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WssTP Strategic Innovation Research Agenda Consultation
Objective of the consultation

The objective of this public consultation is to collect the opinions of stakeholders and interested parties, including EU citizens and private and public organisations, with regard to the development of a comprehensive WssTP Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda. The WssTP Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda (SIRA) promotes a balanced mix of innovation measures that contribute to overcoming the main bottlenecks towards realising the WssTP vision as described in “WssTP VISION: Towards a future-proof model for a European water-smart society”.

The replies submitted to this public consultation will be analysed, aggregated and taken into consideration during the development of the WssTP Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda foreseen for July 2016.
Instructions for completing the questionnaire
Please note that the questionnaire consists of nine parts.
- Part I asks for information about the respondent. Some questions are mandatory.
- Part II asks about the concept and approach to the Strategic Innovation and research Agenda
- Part III – VIII covers the six Key Components and asks for your consultation on the challenges and research, innovation and development priorities.
- Part IX will allow you to share any other thoughts or comments
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME
Disclaimer
By participating in this public consultation, you consent to the transfer of the information you submit to WssTP. The information collected is for the purpose of this Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda only and will not be publicly associated with your personal information. However, we may share the results of this survey with the public in anonymized or aggregated forms. We thank you for providing your input, we will do our utmost to take into consideration all contribution we receive. You may understand that we cannot guarantee that all contributions will be integrated in the final document.

Part III: The Value of Water
The key component The Value of Water is targeting the development of a water-smart economy for Europe, enabled by new technologies, economic and business models. The key component consists of the following research and innovation challenges:

• SC1 – Towards new economic models for the value of water
• SC2 – Towards multiple waters in a circular economy
• SC3 – Optimising the use of water in all sectors
• SC4 – Creating new markets, valorising the value in water
• SC5 – Energy harvesting as integrated valorisation strategy of water
These sub-challenges present the main challenges to be addressed to reach the vison objectives.
If no, please comment:
For each sub-challenge several research and innovation actions are identified that are considered necessary to reach the set goals. Do you have any comments to the research and innovation priorities currently listed for each sub-challenge?
Please provide your comments. If you feel that certain priorities should be added, please feel free to describe them here (if possible, please indicate the relevant sub-challenge)
For each topic a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) is indicated, do you feel these TRL’s are appropriate?
Please provide your comments. If you feel that certain TRLs need to be adjusted, please indicate.

Part IV: Technologies
Developing those digital and water treatment technologies that enable clean waters, higher levels of insight and manageability of our water system and the “multiple waters concept” in closed loops.

• SC1 - Digital enabling technologies for a water-smart society
• SC2 - Technologies for safeguarding surface and drinking water from pollution
• SC3 - Enabling cost efficient water treatment technologies to foster re-use, recycling and cascading
• SC4 - Advanced technologies and approaches for water management in Agriculture
These sub-challenges present the main challenges to be addressed to reach the vison objectives.
If no, please comment:
For each sub-challenge several research and innovation actions are identified that are considered necessary to reach the set goals. Do you have any comments to the research and innovation priorities currently listed for each sub-challenge?
Please provide your comments. If you feel that certain priorities should be added, please feel free to describe them here (if possible, please indicate the relevant sub-challenge)
For each topic a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) is indicated, do you feel these TRL’s are appropriate?
Please provide your comments. If you feel that certain TRLs need to be adjusted, please indicate.

Part V: Hybrid Grey and Green Infrastructure
Realising new materials and technologies, approaches, (asset) management models and practices to maintain, improve and redesign our water infrastructure into a smart, active and economically sustainable system to support the “multiple waters concept” and to increase the resilience against climate change effects.

