Lisboa E-Nova – Agência de Energia e Ambiente de Lisboa
Lisboa E-Nova is Lisbon's municipal energy and environment agency, a non-profit association promoting sustainable development through energy…
Water Conservation
Slow Water Earth works on landscape-scale water retention, while Environmental Waves develops water technology for farms and properties. In a drought-prone country, both focus on keeping more of the rain that falls.
Focus
All focusesSolar PowerWind EnergyMicro-hydroEnergy EfficiencyOff-grid SystemsBattery StorageLow-tech Energy SolutionsRainwater HarvestingGreywater SystemsWater ConservationNatural Water PurificationDrought ResilienceCycling InfrastructureElectric VehiclesPublic Transport AdvocacyLow-impact TravelWalkable Communities
WhereProjects in this focus
Water conservation in Portugal
Portugal receives most of its rain in a few winter months and then spends the summer living off what it managed to keep. Reservoirs in the south have hit historic lows more than once in the last decade, and agriculture uses the large majority of what is stored.
Slow Water Earth designs landscape-scale retention with farmers and restoration projects. Tamera built water retention landscapes near Odemira over thirty years. Environmental Waves works on treatment technology in the north, GEOTA argues the policy case nationally, and farms like Herdade Monte Silveira and Várzea da Gonçala do it plot by plot.
Holding water in soil and landscape is slower than a borehole and does not run dry. Related focuses: rainwater harvesting, drought resilience and greywater systems. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.