4KET4Reuse
KET for treated wastewater reuse in water scarcity SUDOE regions
Axis 1 Research and innovation
Objective 1b2 Developing dissemination of applied research related to essential facilitating technologiesImage gallery
- Water resources (technologies for an efficient management, potential development or economic activities, smart distribution systems, quality control, irrigation systems, supply, etc.)
2. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement. Département Environnement et Ressources. HydroSciences Montpellier - Unité Mixte de Recherche 5569 FR
3. Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia. Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente PT
4. Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla. Departamento de Agroquimica, Microbiología Ambiental y Conservación de Suelo ES
5. Associação Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia Almada/Setúbal - Madan Parque PT
6. Nanoelectra SL ES
Project summary
One of the most pressing problems in south-west European countries is the scarcity of water resources owing to a lack of precipitation and to pollution. In the new Circular Economy paradigm the reuse of wastewater is a real and viable alternative although it does require guarantees. The challenge currently involves the limited capacity of conventional systems to eliminate emerging pollutants. This project plans to develop and validate four regeneration systems based on essential facilitation technologies that now offer promising results in the elimination of this kind of pollutants. Moreover, the project aims to place the regions taking part (Andalusia, Languedoc-Roussillion, and Lisbon) at the forefront of innovation in the reusing of water.
Participating regions
- Andalucía
- Comunidad de Madrid
- Languedoc-Roussillon
- Lisboa
Estado de avance del proyecto
4KET4Reuse aimed at developing and validating four regeneration systems based on KET technologies for the effective elimination of emerging pollutants in effluents from treatment plants. Emerging pollutants are previously unknown or unrecognized pollutants as such. Among them can be mentioned drugs, hormones, personal care and hygiene products... All of them are harmful to human health.
Among its results, we can mention:
- The definition of a common methodology for the development and validation of KETs in each of the participating laboratories / entities. These KETs can be transferred to any space in the Sudoe area. An analysis of the most common emerging pollutants in the Sudoe space was performed.
- The development of four pilots on a laboratory scale: bioelectrogenic systems and filtration systems in modified clays in Spain, photocatalytic systems in France and electrokinetic cells in Portugal. All of them have been validated in a real environment and two processes are in the patent process.