EMASESA takes its water resilience model to Europe after the last drought
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EMASESA takes part in the Experimentation Journey on Water Resilience, a European initiative in which Seville shares its experience of drought with other territories to guide future water policies. It is the only Spanish water company taking part.
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Seville will contribute its experience in drought management to a group of European territories so that cities can anticipate the next water shortage. It will do so through the Experimentation Journey on Water Resilience, a European initiative in which EMASESA, Seville's metropolitan water company, is the only Spanish water company taking part.
What it aims for
The goal is to turn Seville's real experience into useful information for Europe: to identify what cities need to anticipate the next drought, what solutions can be deployed and what conditions and investments would allow them to be scaled up. The pilot project starts from the challenge of moving from a system dependent on rainfall to one that withstands episodes of scarcity.
The initiative is driven by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), based in Seville, and is designed so that a selected group of territories works jointly on real water resilience challenges and tests innovative solutions. Alongside Seville, Blekinge (Sweden), Flanders (Belgium), Emilia-Romagna and Puglia (Italy) are taking part.
Presentation in Brussels
The pilot project was presented during the European Week of Regions and Cities 2026, held in Brussels from October 12 to 14, by EMASESA's technical director, Luis Luque, and the head of Cooperation, European Funds and Innovation, Dario Mauriño, at a technical meeting.
In the same setting, the delegate for European Funding, Urban Agenda and International Relations of Seville City Council, Fernando Mañes, described the city's water resilience strategy and argued for integrating water management, climate adaptation and infrastructure planning into European investment policies.
Open collaboration
According to EMASESA, the company has reiterated its willingness to collaborate with European regions, universities, research centres, companies and institutions to build solutions that can be replicated on a European scale. The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual event driven by the European Commission in which cities and regions show their capacity to generate growth and employment.