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Resilient water innovation for smart economy with membrane technology

Lipnizki, Frank LU orcid ; Hey, Tobias LU ; Norlander, Helena ; Jephson, Therese and Aspegren, Henrik LU orcid (2023) 13th International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes
Abstract
The European project ‘REsilient WAter Innovation for Smart Economy’ (REWAISE) aims to establish a novel ‘smart water ecosystem’ by integrating an advanced digital infrastructure for decentralized water services and decision-making, engaging all stakeholders to highlight the actual value of water. The approach will reduce the consumption of freshwater and energy while also recovering valuable nutrients and resources. The outcome will be a carbon-neutral, sustainable hydrological cycle that adheres to the principles of a resilient circular economy.
Membrane technology has been identified as one of the enablers to achieve the goals of the REWAISE project. In the project membrane technology will be used in various concepts e.g.:
•Urban... (More)
The European project ‘REsilient WAter Innovation for Smart Economy’ (REWAISE) aims to establish a novel ‘smart water ecosystem’ by integrating an advanced digital infrastructure for decentralized water services and decision-making, engaging all stakeholders to highlight the actual value of water. The approach will reduce the consumption of freshwater and energy while also recovering valuable nutrients and resources. The outcome will be a carbon-neutral, sustainable hydrological cycle that adheres to the principles of a resilient circular economy.
Membrane technology has been identified as one of the enablers to achieve the goals of the REWAISE project. In the project membrane technology will be used in various concepts e.g.:
•Urban stormwater and rainwater harvesting
•Low energy brackish- and seawater desalination
•Mining ground water recovery
•Biomethane recovery and upgrading

In the South of Sweden the REWAISE project aims to develop and install pilot membrane units for the harvesting of rain water. The results from a first pilot study using water from a local stormwater pond in the town of Lund (Sweden) showed that it was possible to efficiently reduce micropollutants and microplastics plus even to a certain degree heavy metals. The result showed that the polished water was able to be classified close to class ‘A’ according to the guideline EU 2020/741 allowing its use on agricultural products for human consumption. Based on the promising pilot results currently a full-scale system for a new housing complex in Malmö (Sweden) is currently under development. The work underlines that membranes can have an important role in a new ‘smart water ecosystem’.

Acknowledgements
The research is partly funded by the REWAISE ‘Resilient Water Innovation for Smart Economy’ project under the European Horizon 2020 programme, project No. 869496.
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