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Thisguidehasbeendevelopedaspart of theNWRMPilot Project financedby theDirectorate-
General for Environment, European Commission (contract 07.0330/2013/659147/SER/ENV.
C1), coordinated by the Office International de l’Eau (France), with ACTeon (France), AMEC
Foster Wheeler (United Kingdom), BEF (Baltic States), ENVECO (Sweden) , IACO (Cyprus),
IMDEA Water (Spain), REC (Hungary/Central and Eastern Europe), REKK inc. (Hungary), SLU
(Sweden) and SRUC (UK) as partners.
Authors
Pierre Strosser (ACTeon), Gonzalo Delacámara (IMDEA), Anaïs Hanus (ACTeon), Heather
Williams (AMEC FosterWheeler) andNick Jaritt (AMEC FosterWheeler)
Contributors
Thomas Breinig (SMIVAL, France. Lèze case study), Dennis Collentine (SLU), Elia Desmot
(OIEau), Heidrun Fammler (BEF), Benoit Fribourg-Blanc (OIEau), Martyn Futter (SLU), Carlos
Mario Gomez (IMDEA), Ayis Iacovides (IACO), Estefanía Ibáñez (IMDEA), Marta Rodríguez
(IMDEA) Jovanka Ignjatovic (REC), Mats Ivarsson (ENVECO), Maggie Kossida (Seven),
Imola Koszta (REC), Alistair Mc Vittie (SRUC), Verena Mattheiss (ACTeon), Guillaume Michel
(ACTeon), Ignacio Rodríguez Muñoz (Duero River Basin Authority, Spain. Órbigo case study)
Gloria de Paoli (ACTeon), Sonia Siauve (OIEau), Gábor Ungvári (REKK), Ventzislav Vassilev
(REC, Bulgaria. Persina case study), Kristina Veidemane (BEF) and Outi Wahlroos (University
of Helsinki, Finland, Nummela case study)
Design and layout
NicolasWeiller (ACT
eon
)
NWRM project publications are available at:
Acknowledgements
Thisguidehasbeendevelopedbuildingon the valuable inputsand commentsof expertswho
contributed to case studies and of participants in the workshops organised in the context
of the NWRM Pilot Project, in particular experts who participated in the NWRM guidance
workshop organised in Paris, December 4th, 2014, i.e. Jan Cools (Milieu, Belgium), Tamas
Gruber (WWF Hungary), Samantha Jane Hughes (CITAB/UTAD, Portugal), Martin Janes (River
RestorationCentre, UK), FernandoMagdaleno (CEDEX, Spain), SandraManning-Jones (Sussex
Flow Initiative, UK), Josée Peress (ONEMA, France) and Suzanne Simmons (CIRIA, UK).
Suggested citation
P.Strosser, G.Delacámara, A.Hanus, H.Williams and N.Jaritt. 2015. A guide to support the
selection, design and implementation of Natural Water Retention Measures in Europe -
Capturing themultiple benefits of nature-based solutions. Final version, April 2015.
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ISBN978-92-79-46060-9
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