Modern Water Management in the South Baltic Sea Area - upgrade project

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MOMENT UP IS AN upgrade project, close connected to the MOMENT project, with the same background, aims, values etc. It is jointly developed by the MOMENT partnership. MOMENT/MOMENT UP will develop local and regional methods for effective management of water, with special focus on nutrients and hazardous substances from small/diffuse sources. It will test, demonstrate and develop knowledge about how to go from theory to practical measures – developing an effective local work, including political involvement on different levels. For more information, please see the MOMENT application. ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVES FOR MOMENT UP: • Stronger involvement of Kalinigrad Region, for the benefit of the project results and for the South Baltic Sea Area. • Increased knowledge about innovative solutions for combating pollution from diffuse sources, as a base for final conclusions and recommendations for future work. • A closer connection to the implementation of the EUSBSR, priority area 1. MOMENT/MOMENT UP as an active partner and a good example. IN C3 MOMENT UP WILL ADD a Russian pilot area (a new Water Users Partnership). C3 will also add more activities in Akmena-Dane River pilot area, aiming at strengthening the creation of a Water User Partnership. C4 presents four new pilot measures. Storm water activities will give a better and more diversified input to the final results. Together with the MOMENT pilot measures in C4, they will lay the ground for two “showcases” for modern storm water treatment - in SE and in LT. Methods for handling of semi polluted sediments in shallow water areas will be developed. The potential for decreasing the outlets of phosphate from detergents through voluntary measures will be tested. The last pilot measure is about sustainable water quantity management as a way to decrease the risk for excess outflow of nutrients. MOMENT UP will also add an active contribution to the implementation of the EUSBSR (C5). THE MOMENT UP STRUCTURE is similar to MOMENT - the same project management, organisation, exchange, information, dissemination, expert resources etc. Output from MOMENT UP will be included in the final MOMENT results and reports. The projects will contribute to an improved and more effective water management, stronger networks and a higher political appreciation of the cross-border co-operation. Pilot area experiences will be applied on a more general and transnational level, i.e. in the perspective of ERB. Concrete conclusions and recommendations for the future water cooperation, as well as a political statement, will be presented. The results can be used for joint information and lobbying actions on environmental needs in the SBA. By adding a MOMENT UP project the final results will be of a even higher quality and value than if only the MOMENT project was implemented.

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