Research project 蚕耻补濒颈厂没谤别

Protection transfrontali猫re de la qualit茅 des eaux de la S没re et affluents en amont du lac de retenue d'Esch/S没re (蚕耻补濒颈厂没谤别)

Within the framework of two Interreg GR projects (Emis没re and CoMinGreat ), innovative technologies have already been developed to remove micro-pollutants from the effluent of wastewater treatment plants. It has been investigated at which wastewater treatment plants (on the Luxembourg side of the S没re River as well as a catchment area in Saarland) these technologies could be most usefully applied, and an initial deployment strategy in the GR has been developed.

The project at a glance

  • Start date:
    01 Feb 2024
  • Duration in months:
    36
  • Funding:
    Interreg Grande R茅gion / Administration de gestion de l'eau
  • Principal Investigator(s):
    Silvia VENDITTI

About

It is the year 2043: the S没re is one of the cleanest rivers in the Greater Region (GR): It is a bathing water, has a high diversity of aquatic fauna and the almost extinct river pearl mussel has returned in large numbers. The S没re feeds the Obersauer reservoir, which provides high-quality drinking water. Just utopic thinking? Maybe, but a group of Belgian, German and Luxembourgian wastewater specialists would like to make this vision become reality. Within the framework of two Interreg GR projects (Emis没re and CoMinGreat ), innovative technologies have already been developed to remove micro-pollutants from the effluent of wastewater treatment plants. It has been investigated at which wastewater treatment plants (on the Luxembourg side of the S没re River as well as a catchment area in Saarland) these technologies could be most usefully applied, and an initial deployment strategy in the GR has been developed. Furthermore, a demonstration and information centre has been established. The planned 蚕耻补濒颈厂没谤别 project goes well beyond these approaches: hot-spots of emissions in the catchment area of the reservoir will be identified and sampled, existing structures will be operationally optimised, and at the identified hot spots – both at the existing wastewater treatment plants and at stormwater or combined sewer overflow structures – soil filters with locally produced special substrates will be installed on pilot scale and their effectiveness evaluated. In addition to micropollutants, other relevant parameters such as nutrients and bacteriological load will be considered. The results will be incorporated into a decision support tool that intelligently distributes wastewater loads within the catchment area and protects sensitive stretches of water. Finally, an action plan for transnational cooperation to keep the S没re clean will be developed.

Organisation and Partners

  • Department of Engineering
  • Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM)
  • Syndicat Intercommunal de D茅pollution des Eaux r茅siduaires du Nord (SIDEN) (Luxembourg)
  • RTC4Water (Luxembourg)
  • Centre Belge d'Etude et de Documentation de l'Eau asbl (Cebedeau) (Belgium)
  • Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) (Luxembourg)
  • IDELUX Eau (Belgium)
  • Soci茅t茅 Publique de Gestion de l'Eau (SPGE) (Belgium)
  • 8xav福利导航 of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) (Germany)

Project team

  • Silvia VENDITTI

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  • Elaheh FAGHIH NASIRI

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  • Paula NUNEZ TAFALLA

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  • Joachim HANSEN

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  • Jean-David Maennlein

    Syndicat Intercommunal de D茅pollution des Eaux residuaires du Nord (SIDEN)

  • St茅phane Nonet

    Centre Belge d'Etude et de Documentation de l'Eau (Cebedeau)

  • Quentin Neulens

    IDELUX Eau

  • Rosalie Pype

    SPGE

  • Prof. Ulrich Dittmer

    RTC4Water

  • Dr. Alex Cornelissen

    RTC4Water

  • Tom Gall茅, Lead R&T associate

    LIST

Keywords

  • micropollutants
  • combined sewer overflows
  • nature-based solutions

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