Arsenic removal (from wastewater, sludge,
groundwater), recovery and re-use
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Presentation
Project idea for Horizon 2020
Suitable topic/Partners sought
Veltha is an international not-for-profit association established in Belgium
on 2010 to promote Research and Innovation.
The Association is participated by Universities, SMEs performing research,
experts and academics.
Veltha was officially recognized as Research Body by the European
Commission on 9th August 2011.
Ing. Carlo Polidori - Project Manager- [email protected] - T. +32 497 794 867
Competencies and skills
Veltha has competencies in environmental and engineering sciences,
as well as useful skills for within Research Consortia:
Proposal writing
Research integration
Technology watching
Project management
Administrative management, including internal and external audits
Exploitation of project results.
The Department of Science and technologies for Agriculture , Forestry
and Energy of Tuscia University (Viterbo - Italy) is a founder of Veltha
and can supply a large set of further scientific competencies.
Direct participation in EU projects
ZEPHYR " Zero-impact innovative technology in forest plant
production "
Funding Programme: FP7-EU- Environment
Duration: 3 years – started on 01/10/2012
Site: zephyr-project.eu
Participation: official partner
DEBPAL2 " Reinforcing Capacity Building for Defending
Biodiversity in the Palestinian Territories“
Funding Programme: FP7-EU - INCO
Duration: 3 years – started on 01/03/2012
Site: http://debpal.veltha.org
Participation: official partner
PROJECT IDEA: Arsenic removal (from wastewater,
sludge, groundwater), recovery and re-use.
Rationale:
Low-cost technologies are desperately needed to effectively treat
arsenic in water, due to the high cost of the current common
treatments.
Recovering arsenic from treated water will be a solution for
lowering the treatment costs, as well as to reduce the import of
rare row materials, according to the principle of Circular Economy
EU imports 2250 tons/y of arsenic (metal + diarsenic trioxide); at
the present arsenic is recovered only from metal and electrical
waste(1)
(1) Source: European Chemicals Agency “Background document for diarsenic trioxide”
http://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/13640/diarsenic_trioxide_en.pdf
Suitable topic: WATER-1-2015 “Bridging the gap: from
innovative water solutions to market replication” - Innovation
action - Deadline First Stage: 21/04/2015
Scope: Demonstration/pilot activities of new or improved innovative water solutions
in a real environment, with a focus on the cross cutting priorities identified in the EIP
on Water, while addressing the thematic priorities
Expected impact: Wide and fast deployment of sustainable innovative solutions in
the water management sector. Contribution to the implementation of the EIP
'Water'.
Partners sought
1) SME and/or Research Institution working in the field of
components recovery from sludge and filters of wastewater
2) Industry producing Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)
Concerned areas in Europe
Source: Royal Geographic Society-2007
Lazio Region (Italy) is directly involved.
52 municipalities with 321,000 inhabitants still largely over the arsenic threshold
in drink water