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H2020 Sabana

Location: Demo 1 – Almería and Led by the University of Almería, the main industrial partner is
Demo 2 to be defined in southern Aqualia together with Westphalia (Germany).
Spain The general objective of the H2020 Sabana project is to
Duration: 01/12/2016 – 30/11/2020 demonstrate the technical, environmental and social feasibility of
Total budget: €10,646,705 generating valuable products for agriculture and aquiculture using
Aqualia: €2,552,812 sea water and waste water as sources of nutrients.
Participants: University of Almería
(Coordinator), Aqualia, GEA Westfalia The work is being carried out in a 15 ha cultivation facility and a
Separator Group, A.I.A., Consorzio bio refinery to achieve new bio fertilisers and bio pesticides as
Italiano Biogas e Gassificazione, alternatives to conventional chemical products using micro algae
Biorizon Biotech, Università Degli for an agriculture that is more respectful with the consumer and
Studi di Milano, University of Las the natural environment.
Palmas de Gran Canaria, Széchenyi
István University, Karlsruher Institut
fuer Technologie, Mikrobiologicky
Ustav – Centre Algatech.

Two new projects – WATER WORKS Pioneer and more sustainable treatment plants in addition to
CONECTA PEME Medrar – were started in 2016 in those already being undertaken in this line.
the area of quality, focused on the development of

WATERWORKS Pioneer

Location: Pontevedra (Spain) The project is framed within the WATER JPI initiative in the
Duration: 01/05/16 – 31/08/2018 European ERA-NET Cofund Water Works programme.
Total budget: €1,805,245 WATERWORKS Pioneer tackles the challenges relating to the
Aqualia: €183,106 valuing of waste water from a holistic perspective to improve the
Participants: sustainability of waste water treatment plants and the elimination
University of Santiago de of micro-pollutants, minimising the environmental impact of
Compostela (leader, USC, Spain), treatment using ELAN technology and the precipitation of struvite.
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
(Denmark), Università degli Studi It is led by the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC)
di Verona (Italy), Royal Institute of together with other prestigious universities as well as Aqualia, the
Technology (Sweden), Aqualia. only company in the consortium.

CONECTA PEME Medrar

Location: Vigo (Spain) Co-financed by the Conecta PEME programme, the Medra project
Duration: 11/02/16 – 30/11/2018 is developing a modular system for treating waste water, applicable
Total budget: €557,352 to small centres of population or small urban/industrial agglome-
Trainasa (Aqualia): €136,931 rations as a more sustainable alternative to the systems currently
Participants: used in areas with few inhabitants.
Canalizaciones y Construcciones The project is developing compact and fully automated modules
Salnes, S.L. (leader), ASM SOFT, S.L., for integration in the rural environment with minimal impact and
Tratamiento Industrial del agua, S.A. cost to the community.

Although no new products projects were started pollutants and the LIFE Icirbus project the objective
in 2016 in the ambit of intelligent management, the of which is to demonstrate the possibility of re-
area has continued to progress in developing the using wastes from treatment plants in construction
European JPI Motrem project that evaluates new materials and to generate bio fertilisers.
technologies for controlling and retreating emerging

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