Projects
Irrigation 2.0: Which water when and where? Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Recent years have undeniably showed that periods of drought and water scarcity have a big impact on the agricultural sector. A smarter irrigation strategy and the efficient re-use of water therefore become priorities.
A first goal in the Irrigation2.0 project was to familiarize growers with smarter irrigation by prioritizing the fields to irrigate at the farm level. Crop growth models ...
I-QUA Ghent University
The Interreg project I-QUA ("I" stands for innovation, intelligence and interaction and "Qua" for qualitative solutions for waste water treatment) aims to provide qualitative solutions for decentralised waste water treatment through to innovation. During three years (from April 2017 to March 2020), six Flemish partners (Province of West Flanders, VLAKWA / VITO, UGent, Aquafin, Plant Projects / Tuinen Igodt and Ecobeton Water Technologies) and ...
Sullied Sediment: Sediment characterisation and clean up pilots in inland waterways in the North Sea Region. University of Antwerp
Towards tertiary micropollutants removal by bioaugmented moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs) and nanofiltration (NF) KU Leuven
Summary
Prevailing trends in global development, specifically the increases in population, urbanization, economic welfare, and use of chemicals, results in increased pressures on the quality of water. Today, when water supply intakes are downstream of wastewater treatment plants, most existing water quality standards are met while micropollutants (MPs) of the treated effluent are often seen as a serious problem. To reduce the release of ...