Description
One of the objectives of a water-smart economy and society is to ensure that all valuable substances found in wastewater or used water streams are recovered. The EU-funded WIDER UPTAKE project hypothesises that the broader uptake of water-smart solutions is hindered not only by technological but also by organisational, regulatory, social and economic barriers. With this in mind, it aims to create a roadmap for the widespread implementation of water-smart symbiotic solutions for wastewater reuse and resource recovery, based on circular economy principles. Its solutions will help to optimise water reuse, resource recovery and energy utilisation.
URL
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/869283
Case Studies
Applied Technologies
Ammonium adsorption on zeolites
The water treatment train proposed in this study case aims to treat water from an urban wastewater treatment plant to a…
Biological systems
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Membrane Bioreactor (MBR)
Membrane bioreactor (MBR) is the combination of a membrane process like microfiltration or ultrafiltration with a biolo…
Nutrient recovery
Nutrients/Material recovery technologies
The demand for fertilizers will increase, since 60% of increase in food production until 2050 will be necessary for kee…
Resource for Circular Economy
Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Valorization
Wastewater treatment technologies for water reuse
Wastewater treatment and water reuse by implementing circular economy principles is an alternative source of water supp…
Water and Wastewater Engineering
Water recovery technologies for water reuse
The opportunity with circular economy for water is to better align the human water cycle with the natural water cycle t…
Water Reuse and Recycling
Applied Products
The WIDER UPTAKE roadmap guide
The WIDER UPTAKE roadmap guide aims at organizing transition planning for the wider adoption of water-smart and symbiotic circular economy solutions …
Hias Process
The Hias Process is a biological nutrient removal process for wastewater.
Nabasco® 80xx series Façade cladding
Circular bio composite facade elements made from natural waste fibres and residual flows from the water cycle, for sustainable facades with a unique …
Nabasco® 80xx series bio composite materials
Strong, light, sustainable bio composites. >80% waste-based, incl. water cycle residuals. Suitable for outdoor use, low CO2 footprint, durable and re…
Water smartness and sustainability assessment framework and user guide
Framework is to assess the water smartness of a Symbiotic Circular Economy Solution (SCES)
Governance assessment for circular economy based on water resources
A manual for systematic, qualitative assessment of the conditions, drivers and barriers to CE based on water-smart solutions in different governance …
SINTEF AS (SINTEF)
AMAP SPA
CSIR
CVUT
HIAS How2O
HIAS IKS
IVAR IKS
NPSP B.V.
Pražská vodohospodářská společnost a.s. (PVS)
Sewerage Systems Ghana Limited (SSGL)
Sirkula
Storm Aqua
Terramarine
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (NTNU)
Università degli studi di Palermo
Waternet