Energy-neutral micropollutant elimination

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Germany - The Netherlands

Date of latest update: 2024-02-10

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Description (NL):

Belasting met microverontreinigingen en microplastic staan steeds meer in de focus van de Europese waterbescherming. Zowel over het voorkomen van deze stoffen als het elimineren in RWZI’s werden al omvangrijke onderzoeken uitgevoerd. Een niet onbelangrijk deel van microverontreinigingen en microplastics wordt echter al via het riool op oppervlaktewater geloosd, voordat er een behandeling in RWZI’s kan plaatsvinden. In het kader van het project “Energieneutrale eliminatie van mircoverontreinigingen” zullen nu door een intelligente sturing van de afvalwatersystemen de emissies van microverontreinigingen en microplastics naar oppervlaktewater worden gereduceerd en anderzijds de hogere energiebehoefte voor de eliminatie van microverontreinigingen door nieuwe energie-efficiëntie maatregelen worden gecompenseerd. Daartoe wordt naast een monitoringprogramma voor microverontreinigingen en microplastics aan de hand van het voorbeeld van de rioolstelsels in Emmen en Rheine een processturing door MKB’s ontwikkeld en op praktijkschaal gerealiseerd. De gewonnen know-how van de Nederlandse en Duitse bedrijven vormt de basis van een in het kader van het project op te bouwen netwerk van ondernemingen. Door het platform-based netwerk wordt de gegenereerde know-how voorsprong als centrale vestigingsfactor benut en dient als distributeur en multiplicator van kennis en informatie in de regio. Complexe taakstellingen als programmering van intelligente regel- en besturingstechniek in relatie met inbreng van vaktechnische kennis en eisen aan een commercieel projectmanagement kunnen zo ook door kleine en middelgrote bedrijven effectief en “gezamenlijk” worden opgelost.

Description (DE):

Mikroschadstoff- und Mikroplastikbelastungen rücken zunehmend in den Fokus des europäischen Gewässerschutzes. Sowohl zur Vermeidung dieser Stoffe als auch zur Elimination in Kläranlagen wurden bereits umfangreiche Untersuchungen durchgeführt. Ein nicht unerheblicher Anteil an Mikroschadstoffen und Mikroplastiken wird jedoch bereits im Bereich der Kanalisation in die Gewässer abgeschlagen bevor eine Behandlung auf Kläranlagen erfolgen kann. Im Rahmen des Projektes „Energieneutrale Mikroschadstoffeliminierung“ sollen nun durch eine intelligente Abwassersystemsteuerung zum einen die Emissionen von Mikroschadstoffen und Mikroplastik in die Gewässer reduziert und zum anderen der erhöhte Energiebedarf für die Mikroschadstoffelimination durch neue Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen ausgeglichen werden. Dazu werden neben eines Monitorings von Mikroschadstoffen und Mikroplastik am Beispiel der Abwassernetze in Emmen und Rheine jeweils entsprechende Steuerung durch KMU entwickelt und großtechnisch umgesetzt. Das gewonnene Know-How der niederländischen und deutschen Unternehmen bildet die Basis eines im Rahmen des Projektes aufzubauenden Unternehmen-Netzwerkes. Durch das plattformbasierte Netzwerk wird der generierte Know-How-Vorsprung als zentraler Standortfaktor genutzt und dient als Verteiler und Multiplikator von Wissen und Informationen in der Region. Komplexe Aufgabenstellungen wie die Programmierung intelligenter Regel- und Steuertechnik in Verbindung mit ingenieurtechnischen Sachverstand und Anforderungen eines kaufmännischen Projektmanagements können so auch von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen effektiv und „gemeinsam“ gelöst werden.

Description (EN):

Micro pollutants and pollution from micro plastics are shifting increasingly into the focus of European water pollution control. Extensive studies have already been carried out concerning the avoidance of these substances as well as their elimination in wastewater treatment plants. However, a not inconsiderable portion of micro pollutants and micro plastics is already sloughed off within the sewer system into open waters, before they can be processed by wastewater treatment plants. Now, as part of the project „Energy-neutral micro-pollutant elimination“, an intelligent wastewater control system is to be implemented, both in order to reduce the emissions from micro pollutants and micro plastics in waters, as well as to compensate by means of energy-efficiency measures for higher energy requirements stemming from the elimination of micro pollutants. To this end, in addition to a system for monitoring micro pollutants and micro plastics based on the examples of the wastewater networks in Emmen and Rheine, a corresponding control system will be developed and implemented respectively on an industrial scale by SMEs. The know-how gained by the Dutch and German companies forms the basis of a companies-network to be established within the framework of the project. By means of the platform-based network, the know-how edge generated will be exploited as the central location factor and serves as disseminator and multiplier of knowledge and information in the region. Complex tasks, such as the programming of intelligent regulation and control systems in conjunction with engineering expertise and the requirements of commercial project-management, can in this way also effectively be solved “jointly” by small and middle-sized enterprises.

