Development of cost-effective reclamation technologies for domestic wastewater and the appropriate agricultural use of the treated effluent under (semi-) arid climate conditions

Project Information

CORETECH

Grant agreement ID: ICA3-CT-1999-00012

Project closed

Start date 1 April 2000

End date 31 December 2003

Funded under

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002"

Total cost € 895 050,00

EU contribution € 895 050,00

Coordinated by

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY
Netherlands

Objective

Domestic wastewater is more and more regarded as an important water resource in particularly arid climate areas. Development of cost-effective reclamation techniques will stimulate the usage of this potential resource. In the current proposal, the project partners are aiming to develop such techniques, making a direct link between wastewater treatment and agricultural production, and in the mean time studying the impact of the water quality on the agricultural production systems ( including soil and health risks). The core technology for BOD removal will consist of an anaerobic treatment step avoiding any energy demand. This will be followed by appropriate post-treatment for meeting reuse criteria. Based on the effluent criteria, the most suitable water distribution / irrigation system will be researched coupled to agricultural production systems. In addition, a bottom-up approach will be followed in which the agricultural demand sets the effluent criteria and, consequently, the specifications for the treatment system. The advantage of the latter approach is that a low-grade application (e.g. cotton production, trees, animal fodder) will require only a plain, low-cost technique.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

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• 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 › industrial crops › fodder

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Programme(s)

• FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002"

Topic(s)

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Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Bomenweg 2 ; 6700 EV WAGENINGEN ; Netherlands
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Participants (5)

BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY

Palestine

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: BIRZEIT
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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Kastorias ; 71110 IRAKLION
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NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE

Egypt

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Tahreer Street ; 12622 CAIRO
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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY

Ireland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: University Road ; 90 GALWAY
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN

Jordan

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Salt Road ; AMMAN
• Total cost: No data