ARCEAU Île-de-France

ARCEAU-IdF is a non-profit organization founded in April 2013 by several local communities and research laboratories from the Paris region. Its activity is mainly oriented towards the transfer of both scientific data and pioneering actions in the water sector. Unique in its structure, ARCEAU-IdF is a pluralist debate platform, connecting researchers, operators and elected officials.

ARCEAU-IdF’s project is based on three complementary axes:
- Transfer of scientific data: working groups, technical datasheets, guides, articles, PhD thesis’ dissemination, seminars, workshops, and conferences.
- Debate: critical thinking of daily practices and debate on public issues of the water sector.
- Networking and mediation: resembling all actors from the Paris area water sector.

ARCEAU-IdF addresses to:
- Local communities
- Individuals
- Research laboratories
- NGOs
- Companies & engineering offices

Countries of operation
- France

Areas of expertise
- Sanitation, hygiene, and rain water
- Integrated water resources management
- Protection and restoration of ecosystems
- Water quality and combating pollution

Projects

Cosmet’eau—Changes in the personal care product consumption practices: from whistle-blowers to impacts on aquatic environments

Country of activity
France

Project description

The Cosmet’eau project (2015–2018) investigates the “changes in the personal care product (PCP) consumption practices: from whistle-blowers to impacts on aquatic environments.” In this project, the example of PCPs will be used to understand how public health concerns related to micropollutants can be addressed by public authorities—including local authorities, industries, and consumers. The project aims to characterize the possible changes in PCP consumption practices and to evaluate the impact of their implementation on aquatic contamination. Our goals are to study the whistle-blowers, the risk perception of consumers linked with their practices, and the contamination in parabens and their substitutes, triclosan, and triclocarban from wastewater to surface water. The project investigates the following potential solutions: modifications of industrial formulation or changes in consumption practices. The final purpose is to provide policy instruments for local authorities aiming at build

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Contribution to SDGs

Sustainable management of water uses

Non-polluting production
Megacities Alliance for Water and Climate

Country of activity
France

Project description

The Megacities Alliance for Water and Climate is an international collaboration forum that facilitates dialogue on water, through which megacities will learn from each other’s experience, exchange best practices, partner with appropriate technical, academic and financial institutions, as well as design and implement their individual responses to the challenges of climate change. The Alliance was established at the the Water, Megacities and Global Change International Conference(link is external) (Eaumega2015) held in December 2015, in Paris, which focused on climate change impacts on water resources and risks in megacities. Within the international context of the SDGs and the Paris Agreement, a Declaration was framed during the Eaumega2015 Conference and a new Alliance was launched by its organizers: ARCEAU IdF, SIAAP and I.C.L.E.I Local Government for Sustainability.

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Contribution to SDGs

Climate change

Adaptation to water related risks

ARCEAU Île-de-France

Infos

Countries of operation

Areas of expertise

Projects

Cosmet’eau—Changes in the personal care product consumption practices: from whistle-blowers to impacts on aquatic environments

Country of activity

Project description

Contribution to SDGs

Sustainable management of water uses

Non-polluting production

Megacities Alliance for Water and Climate

Country of activity

Project description

Contribution to SDGs

Climate change

Adaptation to water related risks