IEG WILL HOST THE EUROPEAN SUMMIT ON PHOSPHOROUS
SMART-plant disseminated at the UK construction week at the NEC, Birmingham, UK, prospects for the innovative biocomposite materials developed within SMART-Plant
The SMART-Plant Coordinator presented “Challenges and eco-innovative solutions towards circular economy and industrial symbiosis in urban environment” at the Sino-Italy Forum on Circular Economy and GreenDevelopment" that was held in Chengdu, China, on 20-24th September 2018.
SMART-Plant partners participated to the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2018 in Tokyo, 16-21 September 2018.
Andrea Guerrini, Professor of the University of Verona and board member of ARERA - The Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment, calls for a water tariff method
SMART-Plant is joining the “European Water Tech Week Leeuwarden 2018” and will participate to a symposium on September 26th dedicated to “Recovered cellulose: from used toilet paper to resource for the biobased economy”.
Professor Isam Sabbah, founder of the startup AgRobics Lt.d. which is a partner of SMART-Plant, will deliver a keynote speech to the 15th IWA Conference Small water and Wastewater Systems (Haifa, 14-18 October 2018)
Conference website: https://www.swws2018.org.il
Several partners of SMART-Plant (UBRUN, Cranfield, SEvern Trent Water, Cirtec) participated in last weekend's European Waste Water Management Conference in Manchester, UK presenting their latest research and innovation under the SMART-Plant umbrella.
SMART-Plant and the WRRF approach were presented in Milan (Italy) at the workshop "Fanghi di depurazione - da rifiuto a risorsa" held in Milan on 6th July.
On July 5th SMART-Plant was at the progress meeting of the first EU Innovation Deal to discuss circular economy barriers.
The 4th Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment was held in London, Ontario, Canada (June 25 to 27, 2018).
Project Coordinator and partners were there to present and disseminate SMART-Plant.
SMART-Plant was presented at the 6th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, held in Naxos Island, Greece, on 13–16 June 2018
SMART-Plant was presented in Brussels at the EC, ICT4water and WssTP events. More specifically:
Fanghi di depurazione, la tecnologia a servizio di una smart city sinergica e sostenibile
Seminar supported by SMART-Plant on management of sewage sludge disposal and recovery "Complessa Gestione dei fanghi di depurazione, tra recupero e smaltimento", University of Catania, Catania, 4th June 2018.
SMART-Plant and INCOVER Joint Stakeholders Workshop: "Eco-innovative solutions for circular economy in Water resource recovery facilities" Lisbon, 6th June 2018
 
The Horizon2020 SMART-Plant EU Innovation Action (ESPP member) along with the ESPP, HERA and ECOMONDO will co-organise the 3rd European Nutrient Event for the Mediterranean area, at 8-9 November 2018, in Rimini, Italy.
SMART-Plant will join the “European Water Tech Week Leeuwarden 2018” and will participate to a symposium on September 26th dedicated to “Recovered cellulose: from used toilet paper to resource for the biobased economy”.
Pioneer_STP - "The Potential of Innovative Technologies to Improve Sustainability of Sewage Treatment Plants" - addresses the challenges related to wastewater treatment (WWT) from a holistic perspective.
The inauguration event of the Thermal Hydrolysis - SCENA process took place at the Wastewater Treatment Plant of Psyttalia in Greece.
 
SMART-Plant @ IFAT 2018 SMART-Plant invited to present its approach and first results at the upcoming IFAT trade fair in Munich on May 16th-17th:
SMART-Plant Coordinator to present "Horizon2020 Water Eco-Innovation within ECOMONDO: from circular economy to digital solutions and nature-based closed loops" at WATER Sofia 2018 - 10th International Conference BULAQUA INVESTMENT CHALLENGES FOR THE WSS SECTOR – INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND FINANCIAL STRATEGIES.
08 February - Treviso, Italy
On February 8th, 2018 the Province of Treviso hosted the SMART-Plant stakeholders' workshop and inauguration event of the two SMARTechs under validation in the WRRF managed by Alto Trevigiano Servizi in Carbonera (Treviso, Italy)
03 February - Source: LA STAMPA TUTTOGREEN
Un progetto europeo da 10 milioni di euro che a convertire gli impianti di trattamento delle acque reflue urbane in “fabbriche” di nuova materia prima subito riutilizzabile
On Thursday 8 February 2018, at 9.00 am at the Auditorium of the Province of Treviso (Italy).
