Presentation of study: Identification and characterisation of nature-based solutions (NbS) for water management

1st Ibero-American Conference of Young Water Professionals

Fundación Canal presents the study Identificación y caracterización de soluciones basadas en la naturaleza (SbN) para la gestión del agua (Identification and characterisation of nature-based solutions (NbS) for water management), promoted in collaboration with Canal de Isabel II and prepared by Ayesa Engineering for the 1st Ibero-American Conference of Young Water Professionals. 

The report provides a list of 44 nature-based solutions and selects 24 based on their viability and potential for application in Spain. It also analyses four practical case studies that illustrate how these alternatives can complement conventional infrastructures and improve water management throughout different phases of the of the integrated water cycle. 

The presentation’s spokesperson is Tomás Vaillo Román, senior environmental and sustainability consultant at Ayesa Engineering. This is part of the congress organised by YWP Spain along with DAQUAS, the Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineers of the Technical University of Madrid and Canal de Isabel II, held in Madrid from 27 through 30 October 2026.