Portugal

Portugal has a website run by its NFP, Instituto da Água.

Key indicators

Area (100 sq km): 92
Population (mill): 10.2
GDP ($ bill): 122
Water per cap: 7173 m3
Water withdrawal:
total 10.0%
agriculture 48%

Important reports

Country news

Country events

III International Conference on Municipal Waste.“ THE EUROPEAN RECYCLING SOCIETY FROM THE NEWWASTE FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE ”
III International Conference on Municipal Waste.“ THE EUROPEAN RECYCLING SOCIETY FROM THE NEWWASTE FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE ”
AquaStress Final Conference and 4th International Workshop on "Water Stress and its mitigation in Europe and neighbouring countries"
Training Seminar in Risk Assessment in Southern Europe
4th International Conference on Energy, Environment, Ecosystems, Sustainable Development (EEESD'08)

Country projects

Aquapath
GlobWetland
STRIVER
ECORIVER
STAR
CODDE
SUDOE
WaterWeb
CLEMDES
DESERTLINKS
MEDRAP
MEDACTION 4
IWRM-NET
NOSTRUM-DSS (FP6)
EUROMBRA
ADVISOR
TECHNEAU
BASELINE
MOWOM
CIRMAN-ARAL
Desalination of sea-water using renewable energy sources
WaterStrategyMan
Mipais
PROGECO
WATCH
VIROBATHE
SWIFT-WFD
REBECCA
BRIDGE
AQUASTRESS
NEWATER
CLIMED
REGROWTH
DSS-DROUGHT
MEDUSA-WATER
WADISUN
MED-POL
Agriculture_and_Urbanization
POLAGWAT
COLASU
SMART
AQUACAT
LAND-WATER-MED
IRRISPLIT
WADEMED

Legislation on water

The main texts related to the water legislation are available in Portuguese online. Portugal transposed the EU Water Framework Directive into their legislation in December 2005 with a water framework law.

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