The two consortia gather 25 European universities, research centres, enterprises and MBR plant operators. Furthermore two Australian universities and one South-African university are involved. The global project envelop totals to around 12 Mio € of which the European Commission’s contribution to the projects amounts to 6 Mio € and of the Australian government to approximately 0.5 Mio €.
The projects "AMEDEUS" and "EUROMBRA" start in October 2005 and are scheduled for three years. They focus on research and development of the membrane activated sludge technology.
This recent invention, commonly referred to as membrane bioreactor (MBR), is already implemented worldwide on a large scale to treat industrial wastewater, and is considered as a key technology to achieve advanced municipal wastewater purification in the future.
Compared to conventional technologies, the MBR enables complete disinfection of the treated water, and may lead to superior elimination of trace substances and emerging pollutants. The cluster of two projects targets ambitious objectives:
- Reducing both capital and operation costs of the MBR technology in Europe in order to increase its competitiveness with respect to conventional technologies;
- Increasing the share of European companies in the market of MBR plants, in the EU as well as worldwide, while strengthening the European MBR market;
- Facilitating the implementation of the European directive on wastewater treatment, and bathing waters, as well as increasing the potential for non-potable reuse of treated effluent.
Contact & Information: KompetenzZentrum Wasser Berlin gGmbH
Cicerostr. 24, D-10709 Berlin
www.kompetenz-wasser.de
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
www.ntnu.no/indexe.php
www.ivt.ntnu.no/ivm/english/
Boris Lesjean, Project Co-ordination AMEDEUS
boris.lesjean@kompetenz-wasser.de
TorOve Leiknes, Project Co-ordination EUROMBRA
Dep. of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering
torove.leiknes@ntnu.no
