Certify the positive impact of your project

Accredit your project as a water footprint offset and start generating Water Positive Credits (WPCs).

CAPs will be purchased by companies through Act4water, allowing you to obtain financial resources to continue funding projects with a positive impact on water and ensure that the impact is sustained over time.

Benefits of

Access to private financing to carry out actions with a positive impact on water

To guarantee the sustained impact of the actions through the sale of CAPs.

To certify existing projects for compliance with the anti-eco-imposture regulatory requirement.

ACT4WATER

Standard

Types of projects that can be used to compensate

Water efficiency

Actions that increase the availability of the resource in the basin.

Water resilience of the territory

Actions that improve the water resilience of a territory against the effects of climate change.

Quality of the aquatic environment

Actions in the aquatic or terrestrial environment that improve water quality in the basin.

Ecosystems and biodiversity

Actions that promote the improvement or preservation of ecosystems and biodiversity.

Reuse

Actions that allow the regeneration of wastewater for its use in different applications: agricultural, industrial, urban or environmental, thus saving on the collection of resources from the environment.

Biofactory

Actions that facilitate circularity in the use of material resources associated with water.

STEP BY STEP

How can I become a project
water footprint compensator?

How can I become a water footprint offset project?

1 Preliminary review

See the main requirements of ACT4water standard to obtain the Water + certificate.

2 Eligibility

Fill out and submit the Preliminary Report if you want us to assess the eligibility of your project (pre-evaluation fee).

3 Calculation of CAPs

Prepares the Project Report and the Co-benefits Evaluation Document.

4 Verification

Prepares the Project Report and the Co-benefits Evaluation Document.

5 Accreditation

Send us the project documentation and the favorable verification report from an independent entity accredited by Act4water.

We will evaluate the case and if everything is correct, the project will receive Water+ accreditation and will be incorporated into our portfolio of projects so that offsetting organizations can, if they wish, acquire your CAPs.

Portfolio of compensating projects

On going

Project:

Doñana Lagoon

Year of inception:

2016

Location:

Parque Nacional Doñana, Spain

Type of project:

Ecosystems and biodiversity

CAPs available:

10.000 CAPs

Description:

– Restoration and environmental maintenance of the La Dehesa de Abajo Lagoon, the Las Pardillas Lagoon and the San Lázaro Lagoon – Creation of the Lince Lagoon

Project benefits:

– Natural space with more water – Recharged aquifer – The habitat of mammals such as the lynx and birds such as the gray teal or the horned coot has been improved

On going

Project:

Hondo Dolores Park Wetlands

Year of inception:

2023

Location:

Elche, Spain

Type of project:

Ecosystems and biodiversity

CAPs available:

Coming soon CAPs

Description:

Withdrawal of traditional irrigation and conversion into wetlands and green filters

Project benefits:

– Greater availability of water in the basin – Promotion of the conservation of the local ecosystem and biodiversity

On going

Project:

Recharge Well18 Llobregat

Year of inception:

2023

Location:

Barcelona, Spain

Type of project:

Water resilience

CAPs available:

565 CAPs

Description:

Recharge by direct injection of pre-potable water (sand filter output at Sant Joan Despí DWTP) in Dual Well 18 in the lower Llobregat valley

Project benefits:

– Improvement of the water resilience of the territory in times of drought – Higher level of water in the aquifer, lower collection costs for users and greater ecosystem services

On going

Project:

Reutilización Punta Hidalgo

Year of inception:

2023

Location:

Tenerife, Spain

Type of project:

Reuse

CAPs available:

2.500 CAPs

Description:

Increase in treatment capacity and incorporation of membrane treatment to achieve 350 m3/day of regenerated water suitable for irrigation.

Project benefits:

Guarantee of water supply for agricultural irrigation, an activity of socio-economic value for the area.

Accredit your project!