• S1 - Resilience against Climate and Seasonal Change effects
• S2 - Longer term financial sustainability of the water distribution system
• S3 - Redesigned integrated hybrid grey and green infrastructure
These sub-challenges present the main challenges to be addressed to reach the vison objectives.
If no, please comment:
For each sub-challenge several research and innovation actions are identified that are considered necessary to reach the set goals. Do you have any comments to the research and innovation priorities currently listed for each sub-challenge?
Please provide your comments. If you feel that certain priorities should be added, please feel free to describe them here (if possible, please indicate the relevant sub-challenge)
For each topic a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) is indicated, do you feel these TRL’s are appropriate?
Please provide your comments. If you feel that certain TRLs need to be adjusted, please indicate.

Part VI: Governance
Developing new inclusive governance models, digital support tools and practices of the future, leveraging on new technologies enabled insights and decision support systems, also targeting new growth areas of the water economy. Following a multi-stakeholders approach, it will mainstream integrity and transparency practices in water governance frameworks for greater accountability and trust in decision-making. It will also encourage water governance frameworks to manage trade-offs across water users, rural and urban areas, and generations.

• S1 - Decision Support Systems for multi-stakeholder Governance
• S2 Stakeholder engagement for good water governance
• S3 - Integrated planning and water management at all levels and across sectors
These sub-challenges present the main challenges to be addressed to reach the vison objectives.
If no, please comment:
For each sub-challenge several research and innovation actions are identified that are considered necessary to reach the set goals. Do you have any comments to the research and innovation priorities currently listed for each sub-challenge?
Please provide your comments. If you feel that certain priorities should be added, please feel free to describe them here (if possible, please indicate the relevant sub-challenge)
For each topic a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) is indicated, do you feel these TRL’s are appropriate?
Please provide your comments. If you feel that certain TRLs need to be adjusted, please indicate.

Part VII: Living Lab Pilots
This Key Component has the aim of looking further ahead and pushing the development of these innovations through visionary, large scale experimentations in real-life environments to foster the development of migration paths and strategies towards the WssTP model for a water-smart society. Multiple, real-life living labs will be selected forerunning water-systems in Europe and abroad (leveraging International Cooperation) to set-up realistic and full-scale users environments in which complex new combinations of technology innovations, new socio-economic models and practices as well as new governance set-ups can be experimented. The following 3 living lab areas are foreseen:

• LL1 – Rural Living labs
• LL2 – Industries of the future living labs
• LL3 – Smart (peri-)urban living labs
For each Living Lab several characteristics are provided that define the main real-life experiments to be tested in real-life conditions. Do you have any comments to the characteristics currently listed for each Living Lab?
Please provide your comments. If you feel that certain characteristics or experiments should be added, please feel free to describe them here (if possible, please indicate the relevant Living Lab)

Part VIII: Horizontal
This Key Component fosters the overall innovation eco-system surrounding KC 1 – 5, realising a favourable environment for stakeholders to develop the required knowledge, technologies and applications while eliminating bottlenecks towards a “go-to-market” attitude and conditions. This Key Component includes the following 5 sub-challenges:

• S1 - Create a level playing field for eco-innovative companies
• S2 - Standards for Water Footprint Assessment and Stewardship
• S3 - Enhanced sharing knowledge and best practices in water: education, awareness, capacity development tools
• S4 – Water advocacy, planning and management capacity
• S5 - International Cooperation
These sub-challenges present the main challenges to be addressed to reach the vison objectives.
If no, please comment:
For each sub-challenge several research and innovation actions are identified that are considered necessary to reach the set goals. Do you have any comments to the research and innovation priorities currently listed for each sub-challenge?
Please provide your comments. If you feel that certain priorities should be added, please feel free to describe them here (if possible, please indicate the relevant sub-challenge)
For each topic a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) is indicated, do you feel these TRL’s are appropriate?
Please provide your comments. If you feel that certain TRLs need to be adjusted, please indicate.

Part IX: Other comments or questions
Any other comments or questions you would like to share on the strategic innovation and research agenda and/or the described research, development or innovation challenges?
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The conceptual model provides a clear and sensible understanding of the structure of the SIRA
The conceptual model provides a logic representation of the synergies and interdependencies between the different key components