During the summer season, many small and medium-sized European towns experience a significant increase in demand on their sanitation infrastructure. The rise in temporary population due to tourism, combined with water scarcity episodes resulting from climate change, makes summer a critical period for water management.

In this context, the innovative solutions developed by the LIFE RESEAU project provide an effective and sustainable response to these seasonal challenges. Our technologies are designed to adapt to load variations, minimise energy consumption, and reduce environmental impact.

The retrofitting and modernisation of infrastructure through the technologies developed in LIFE RESEAU prove especially useful in contexts where demand can double or triple within a few days, as is often the case in many coastal or rural locations during the summer months, when seasonal peaks can overwhelm wastewater treatment facilities including issues such as reduced treatment efficiency or increased risk of insufficiently processed discharges into the environment.

With LIFE RESEAU, we demonstrate that it is possible to move towards intelligent, flexible, and circular water management that meets both the permanent needs of communities and the temporary challenges posed by the seasonal calendar.