Periodic Reporting for period 1 - WATER-MINING (Next generation water-smart management systems: large scale demonstrations for a circular economy and society)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2020-09-01 do 2022-02-28
- sustainable desalination and brine management solutions in Lampedusa Island, Italy (CS1) and in Almeria, Spain (CS2). CS2 started in M17.
- extraction/valorisation of Kaumera Nereda® Gum in Utrecht (Netherlands) and Faro (Portugal) as CS3, scheduled for March/April 2022.
- phosphorus, water, salt and energy recovery from urban wastewater in Larnaca (Cyprus) (CS4) and in Barcelona (CS5). The development and installation in Larnaca is completed with a train of equipment with the start-up in M16. The three reactors of CS5 in Barcelona will start-up in April 2022.
- closed-loop water recovery in the industrial sector (capacity: 2,000 liters per hour) at the site of HEXION in Rotterdam Port (CS6). Design has completed and we await assembly on arrival of some final parts. Manuals were finished to ensure smooth start-up and optimization.
In a fully integrative manner we organized co-creation through stakeholder engagement engaging social actors with the aim to incorporate values and concerns and market barriers in the innovative wastewater treatment systems. We established 6 Communities of Practice (CoPs) and organised 12 workshops. In total, 190 stakeholders from different sectors participated in the CoP meetings. In a cross-fertilization workshop we shared lessons and good practices for stakeholder engagement. Social values, concerns and expectations were translated into multidimensional indicators to evaluate the performance of the water mining systems. In support two ICT tools were developed, an online dashboard for real-time monitoring of treatment units and advice for optimal operation and a mobile AR application to showcase elements of the water cycle to end users. To assess socio-environmental impacts preliminary analysis were conducted for all case studies. Models for upscaling are made for Life Cycle and Circularity assessment. In addition we prepared Environmental Technology Verification following the new (draft) ISO 59020. The Market Mapping tool provided a better understanding of market actors (suppliers or raw materials, potential users of products, etc.) policy and business environments. The policy gap analysis for all case studies will be the basis for policy packages to improve market uptake and regulation. Water Mining partners communicated their findings in case study video’s, publications, presentations and online (social) platforms (see http://waterming.eu and WATER-MINING Youtube channel).
Results for exploitation are progressing well, TUDELFT has proceeded already with a patent application entitled “Cooling/freezing in a continuous fractional crystallizer”. The quick scan phase has been completed for three technologies already, while for one of them (Biophree) the contractual agreement has been prepared and signed with the ETV verification body. ENoLL has organized two Living lab workshops with CIEMAT and Floating Farm to increase reaching stakeholders. We also created 8 market system mappings covering all stages of water supply and value chains. Over 10 CoP workshops with 190 stakeholders identified conditions and design criteria for social implementation. Our website (http://Watermining.eu) features movies of case studies, fact sheets, public deliverables, articles (19) and news. The site was visited 7,412 times. On social media we reached 21.000 profile visits (twitter, youtube and linked-in account with 1630 followers). WATER-MINING partners participated in 22 events. The expected project results are to demonstrate the options for energy and water savings, increased nutrient and material recovery and their social implementation for Sea, Urban and Industrial cases in different European countries. Water Mining aims to specify just how these socio-economic goals can be achieved. Together with our stakeholders we will assess the societal implications of implementing Water Mining innovations.