In the framework of the project, the degradation of water cultural heritage was identified as an important issue within the water planning. MEMOLA consortium project have submitted claims for “Provisional outline of major topics” within the water planning review process (Horizon 2016-2022) of one of the study watershed (“Demarcación Hidrográfica de las Cuencas Mediterráneas Andaluzas”, Spain). The target of this action was to request the inclusion of the protection and preservation of the historical irrigation systems in the major topics outline of the water planning process.