23 November - Karmiel, Israel
The inauguration event of SMARTech2a which consists of the anaerobic treatment of municipal wastewater using polymer-based matrix took place with more than 30 participants.
Seminar on materials and resources recycling from wastewater and resources recycling from waste water treatment center - 3rd edition 30 November, Milano IT
Opening Event of SMARTech3 will take place the same day as the “UK Wastewater Network Conference" 15 November, Cranfield UK
Nitrogen Workshop organized in Israel with the Participation of SMART-Plant
22-23 November 2017, Israel
Inauguration of the SMARTech2a technology at the Wastewater Treatment Plant of Karmiel
Israel 23 November 2017
Find more information here.
7 November - Rimini, Italy
On November 7th, 2017, SMART-Plant was back to ECOMONDO, the leading Euro-Mediterranean area green and circular economy expo taking place in Rimini from November 7 to 10, with over 100.000 visitors, 9000 international buyers and 1200 exhibitors.
20 October - Florence, Italy
SMART-Plant will be presented at the seminar by Legambiente "Water Treatment in Italy - turning critical points to opportunities" (Florence, October 20th, 2017) within the session dedicated to innovative solutions for waste water treatment.
30 September, 2017 - Porto, Portugal
SMART-Plant hosting a Cover Station in PORTO EIP Water Innovation WEEK, 26-29 September 2017, Porto, Portugal
11-13 September 2017 - London, UK
SMART-Plant presented at the International Symposium for next generation infrastructure
SMART-Plant will be presented at the EIP Water Innovation Conference
Porto, Portugal 29 September 2017
You can have an overview of the upcoming ConverStations here.
11-13 September 2017 - Livorno, Italy
SMART-Plant is key το H2020 innovation action to address water economics, statistics and asset management in Livorno.
11-13 July 2017 - Coventry, UK
The third SMART-Plant management meeting was organized by Severn Trent and Cranfield University.
16 - 22 June - Rome, Italy
The SMART-Plant was presented in the 25th International Conference on Composites/Nano-Engineering (ICCE-25), in Rome, Italy.
29 June 2017 - Geestmerambacht, Netherlands
The official inauguration of SMARTech1 took place on the 29th of June 2017. On both regional and national television, the news paid attention to the world-scoop in the production of marketable cellulose from sewage.
22 June 2017 - Bellaterra, Spain
A pilot treatment plant developed by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Aigües de Manresa S.A. Empresa Municipal generates added value products while simultaneously treating wastewater.
Samuela Guida, PhD candidate at Cranfield University is explaining how this process works.
SMART-Plant scales-up in real environment eco-innovative and energy-efficient solutions to renovate existing wastewater treatment plants and close the circular value chain by applying low-carbon techniques to recover materials that are otherwise lost.
Seven plus two (7+2) pilot systems were optimized for more than two years in real environment in five municipal water treatment plants, including also two post-processing facilities. The systems were automatized with the aim of optimizing wastewater treatment, resource recovery, energy-efficiency and reduction of greenhouse emissions. A comprehensive SMART portfolio comprising biopolymers, cellulose, fertilizers and intermediates were recovered and processed up to the final commercializable end-products.
Dynamic modeling and superstructure framework for decision support was developed and validated to identify the optimum SMART-Plant system integration options for recovered resources and technologies.
The integration of resource recovery assets to system wide asset management programs were evaluated in each site following the resource recovery paradigm for the wastewater treatment plant of the future, enabled through SMART-Plant solutions. The project proved the feasibility of circular management of urban wastewater and environmental sustainability of the systems, through Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing approaches as well as the global benefit of the scaled-up water solutions.
Global market deployment was achieved as right fit solution for water utilities and relevant industrial stakeholders, considering the strategic implications of the resource recovery paradigm in case of both public and private water management. New public-private partnership models were also explored connecting the water sector to the chemical industry and its downstream segments such as the construction and agricultural sector, thus generating new opportunities for funding and potential public-private competition.