Specific skills; • Acredited and well equipped laboratory infrastructure, • Invaluable experience in laboratory and pilot scale applications, • Multidiciplinary approach within MAM which has expertise in various research areas (e.g., energy, material, biotechnology), • Reserachers experienced over 15 years on the field of inland water and sea in Turkiye, • Valuable, updated and comprehensive datasets about water pollution sources (point and diffuse) of Turkiye (at village scale), • Researchers having knowledge on environmental legislation of both the European Union and Turkiye and also particular regional agreements such as Barcelona and BlackSea Convention, • Knowledge on Water Framework Directive (WFD) and Nitrate Directive (ND), • Knowledge and experience on 2008/105/EC and 2013/39/EU parameters: monitoring, determination and removal, • Experience in devoloping water quality monitoring sensors such as Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Electrical Conductivity (TRL values are between 5-9). • Experience on determination of water quality status, • Experience on microplastic pollution determination, • Experience in developing hybdrid treatment technologies for removal of pollutants, reuse of water and recovery of valuable materials, • Experience in grey and black water treatment and reuse of water for different purposes, • Knowledge and experience on integrated data management by using GIS based decision support systems. • Life cycle assessment (LCA)