GEDEA’s reasearch activity focuses on the development of mathematical models for the optimization of sewage water treatment technologies; analysis of efficiency in water resources management; economic and environmental viability studies for reuse projects; and design of indicators of economic, social, and environmental feasibility associated with proposals of a technological nature. The Group is attached to the Inter-University Institute for Local Development (IIDL) of the Universitat de València – Universitat Jaume I and the lead researcher is Dr. Francesc Hernández Sancho.