Objective Limited water resources and increasing environmental pollution are main problems in most Third Countries. A new membrane bioreactor (MBR) system will be developed for recycling and reuse of wastewater. Textile and municipal wastewater as the main sources of wastewater in North Africa will be used for bench- and pilot-scale tests. Extremely low concentrated and germ free effluents can be achieved with MBR systems, producing only small amounts of excess sludge. The increased biodegradation requires a low cut-off (e.g. ultra filtration), which is not used in known MBR-systems. Nevertheless, the specific costs for wastewater reuse in Third Countries have to be reduced. New membrane materials, innovative module concepts and the combination with anaerobic bioreactors (less energy and CO2-production) will be used for reaching the proposed goals. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processesengineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationbioreactorsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologyengineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextilesnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution Programme(s) FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002" Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLAUSTHAL EU contribution No data Address Leibniz Strasse 15 38678 Clausthal - Zellerfeld Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX - SECRETARIAT D'ETAT A LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET A LA TECHNOLOGIE Tunisia EU contribution No data Address Route de Soukkra KM4 3038 SFAX See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT ALGERIEN DU PETROLE Algeria EU contribution No data Address Avenue du 10 Novembre 35000 BOUMERDES See on map Total cost No data INSTITUTE FOR AGROBIOTECHNOLOGY IN TULLN Austria EU contribution No data Address 20,Konrad Lorenzstrasse 20 3430 TULLN See on map Total cost No data