IMDEA Water

IMDEA Water belongs to the network of 7 R&D Centers created by the Community of Madrid (Spain), with the legal status of a foundation. It is focused on water management issues and directed towards optimizing public and private decision-making processes, emphasizing on the link between water, public services, the economy and institutions. The purpose of IMDEA Water is to generate knowledge to provide solutions that contribute to the water sustainability of the planet. To this end, it aims to create an efficient model for the development of science and technology in collaboration with the productive sector (mission), with the objective of being a benchmark for scientific and technical production in the water sector (vision). The scientific programme of the Institute is based on the development of four strategic lines for integrated water management: i) management of sustainable bodies of water, ii) quality and pollution, iii) water treatment and reuse and iv) economic and institutional analysis.