Europe needs to overcome its water quality and water scarcity challenges through improved resource efficiency and nature protection. An EU-funded initiative has developed a framework that evaluates the impact of technical or management solutions for freshwater ecosystems on ecosystem services (ESS).
The DESSIN project developed a method for determining the value of new approaches to address water scarcity and water quality challenges. The DESSIN methodology for valuation of Ecosystem Services (ESS) can identify and quantify the benefits that human society freely gains from the natural environment, such as the provision of water for irrigation, and how this can be improved by new technologies or measures.
Further details: Ecosystem value to innovative water technologies demonstrated