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INTERREG is a European Union (EU) initiative which encourages local authorities across Europe to work together to provide sustainable solutions to common problems. Renfrewshire Council, in partnership with other local authorities in Germany, the Netherlands and France, was involved in a project under INTERREG IIIB called 'Urban Water'. The aim of the project was to allow better understanding of the sources of flooding in our towns and villages and to promote cost effective and sustainable solutions to reduce flood risks.

The Council received a grant of approximately £300,000 from the EU and £100,000 from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM). This provided a significant additional contribution to the £200,000 which the council had allocated for watercourse maintenance and improvement over the period 2004-2008.

The project involved joint working between engineers and planners from the council, their counterparts from local authorities in the Netherlands, Germany and France and specialists from Scottish Water and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Further information on INTERREG is available from EU INTERREG web site. Further information on the Urban Water Project is available from the Urban Water project site, and the final report of the project "Urban Water - Living Cities" is available from the web site

For more information from Renfrewshire Council:

• email: pt@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• phone: 0141 842 5811/5822
• fax: 0141 842 5040
• call or write to us at:
  Planning and Transport
  Renfrewshire House
  Cotton Street
  Paisley
  PA1 1LL