Achievements (EN):

Micropollutants play an increasingly important role in the design and control of municipal wastewater systems. Extensive studies have already been carried out on both the avoidance of micro-pollutants and their removal in sewage treatment plants. It is often forgotten that a significant part of micro-pollutants is already reaching water systems during heavy rainfall via sewage overflows before treatment in the sewage treatment plant can take place. Within the framework of the Interreg VA project “Energy-neutral elimination of micro-pollutants”, advanced wastewater controle systems were therefore developed for the wastewater chains in Emmen (Netherlands) and Rheine (Germany). This made it possible to reduce the emission of micro-pollutants and micro-plastics into water bodies. An evaluation of the existing monitoring programme for micro-pollutants showed that, in both Emmen and Rheine, the European quality standards for several micro-pollutants are exceeded in water bodies. In the further course of the project, research was carried out into the occurrence of relevant micro-pollutants in the partial flows of the Emmen and Rheine wastewater chains. While in Emmen only one waste water sub-stream showed slightly above-average concentrations of an X-ray contrast agent, in Rheine significantly larger differences in concentrations of micro-pollutants were measured. In particular in a sewage line to which a hospital was connected, compared to the average values in the respective sewage treatment plant influent. The wastewater chain regulations developed in the course of the project in Emmen were therefore aimed at a uniform supply of wastewater to the WWTP in order to increase the removal efficiency of the WWTP, while in Rheine the aim was a targeted supply of the partial flows loaded with micro-pollutants to the WWTP. These wastewater flows were given “priority”, as it were, over wastewater flows from parts of the drainage system less affected by micro-pollutants. Based on the knowledge gained during the project, wastewater chain regulations were developed and simulated. These were then implemented in practice. Calculations show that the measures implemented achieve a reduction in the amount of micro-pollutants emitted to water bodies. However, the exact extent of this reduction can only be determined with the help of a long-term monitoring programme. In Rheine, for example, this will be based on the numerous heavy rainfalls that will occur in the coming years. This is one of the reasons why the precipitation events are recorded in detail as part of the operational management. Since the removal of micro-pollutants requires additional energy, the project also developed process controls for the wastewater chain (sewage and WWTP) aimed at (among other things) energy optimisation. Particular attention was paid to the integrated approach of WWTP and sewage system. The first results also point to positive effects here, although the exact quantitative effects will only become visible on the basis of longer-term monitoring.

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Water management Institutional cooperation and cooperation networks

Specific Objective: Increase in the product and process innovations in sectors relevant for the border region

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (5)

Lead Partner: Waterschap Vechtstromen

Address: Kooikersweg 1, 7609PZ Almelo, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 442 249.43

Institut für Abfall, Abwasser, Site und Facility Management e.V.

Name: Institut für Abfall, Abwasser, Site und Facility Management e.V.

Address: Beckumer Straße 36, 59229 Ahlen, Germany

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 268 291.30

Moekotte Engineering und Installation

Name: Moekotte Engineering und Installation

Address: Twekkeler Es 45, 7547 ST Enschede, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 196 990.28

InnotecControl GmbH

Name: InnotecControl GmbH

Address: Hovesaatstraße 6, 48432 Rheine, Germany

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 173 375.05

TBR - Technische Betriebe Rheine AöR

Name: TBR - Technische Betriebe Rheine AöR

Address: Am Bauhof 2 -16, 48431 Rheine, Germany

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 305 243.84

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Institut für Abfall, Abwasser, Site und Facility Management e.V.

Energy-neutral micropollutant elimination

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Moekotte Engineering und Installation

Energy-neutral micropollutant elimination

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Regional Water Authority Vechtstromen

Energy-neutral micropollutant elimination

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InnotecControl GmbH

Energy-neutral micropollutant elimination

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TBR - Technische Betriebe Rheine AöR

Energy-neutral micropollutant elimination

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Summary

Project name (DE): Energieneutrale Mikroschadstoffeliminierung

Project name (EN): Energy-neutral micropollutant elimination

Project acronym: Energieneutrale Mikroschadstoffeliminierung

Project start date: 2016-07-01

Project end date: 2020-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 386 149.90

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 648 773.50

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 648 773.50.

