Usually treated wastewater is being fed into the rivers but what if you could
reuse it instead?
That is the focus of the research project MULTI-ReUse funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), over the course of the next three years. With the application of new procedures this so called ‘service water’ wouldn’t necessarily reach the quality of drinking water but it could be reused for a couple of other purposes, such as for the industrial sector, for agricultural purposes or groundwater recharge. It also could contribute to the saving of drinking water and the preservation of groundwater levels.
Nine project partners develop new technologies and methodologies for the reuse of treated wastewater, which are then being tested in a pilot plant in the North of Germany. Reliable procedures for the quality control of the water, an evaluation tool and concepts to market the results of the project also will be developed.
Learn more at the Project description.
Project News
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Successful MULTI-ReUse meeting in Frankfurt
/in News /by Lisa ZimmermannAbout 20 MULTI-ReUse members met in Frankfurt in March to discuss the present situation of the project, to clarify open questions and to talk about further actions. Especially the work packages 1 and 2 already were able to present first results.
Press release about the project start
/in News /by Lisa ZimmermannUnder the following link you will find the current press release „Treated wastewater variously usable” about the project start of MULTI-ReUse. The German research project develops, among other things, new methods for water reuse over the course of the next three years. The press release is in German: Pressemitteilung-MULTI-ReUse-Projektstart.