Interreg Project GEMS - Kickoff Meeting in Murcia

The project GEMS (Groundwater Management in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones with Agricultural Activities) aims to minimize nitrate concentrations in groundwater.
in groundwater. In cooperation with seven organizations from different European countries countries and regional stakeholders, the Institute for for Cultural Engineering and Soil Water Management will develop strategies to this end.

As part of the kick-off meeting on May 7 and 8 in Murcia basic work packages of the Interreg project were outlined and explained and the opportunity for personal and professional exchange. In addition various relevant aspects related to the nitrate problem were presented and discussed were presented and discussed and an excursion to the intensively farmed Campo de Cartagena region, which is characterized by high nitrate
nitrate concentrations in the groundwater.