Self-Sustaining Cleaning Technology for Safe Water Supply and Management in Rural African Areas

Project Information

SafeWaterAfrica

Grant agreement ID: 689925

DOI 10.3030/689925

Project closed

EC signature date 29 April 2016

Start date 1 June 2016

End date 30 November 2019

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Total cost € 2 989 998,13

EU contribution € 2 989 998,13

Coordinated by

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV
Germany

Deliverables

Open Research Data Pilot (4)

Data Management Plan D

Final version of the Data Management Plan

Data Management Plan A

First reported version of the Data Management Plan

Data Management Plan B

Month 18 version of the Data Management Plan

Data Management Plan C

Month 30 version of the Data Management Plan.

Other (4)

Remote monitoring and semi-autonomous functioning

Remote monitoring and control of each unit in implementation Exportable reports and live dashboards will form part of the Software aditable processes support the ongoing semiautonomous functioning of each unit

Technical workshop at test site
EU Exploitation Workshop
Water Technology Forum

Documents, reports (10)

Distribution to water communities

Summary report for distribution to the water communities

Education programs

Integration into education and academic programs

Business models

Business models for system manufacturing, installation, operation and maintenance; recommendations for water management for regulatory and policy framework; incubator concepts for Technology Stations

System monitoring

Report about system monitoring during long-term field tests

Training strategies

Training strategies for rural communities and maintenance staff

Electrode-water correlation

Correlation between electrode operation parameters and water input and output quality with respect to persistent organic contaminations and disinfection

Operating parameters and water condition reporting

Documentation for key water and operating parameters including all parameters that must be monitored to ensure continued safe operation of the modules proof of accurate reporting of the water condition subject to scenarios as would typically be encountered in the field within acceptable tolerances to support human consumption

Prototype testing

Report on design and testing of the prototype in controlled environment

System improvement

Improvement of the systems with respect to water quality and energy consumption via field experience and reengineering

PEDR

Plan for Dissemination and Exploitation of Results PEDR

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (3)

Demonstrator systems

Demonstrator systems built; flow chart of demonstrator systems integrated into water supply structure

CabECO modules

Three CabECO modules for integration into the prototype platform and into the two demonstrators

Prototype built and installed

A working prototype constructed built and installed at the CSIR test site

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Electrochemical disinfection of groundwater for civil use – An example of an effective endogenous advanced oxidation process

Author(s): Achille De Battisti, Paolo Formaglio, Sergio Ferro, Mustafa Al Aukidy, Paola Verlicchi
Published in: Chemosphere, Issue 207, 2018, Page(s) 101-109, ISSN 0045-6535
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.05.062

Pre-disinfection columns to improve the performance of the direct electro-disinfection of highly faecal-polluted surface water

Author(s): J. Isidro, J. Llanos, C. Sáez, J. Lobato, P. Cañizares, M.A. Rodrigo
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 222, 2018, Page(s) 135-140, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.05.040

Can CabECO® technology be used for the disinfection of highly faecal-polluted surface water?

Author(s): Julia Isidro, Javier Llanos, Cristina Sáez, Dirk Brackemeyer, Pablo Cañizares, Thorsten Matthee, Manuel A. Rodrigo
Published in: Chemosphere, Issue 209, 2018, Page(s) 346-352, ISSN 0045-6535
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.06.106

Operating the CabECO® membrane electrolytic technology in continuous mode for the direct disinfection of highly fecal-polluted water

Author(s): J. Isidro, D. Brackemeyer, C. Sáez, J. Llanos, J. Lobato, P. Cañizares, T. Matthee, M.A. Rodrigo
Published in: Separation and Purification Technology, Issue 208, 2019, Page(s) 110-115, ISSN 1383-5866
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2018.04.070

Development of a novel electrochemical coagulant dosing unit for water treatment

Author(s): Javier Llanos, Julia Isidro, Cristina Sáez, Pablo Cañizares, Manuel A Rodrigo
Published in: Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, Issue 94/1, 2019, Page(s) 216-221, ISSN 0268-2575
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5767

Surface Water and Groundwater Quality in South Africa and Mozambique—Analysis of the Most Critical Pollutants for Drinking Purposes and Challenges in Water Treatment Selection

Author(s): Verlicchi, Grillini
Published in: Water, Issue 12/1, 2020, Page(s) 305, ISSN 2073-4441
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/w12010305