The International Office for Water aims at bringing together public and private institutions involved in the management and protection of water resources. It is involved in international cooperation programs in Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa to help develop local organizational structures and build up exchange and partnership networks, with the help of the technical plant of its Industrial Center in La Souterraine.

Research conducted at the Laboratory for Genetic Engineering – Water and Waste Treatment in Limoges involves different fields of activity:

• Eliminating micropollutants on different absorbing materials or ion exchange systems, assessing the quality of transfers between water and sediments or soils,
• Natural water filtration,
• Coagulation and flocculation processes.

Consequently, the Environment pole has built up numerous relations with national and international firms. Several local small or mid-size firms have sprung up from the University’s scientific skills: Callisto, which specializes in industrial environment; Actread Environnement which has perfected a drinking water treatment system allowing to identify the sizing and automation characteristics of treatment networks.

“Limousin, ‘Land of tree and water’”