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European Territorial Cooperation Programmes (ETCP), GREECE-ITALY 2007-2013
Efficient Irrigation Management Tools for Agricultural Cultivations and Urban Landscapes
IRMA -
Subsidy Contract No: I3.11.06
LP-TEIEP | P2-AEPDE | P3-INEA | P4-ISPA/CNR | P5-ROP | P6-ROEDM
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Other interesting stuff
Project area stuff
Greek golf standards released
The golf field at Porto Carras, Chalkidiki,
Northern Greece
The ministry of Tourism signed the
new law (21527, ΦΕΚ 2905/Β/29-10-
2014) regarding the determination of
golf fields standards for Greece.
Among others the text includes
information regarding the water
resources for irrigation and the
irrigation system design, construction
and management.
The golf field at Costa Navarino, Messinia,
Western Greece
Greek registry of water supply
points
A new law (published in ΦΕΚ
2878/Β/27-10-2014)
has
been
published regarding the permission of
using
water
and
relevant
constructions. According to the Special
Secretariat
for
Water
which
responsible for water usage, the new
law simplifies the procedure regarding
registration of water supply points.
All citizens that posses wells, drillings
and other water supply points are
called to declare them until the end of
2014 in order to receive the relevant
permission to use them.
International stuff
Projects
WISDOM PROJECT
WISDOM PROJECT (Water Analytics
& Intelligent Sensing for Demand
Optimized Management) is funded
under the EU 7th Framework Program
and will run for 3 years. The project
aims at achieving a step change in
water and energy savings by
optimizing water distribution networks
and changing consumer behavior
through
innovative
demand
management and adaptive pricing
schemes.
For
more
information
visit:
A forum for farmers on using Global
Navigation Satellite Systems for
farming
The UNIFARM project was set up to
encourage the use of Precision
Agriculture methods which are still
quite rare, and to create a Europe-
wide system so that farmers can