Sustainable Water treatment and Nutrient reuse options

Project Information

SUWANU

Grant agreement ID: 319998

Project closed

Start date 1 July 2013

End date 31 December 2015

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Capacities": Regions of knowledge and support for regional research-driven clusters

Total cost € 1 612 177,99

EU contribution € 1 402 043,00

Coordinated by

BIOAZUL, SL
Spain

Objective

Agricultural practices put the biggest pressure on fresh water resources for irrigation (55% of the water use in Europe) and on fertilizer usage. The European farmers face serious problems such as freshwater scarcity and nutrient availability, extreme climate conditions and the growing demand of the increasing population. This results in rising prices for mineral fertilizers and food, risky measures such as untreated wastewater applications on fields, and environmental damages from overexploitation of resources.
Even though important local efforts have been made on research activities and initiatives for wastewater treatment and reuse in agriculture, an integrated approach is needed among regions which are developing such research, incentivizing scientific, governmental and business collaboration within wastewater reuse in Europe and supporting the establishment of common European guidelines and parameters for water and nutrient exploitation efficiency.
In this sense, the main goal of this project is to develop technologies offering a transnational cooperation service within “research-driven clusters”, involving universities, regional authorities, research centers, technology developers, enterprises, farmers, and farmer´s associations related to wastewater treatment and to agriculture from five different countries: Germany, Spain, Greece, Malta and Bulgaria. Such service will provide and facilitate exchange of know-how on alternatives for water and nutrient resources for all project members, create business opportunities in the area of focus and further expand support to stakeholders from countries outside the consortium, concurrently providing solutions to the aforementioned problems Europe is faced with

Fields of science

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › water treatment processes › wastewater treatment processes
• engineering and technology › civil engineering › water engineering › irrigation
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › hydrology
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture

Programme(s)

• FP7-REGIONS - Specific Programme "Capacities": Regions of knowledge and support for regional research-driven clusters

Topic(s)

• REGIONS-2012-2013-1 - Transnational cooperation between regional research-driven clusters

Call for proposal

FP7-REGIONS-2012-2013-1
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Funding Scheme

CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actions

Coordinator

BIOAZUL, SL

• EU contribution: € 163 603,98
• Address: AVENIDA MANUEL AGUSTIN HEREDIA NUMERO 18, 1-4 ; 29001 Malaga ; Spain
• Region: Sur › Andalucía › Málaga
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Antonia Lorenzo (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (22)

CONSEJERÍA DE SOSTENIBILIDAD Y MEDIO AMBIENTE

Participation ended

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: AV. MANUEL SIUROT, 50 ; 41071 Sevilla
• Region: Sur › Andalucía › Sevilla
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Rafael Cuevas Navas (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

ASOCIACION FERAGUA DE COMUNIDADES DE REGANTES DE ANDALUCIA

Spain

• EU contribution: € 57 073,32
• Address: AV. MANUEL SIUROT 3, BQ. 3, ; 41013 SEVILLA
• Region: Sur › Andalucía › Sevilla
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Clara Garcia De Puelles (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE INVESTIGACIONY FORMACION AGRARIA PESQUERA ALIMENTARIA Y DE LA PRODUCCION ECOLOGICA

Spain

• EU contribution: € 67 388,07
• Address: AVENIDA GRECIA S/N EDF ATVO LOS BERMEJALES ; 41012 Sevilla
• Region: Sur › Andalucía › Sevilla
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Emilio Carmona Ballesteros (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

TEREZI PINELOPI

Greece

• EU contribution: € 24 864,12
• Address: KONTOPOULOU 24 ; 53100 FLORINA
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Dimitra Georgaki (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

PERIFEREIA DYTIKHS MAKEDONIAS

Participation ended

Greece

• EU contribution: € 977,35
• Address: ZEP Area ; 501 00 KOZANI
• Region: Βόρεια Ελλάδα › Δυτική Μακεδονία › Γρεβενά
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Afentoula Koutsoumpidou (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

PANHELLENIC CONFEDERATION OF UNIONS OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES SOMATEIO

Greece

• EU contribution: € 74 411,00
• Address: ARKADIAS STR & MESOGION AVENUE 26 ; 11526 Athens
• Region: Αττική › Aττική › Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Ioannis Kolyvas (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS

