Bringing Life Back to the Tagus River: The Tagus Estuary Clean-up Project

Event: Tagus Estuary Clean-up Project

Bringing Life Back to the Tagus River: The Tagus Estuary Clean-up Project

15 May 2017

Author / Speaker:

Claudio de Jesus, Aguas de Portugal - Other materials by the author

Due to highly polluting activities, the Tagus Estuary in Lisbon, Portugal, became severely degraded. The Tagus Estuary Clean-up Project was implemented to bring it back to life. It brought together the skills and investments of two wastewater companies and the 19 municipalities surrounding the estuary. This presentation shares the results of this intervention.

Geographical Focus:

Global

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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