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’.
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28046 MADRID
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26500 Calahorra La Rioja
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
16121 Genova
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20001 Inveruno Mi
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1231 Ljubljana
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1000 Ljubljana
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86825 Sapir
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9 Dublin
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26900 Lodi
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15165 Bergondo
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2829 516 Caparica
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26006 Logrono
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80480 Dury
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50121 Firenze
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2781-901 Oeiras
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1040 Bruxelles / Brussel
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50132 Firenze
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80122 Napoli
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26500 De Calahorra La Rioja
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31570 San Adrián
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00128 Roma
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501 15 Boras
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114 86 Stockholm
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16157 Genova
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28034 Madrid
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.