of tool - character
The actors have a common interest in groundwater protection. Thus water co-operations provides a basis for:
• Coordination of knowledge – bringing together scientific and legal knowledge with knowledge of local context e.g. the interest of the local citizens, how the local farmers act
• Common efforts – e.g to coordinate the tasks of the municipality as authority with the tasks of the of water works – and to draw in Copenhagen Energy in the local collaborations
• Allocation of fiscal funds for groundwater protection - as the water co-operation manages the groundwater fund derived by a fee for each cached m3.
• Further collaboration - in a longer perspective the water co-operation is a basis for further collaboration on management etc.

This is a collaboration tool/procedure.

Description of tool - availability
free

Description of tool - existing
Networking is a traditional way of strengthening the knowledge basis and coordination. An important motive for water co-operations is the allocation of fiscal resources to ground water protection.

Description of tool - adaptation
The concept of water co-operations has to be adapted locally (to the physical and organisational conditions), each time a new co-operation is established.


What tools were used to assess sustainability?

Water co-operation

More information

Click here for a full description (pdf)