Graie

Graie — the Group of Research, Technical Coordination and Water Information — is a French non-profit organisation that acts as an interface between water professionals. Founded in 1985 and based in the Lyon area, it brings together more than 300 members, including local authorities, private operators, engineering consultancies, urban planners, firms and research laboratories. Its stated vocation is to produce and propagate scientific and technical knowledge, highlight case studies and convey collective messages to public authorities, thereby contributing to the appropriation of knowledge and the evolution of water practices and regulations. Graie organises its work around three main themes. Urban water has been a core activity since its creation, promoting alternative stormwater management solutions, better understanding the impact of urban effluents on aquatic environments and supporting knowledge transfer in water and urban drainage. Water and health focuses on the characterisation and control of micropollutants; since 2010 Graie has coordinated the SIPIBEL observatory at the Bellecombe pilot site, studying hospital and urban effluents and their impact on aquatic environments. Aquatic environments, the second founding theme, requires inter- and multidisciplinary approaches and has mobilised a network of experts since 1985 to produce integrated management methodologies. Graie is also active internationally, with projects such as NOVATECH, I.S.RIVERS, CO-UDLABS and RESIRIVER. It runs a busy programme of webinars, working groups, conferences and seminars — for example on permeable cities, the Saône river and climate change, 25 years of Rhône research, non-domestic effluents, and the self-monitoring of sanitation systems. Through these activities it functions as a knowledge platform and professional network rather than a commercial product brand.

Graie was created in 1985 as a non-profit organisation — the Group of Research, Technical Coordination and Water Information — to mobilise and bring together stakeholders in water management, aquatic environments and urban planning. For more than 30 years it has operated as an interface between water professionals, with a membership that now exceeds 300 public and private professionals, local authorities, firms and research laboratories. Urban water has been one of its main activities since its creation, with actions aimed at promoting alternative stormwater management solutions, understanding the impact of urban effluents on aquatic environments and transferring knowledge in water and urban drainage. Aquatic environments, the second founding theme, has required inter- and multidisciplinary approaches and has mobilised a network of experts since 1985 to produce integrated management methodologies. In 2010 Graie began coordinating the SIPIBEL observatory at the Bellecombe pilot site, focusing on the characterisation of hospital and urban effluents, their impact on aquatic environments and levers of action. This work sits within the water and health theme, which addresses micropollutants as an emerging scientific and public-policy issue. Internationally, Graie has developed projects including NOVATECH, I.S.RIVERS, CO-UDLABS and RESIRIVER. It continues to run conferences, seminars, webinars and working groups on topics such as permeable cities, climate change impacts on water resources, non-domestic effluents and sanitation self-monitoring.

• 2010

  Graie begins coordinating the SIPIBEL observatory at the Bellecombe pilot site.

• 1985

  Graie is created as a non-profit organisation.

• Graie grows to more than 300 members.

• International projects NOVATECH, I.S.RIVERS, CO-UDLABS and RESIRIVER are developed.

A non-profit interface and knowledge hub connecting water professionals, researchers and public authorities in France and internationally.

• NOVATECH

• I.S.RIVERS

• CO-UDLABS

• RESIRIVER

• SIPIBEL observatory

1. 1Accueil | Le Graie, Pôle Eau et Territoiresasso.graie.org
2. 2About the Graie | Presentation of the organisation | Le Graieasso.graie.org
3. 3Graiewikidata.org