EC provides €multi-million investment in water research

Published on July 17, 2013 03:39 by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Academic

Altogether 69 projects have been granted funding in Spain, with the EC providing €107.2 million. Here are the water research projects:

LIFE DYES4EVER, led by the Asociación de Investigación de la Industria Textil, proposes a new method to clean wastewater from the textile industry. The project will use cyclodextrins (a polymer produced from starch) to encapsulate and reuse over 90 % of the unfixed dyes present in water, reducing the costs of dye removal by 70-80 % and allowing wastewater from the dyeing process to be recycled. The project also expects to demonstrate that the new method can reduce CO2 emissions by reducing the amount of chemicals used and the number of journeys needed to deliver them.

LIFE-REMPHOS (Centro Tecnológico L'Urederra): this project will develop a new methodology that uses by-products from magnesite production in the removal of phosphates in wastewater. This new technology is expected to reduce the phosphate content of wastewater by 83-91%, create a new use for a by-product and simplify the current treatment system.

LIFE PHORWater (DAM, Depuración de Aguas del Mediterráneo): The project will develop a new technology that reduces the phosphorus content in wastewater by turning it into struvite, a mineral that can be used as a fertiliser. This beneficiary expects to recycle up to 30% of phosphates coming into the wastewater treatment plant, thus reducing the phosphorus content of sludge. The facility will also be able to reduce sludge production by 10% and operational costs by 15%.

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