{"id":5601,"date":"2020-06-18T10:33:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T09:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=5601"},"modified":"2020-06-18T10:34:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T09:34:24","slug":"new-european-initiative-to-transform-wastewater-into-a-valuable-resource","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/new-european-initiative-to-transform-wastewater-into-a-valuable-resource\/5601\/","title":{"rendered":"New European initiative to transform wastewater into a valuable resource"},"content":{"rendered":"
A team from University of Exeter<\/a>\u2019s engineering department and business school will work in partnership with researchers from across Europe for the new ULTIMATE (indUstry water-utiLiTy symbIosis for a sMarter wATer society<\/a>) project, designed to harness the potential of wastewater.<\/p>\n Dr Albert Chen, Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter and part of the research team said: \u201cULTIMATE will explore opportunities to bridge the gap between technology optimisation and business development that will co-produce shared visions for a more circular, profitable, socially responsible, and environmentally friendly industry, with water at its centre. The outcome will significantly enhance the recovery and use of resources, enabling more sustainable socio-economic development with better strengthened resilience to climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n Funded by the European Commission, aims to generate economic value and increase European sustainability by exploiting resources within the water cycle. The consortium promotes recycling in various international industrial sectors, such as agro-food<\/a>, petrochemical<\/a> and biotech<\/a> sector.<\/p>\n Professor Nav Mustafee, Associate Professor of Analytics and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Simulation, Analytics and Modelling<\/a> (CSAM), said: \u201cOur project will employ hybrid computer modelling and simulation techniques, such as the combined application of System Dynamics with Agent-based and Discrete-event simulation, to model recycling strategies that take into consideration the different systemic inter-linkages existing in water-smart systems.\u201d<\/p>\n As part of this project, University of Exeter will be assembling, developing, and demonstrating a set of transversal tools to support WSIS decision making. The team will identify symbiotic opportunities, improve the design and operation of symbiotic schemes, and study their performance within a dynamic socio-economic and business environment.<\/p>\n The Aretusa Consortium in Italy, which is responsible for treating wastewater from two communities in Tuscany, aims to increase its annual water process capacity from three to four million cubic metres. The Glenmorangie whiskey distillery<\/a> in Scotland has also joined this new the pilot. The company plans to extract up to 800mg\/L ammonia for usage as fertiliser and to recover heat for use in the distillery processes.<\/p>\nThe ULTIMATE consortium<\/h3>\n
Additional schemes within ULTIMATE<\/h3>\n