Greece

• EU contribution: € 78 312,13
• Address: KEDEA BUILDING, TRITIS SEPTEMVRIOU, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS ; 546 36 THESSALONIKI
• Region: Βόρεια Ελλάδα › Κεντρική Μακεδονία › Θεσσαλονίκη
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Georgia Petridou (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

AQUABIOTECH LIMITED

Malta

• EU contribution: € 67 303,00
• Address: NAGGAR STREET CENTRAL COMPLEX TARGA GAP ; MST 1761 Mosta
• Region: Malta › Malta › Malta
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Lisa C. Dowdall (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER

Participation ended

Malta

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: ST PAUL STREET ; VLT1210 Valletta
• Region: Malta › Malta › Malta
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Joseph Sammut (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

KOPERATTIVI MALTA

Malta

• EU contribution: € 50 067,50
• Address: MDINA ROAD ; QRM 9011 Qormi
• Region: Malta › Malta › Malta
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Marylee Farrugia Degabriele (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITA TA MALTA

Malta

• EU contribution: € 92 207,25
• Address: TAL OROQQ ; 2080 L-Imsida
• Region: Malta › Malta › Malta
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Mark Debono (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE EDINSTVO

Bulgaria

• EU contribution: € 34 266,75
• Address: ULICA 2 NB 8 ; 4205 KOSTIEVO
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Borislav Stefanov (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

OBSHTINA PLOVDIV

Bulgaria

• EU contribution: € 43 281,50
• Address: STEFAN STAMBOLOV SUARE 1 ; 4000 Plovdiv
• Region: Югозападна и Южна централна България › Южен централен › Пловдив
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Vyara Topuzova (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

COUNCIL OF THE BULGARIAN AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATION

Bulgaria

• EU contribution: € 52 443,90
• Address: HRISTO BOTEV BUL 55 ; 1505 SOFIA
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Ivan Todorov (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

AGRAREN UNIVERSITET - PLOVDIV

Bulgaria

• EU contribution: € 83 012,38
• Address: MENDELEEV STREET 12 ; 4000 Plovdiv
• Region: Югозападна и Южна централна България › Южен централен › Пловдив
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Maria Mehandzhiyska (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

HYDRO-AIR INTERNATIONAL IRRIGATION SYSTEMS GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 59 933,38
• Address: FLUGPLATZWEG 1 ; 14913 NIEDERGOHRSDORF
• Region: Brandenburg › Brandenburg › Teltow-Fläming
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Karin Noack (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

STADT BRAUNSCHWEIG

Germany

• EU contribution: € 61 331,50
• Address: PLATZ DER DEUTSCHEN EINHEIT 1 ; 38100 BRAUNSCHWEIG
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Ingeborg Schomburg (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

ABWASSERVERBAND BRAUNSCHWEIG

Germany

• EU contribution: € 89 016,50
• Address: CELLER STRASSE 22 ; 38176 Wendeburg
• Region: Niedersachsen › Braunschweig › Peine
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Claudia Genter (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

VEREIN ZUR FORDERUNG DES TECHNOLOGIETRANSFERS AN DER HOCHSCHULE BREMERHAVEN EV

Germany

• EU contribution: € 136 625,22
• Address: AM LUNEDEICH 12 ; 27572 Bremerhaven
• Region: Bremen › Bremen › Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Fabio Pereira (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

AGENCIA DE GESTION AGRARIA Y PESQUERA DE ANDALUCIA

Spain

• EU contribution: € 86 014,75
• Address: CALLE TABLADILLA 1 ; 41013 Sevilla
• Region: Sur › Andalucía › Sevilla
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Encarnacion Martinez Navarro (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

"SPYRIDIS A. - KOUTALOU V. G.P. ""HYETOS"""

Greece

• EU contribution: € 27 324,15
• Address: IPPODROMIOU 7 ; 54621 THESSALONIKI
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Elisavet Pavlidou (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

MINISTRY FOR EDUCATION, SPORT, YOUTH, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

Malta

• EU contribution: € 52 585,25
• Address: Great Siege Road ; VLT 2000 Floriana
• Region: Malta › Malta › Malta
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Karl Azzopardi (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data