Presentation of the Best Practice
Target challenge
- Water for irrigation and food production is not available
- Environmental pollution
- NCW not valued locally
- High treatment cost
- Low sustainability of the treatment system
Area Typology
- Rural area
Main beneficiaries
- Water Utilities
- Local Population
- Farmers
Impact on the beneficiaries of your Best Practice:
Environmental (low pollution, biodiversity); Social (fertigation, brand new jobs)
Funding
- EU funding
Used technologies / tools
- HYDRO 1 + HYDRO 2
- HYDRO 1. Upflow sludge blanket reactor (UASB); vertical subsurface flow saturated wetlands (VF SAT)
- vertical subsurface flow unsaturated wetlands (VF UNSAT)
- Sludge drying reed beds (SDRB)
- Composter
- UV disinfection.
- HYDRO 2: Agroforestry
Implementation site
Antissa, Lesvos Island
NCW type
- Municipal wastewater (MWW)
NCW USE
- Ecosystem
- Field irrigation
- Recycling
Self-Assessment
TRL : Technology Levels
TRL8
Description of the innovative component:
The main innovation is the combination of several technologies (e.g. UASB, wetlands, disinfection) to close water-food-energy loops at small decentralised scale.
Obstacles to implementation
- Isuffi cient funding instruments to support solution for NCW
Obstacles to funding
Low success rate of Horizon 2020 funding scheme
How your Best Practice is economically feasible ?
Cheaper than convention WWTP at decentralised scaleResult of this assessment
LCA analysis was developed in WP6 (WP Leader: Brunel university; Alban Echchelh; Alban.Echchelh@brunel.ac.uk)Enviromental impact
SDGs
Validation/upscaling
The Best Practice has been validating by the detailed monitoring campaign done during the project. Moreover, the HYDRO 1 (without UV disinfection) has passed the Quick Scan phase for ETV (European…
Potentiel of exploitation/outscaling
The potential of exploitation/outscale is under investigation within the HYDROUSA project in two ways. Firstly, the transferability potentiality of the solution are under investigation within WP7 (WP…
Lessons learnt
Wastewater from waste to resource through NBS
Recommandations
Contact the project coordinator Simos Malamis (NTUA - smalamis@central.ntua.gr) )
Highlighted KPI
Technical indicators
Average Treated flow rate
m3/Day
Average Reused flow rate0 m3/Day
Suspended solids SS5625 g/Day
COD12937.5 g/Day
Economical indicators
Average total Cost
euro/m3 terated/day
Without consideration of the depreciation period
Average Total Cost
0.00
euro/p.e
Social impact of the BP
Jobs created comment: To be requested to the WP8 leader (Semide; Eric Mino e.mino@semide.org)