The MARSoluT Innovative Training Network (ITN)

MARSoluT - Managed Aquifer Recharge Solutions Training Network - is a four-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Network (ITN) funded by the European Commission.

MARSoluT tackles specific technical challenges in the operation of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) sites on a scientific basis, specifically:

  • chemical, biological and hydraulic processes resulting in clogging and reduction of infiltration rates,
  • hydrogeochemical processes affecting the water quality, with special focus on micropollutants,
  • performance monitoring and modelling, including reactive transport models to predict the fate of pathogens and emerging pollutants, and
  • implications of the processes mentioned above on the technical design of MAR projects in the frame of regional flow models and water management plans.

MARSoluT, at the same time, trains a significant number (12) of Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) to become experts in the application of MAR in the frame of an Integrated Water Resources Management. We envisage these ESRs to become highly qualified multipliers for the effective promotion and implementation of MAR concepts in Europe and worldwide.

MARSoluT brings together 18 Beneficiaries and Partners Organisations, of which 8 come from academia and 10 from the non-academic sector, including SMEs but also large companies from the water sector, indicating the high potential of the research approaches for commercial, full-scale application. MARSoluT ESRs are therefore exposed to inspiring research environments and at the same time to partners interested in technology development and the exploitation of results.

We are convinced that a MAR-related project and network focussing not only on research but also on dedicated training - as done by MARSoluT - can contribute significantly to increasing the market potential and access of MAR concepts in the water sector, raising European competitiveness in this important part of integrated water resources management.

Project start date: 1. March 2019
Project duration: 48 months
Funding scheme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN)
Project number: 814066

Meet the MARSoluT principal investigators in the video below, as they reflect about the usefulness of MAR as integral part of an Integrated Water Resources Management...

MARSoluT - Managed Aquifer Recharge Solutions Training Network - is a four-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Network (ITN) funded by the European Commission.

Coordination & Contact:

Prof. Dr. Christoph Schüth

Darmstadt Technical University
Applied Geosciences
Schnittspahnstr. 9
64287 Darmstadt
Germany

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The MARSoluT project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 814066. This project website reflects only the authors' views and the European Union is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

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