Objective
The aim of the project is to implement and demonstrate at large scale the long-term technological and economic feasibility of an innovative, sustainable and efficient solution for the treatment of high salinity wastewater from the F&D industry. Conventional wastewater treatments have proven ineffective for this kind of wastewater, as the bacterial processes typically used for the elimination of organic matter and nutrients are inhibited under high salinity contents. Therefore, generally combinations of biological and physicochemical methods are used which greatly increase the costs of the treatment, making it unaffordable for SMEs, who voluntarily decide not to comply with EU directives and discharge without prior treatment, causing severe damage to the environment.
The solution of SALTGAE to this issue consists in the implementation of innovative technologies for each step of the wastewater treatment that will promote energy and resource efficiency, and reduce costs. Amongst these, the use of halotolerant algae/bacteria consortiums in HRAPs for the elimination of organic matter and nutrients stands out for its high added value: not only will it provide an effective and ecological solution for wastewater treatment, but also it will represent an innovative way of producing algal biomass, that will subsequently be valorized into different by-products, reducing the economic and environmental impact of the treatment.
Moreover, the project will also address cross-cutting barriers to innovation related to wastewater by developing a platform for the mobilization and networking of stakeholders from all the different sectors related to wastewater, and for the dissemination of results, enabling the development of a common roadmap for the alignment of legislation, regulation and pricing methodologies and promoting financial investment and paradigm shift in perception from ‘wastewater treatment’ to ‘resource valorisation’.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systems
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyphycology
- engineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdesalinationreverse osmosis
- engineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdesalinationelectrodialysis
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-WATER-2015-two-stage
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Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
28046 Madrid
Spain
Participants (20)
26500 Calahorra La Rioja
16121 Genova
1231 Ljubljana
1000 Ljubljana
86825 Sapir
9 Dublin
26900 Lodi
15165 Bergondo
2829 516 Caparica
26006 Logrono
80480 Dury
50121 Firenze
2781-901 Oeiras
1040 Bruxelles
80122 Napoli
26500 De Calahorra La Rioja
00128 Roma
501 15 Boras
16157 Genova
Participation ended
28034 Madrid