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Germany - The Netherlands

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2023-08-24

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179 / 179 (100%)

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3 182 / 3 182 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (https://www.deutschland-nederland.eu), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-17, 2023-01-18 and 2024-03-11. Fields project name, description and achievement (from 98 projects) translated from German and Dutch into English using the European Commission's eTranslation machine translation service.

The projects which fields include an eTranslation English text are the ones with the following acronyms: Agro&Climate, Arbeitsmarkt in Grenzregionen D-NL, Arbeitsmarkt Nord - Arbeidsmarkt Noord, Bereikbaarheid via Lucht, berkeln 2018-2020, BiK: Bionica in het MKB, BioÖkonomie - Grüne Chemie, BioÖkonomie im Non-Food-Sektor, Bio-TecH2, Bürgerbus Nordhorn-Denekamp, COASTS, Dachprojekt Arbeitsmarkt - Koepelproject arbeidsmarkt, De Ler(n)ende Euregio doet het!, DigiPee, Doppelte Qualifizierung = doppelte Chancen, DruIDE, Durch Neugier Lernen, EMMA, Energieneutrale Mikroschadstoffeliminierung, EnerPRO, Entwicklung Lichtsysteme / Ontwikkeling verlichtingsysteem, EUREGIO Güterkorridor, Euregionale Dag, EuregioNetzwerk Industriekultur, Gärtners Grüner Daumen, GPT Bad Nieuweschans 2017+, Grenzeloze Toeristische Innovatie (GTI), Grenzen bewegen, Grenzenlos Moor - Grenzeloos veen, Grenzkultur – Grenscultuur, Grenzübergreifende Ökologische Verbindung / Grensoverschrijdende ecologische verbinding, Grenzübergreifendes Kulturnetzwerk Naturpark Moor-Veenland, Grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit: Hansestädte, Groen Goud, Groene Kaskade, Het verhaal van oorlog en vrijheid zonder grenzen - Die Geschichte von Krieg und Freiheit ohne Grenzen, ID3AS, In het Spoor van de Oranjes / Auf den Spuren der Oranier, Innovationen - von der Natur inspiriert, Intelligent lichtsysteem - Intelligentes Lichtsystem, Jüdisches Leben im Grenzraum, Kanalallee Denekamp – Nordhorn, KI-AGIL, Kulturgeschichte Digital / Cultuurgeschiedenis verdigitaald, Laserabtrag lokaler Fehlstellen, Laser-Fertigung in KMU, Laser-Fertigungstechnik, Leren zonder grenzen, MINT LAB auf Schlössern / in kastelen, MOVERO, Nachbarsprache & buurcultuur, Nachhaltige Umweltbildung BildungsBerkel, Natur- und Waldbrandprävention/Natuur- en Bosbrandpreventie, Net(z)werk+, Netzwerk zirkuläre Bioökonomie, Ohne Grenzen - Zonder Grenzen 2.0, PERSPEKTIVE 360°, Qualifikation in Waldarbeit und Landschaftspflege - sicher, mobil und zukunftsfähig, Rahmenprojekt Priorität I+II ermn, Rahmenprojekt Priorität II, Rahmenprojekt Priorität II EUREGIO, RheijnLand.Xperiences, SAVE - SAmen Voor de Energietransitie, SMOVE, SpoorRegio / SchienenRegio, Spreek je buurtaal - Sprich deine Nachbarsprache, Stadtbildpflege 2.0 / Onderhoud openbare ruimte 2.0., Taal verbindt / Sprache verbindet, Task Force Wärme - WiEfm 2.0, Tumorceldetectie in lymfeknopen, Wachstum und Entfaltung zur grenzüberschreitenden Agropole, Wasserqualität – Waterkwaliteit, Wasserrobuste Städte, Watten-Agenda, Watten-Agenda 2.0, WiEfm, Zicht op heden en verleden, Zorg verbindt, Zorg: korter, sneller, beter, BEL AIR, B-R(H)APSODIE - (B-RAP), DigiPro, FOOD 2020 - Phase II, GEP digital, GIP ermn 2020, GIP EUREGIO, GIP Extra ERW, H2Watt, Leonardo da Vinci Innovation (werktitel), MINT LAB auf Schlössern in kastelen, Regional Skills Labs, ROCKET Reloaded, SHAREuregio Smart Production, Stadtbildpflege 2.0 / Onderhoud openbare ruimte 2.0., The Green & Blue Rhine Alliance, Unterrichtsmaterial D-NL / Lesmateriaal D-NL and Wasserrobuste Städte.

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