New sustainable concepts and processes for optimization and upgrading municipal wastewater and sludge treatment

Project Information

NEPTUNE

Grant agreement ID: 36845

Start date 1 November 2006

End date 31 March 2010

Funded under

• Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 4 275 259,00

EU contribution € 2 799 323,00

Coordinated by

EAWAG - EIDGENOESSISCHE ANSTALT FÜR WASSERVERSORGUNG, ABWASSERREINIGUNG UND GEWAESSERSCHUTZ
Switzerland

Objective

The scope of sewage treatment is changing: Up to date municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) were seen as an end-of-pipe treatment just before discharge, having the aim to avoid eutrophication and hygienic health hazard in surface water. Due to the global demographic trends as well as new legislations (e.g. the Water Framework Directive, WFD) increased focus is put on quantity and quality of effluents: WWTP are more and more seen as interface between sanitation and environment, delivering resource s to the environment or human activities (recharge of drinking water reservoirs, recycling of nutrient, efficient energy use).

This focus shift has implications on the quality goals set for WWTP products:
- land requirement
- effluent N, P load
- effluent pathogen load
- energy optimisation

New focus:
- nutrient recycling
- micropollutants: ecotoxicology of the effluent
- energy production

NEPTUNE is focusing on technology solutions allowing meeting present and future standards via upgrading of existing infrastructure (new control strategies with online sensors; effluent upgrading with oxidation, activated carbon or wetland treatment; sludge processing for safe nutrient recycle) as well as via new techniques (fuel cell applications; new oxidative agents; polymer production from sludge). By including pathogen and ecotoxicity aspects into life cycle assessment studies (LCA), the project is helping improve the comparability of various technical options and propose a suitability ranking. The new focus given by the WFD and the emerging interest on organic (eco-) toxic compounds requires characterizing treated effluent and treatment technologies concerning ecotoxicologic aspects and micropollutants. The project is contributing to this discussion by ecotoxicity assessment and micropollutan fate studies.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › waste management › waste treatment processes › recycling
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › water treatment processes › drinking water treatment processes
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › water treatment processes › wastewater treatment processes
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › electrochemistry › electrolysis
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › fuel cells

Keywords

• Wastewater
• treatment

Programme(s)

• FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• SUSTDEV-2005-3.II.3.2 - New concepts and processes in wastewater treatment

Call for proposal

FP6-2005-GLOBAL-4
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

EAWAG - EIDGENOESSISCHE ANSTALT FÜR WASSERVERSORGUNG, ABWASSERREINIGUNG UND GEWAESSERSCHUTZ

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Ueberlandstrasse 133 ; DUEBENDORF ; Switzerland
• Total cost: No data

Participants (17)

ANOXKALDNES AB

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Klosterangsvagen 11A ; LUND
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AQUAFIN N.V.

Belgium

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• Address: Dijkstraat 8 ; AARTSELAAR
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BUNDESANSTALT FUER GEWAESSERKUNDE

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Am Mainzer Tor 1 ; KOBLENZ
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CAMBI AS

Norway

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• Address: Solbraeveien 10 ; ASKER
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CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE

Italy

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• Address: Area della ricerca di Roma 1, via Salaria km 29,3 ; ROME MONTEROTONDO
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DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET

Denmark

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• Address: Anker Engelundsvej 1, Bygning 101A ; KONGENS LYNGBY
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DEUTSCHE PROJEKT UNION GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Graeffstrasse 5 ; KOLN
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HUNZIKER BETATECH AG

Switzerland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Pflanzschulstrasse 17 ; WINTERTHUR
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INSTITUTTET FOR PRODUKTUDVIKLING

Denmark

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Produktionstorvet, DTU Bygning 425 ; KONGENS LYNGBY
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INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU TEHNOLOGII IZOTOPICE SI MOLECULARE-I.N.C.D.T.I.M. CLUJ-NAPOCA

Romania

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Donath 65-103 ; CLUJ-NAPOCA
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JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE UNIVERSITAET FRANKFURT AM MAIN

Germany

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• Address: Senckenberganlage 31 ; FRANKFURT AM MAIN
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PYROMEX PLC

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 58 Grosvenor street ; LONDON
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SCAN MESSTECHNIK GMBH

Austria

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• Address: Brigittagasse 22-24 ; WIEN
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SILUET B

Bulgaria

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• Address: c-x "Pobeda" bl.11-V-62 ; VARNA
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UNIVERSITE LAVAL

Canada

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• Address: Pavilllon Adrien-Pouliot, 1065, avenue de la Mèdecine ; SAINTE-FOY, QUEBEC
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UNIVERSITEIT GENT

Belgium

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• Address: Sint Pietersnieuwstraat 25 ; GENT
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UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

Australia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Brisbane ; QUEENSLAND
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