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THE REWATCH CONSORTIUM MEETS WITH THE NEEMO MONITORING EXPERT
The last 15 June 2018 took place a review meeting at DOW North Petrochemical Complex in La Pobla de Mafumet, Tarragona Province, Spain. Representatives of all beneficiaries attended the meeting along with María José de la Torre, the NEEMO expert responsible of the...
REWATCH AT THE IWA YOUNG WATER PROFESSIONALS CONFERENCE IN CRANFIELD
Last April 2018, REWATCH results from MBBR tests performed at lab scale were presented at the 19th UK-IWA Young Water Professionals Conference held in Cranfield University (UK). The conference accounted for more than 200 attendees. This year’s theme was Towards a...
CONTAINERS WITH THE REWATCH TECHNOLOGY ALREADY IN TARRAGONA PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX
The modules containing the different technologies of the REWATCH solution, constructed by VEOLIA and JHUESA, are already in the petrochemical complex in Tarragona waiting to be moved to the final location of the pilot plant. Currently, great efforts are being done...
REWATCH CONSORTIUM MEETS FOR ITS THIRD FOLLOW-UP MEETING
The last 13 March 2018 took place the third review meeting at CTM facilities in Manresa. Just passed the halfway of the project, the project consortium reviewed the current status of the project, action by action. Currently, the main efforts are assigned to the site...
OPTIMIZATION AT BENCH-SCALE OF THE ION EXCHANGE RESINS
The water recycling scheme foreseen in the REWATCH project includes a final step using ion exchange resins aimed at removing trace ions. The aim of this polishing step after is achieve a water effluent fulfilling quality specifications for boiler feed water. Water...
REWATCH CONSORTIUM MEETS IN VEOLIA FACILITIES FOR A REVIEW MEETING
The second review meeting of the project took place at VEOLIA facilities in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, on September 21th 2017. Representatives of DOW, Veolia, KWR, WssTP and Fundació CTM Centre Tecnològic attended to the meeting. During the meeting the...
FILTRATION MEMBRANE DEVELOPMENTS TO OVERCOME A CHALLENGING FUTURE
Filtration membranes such as Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Ultrafiltration (UF) are becoming one of the most used technologies in water treatment and separation processes in the industry worldwide. As water scarcity increases and the quality of the water available...
THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN THE CENTER OF THE 10TH GREEN CHEMISTRY SEMINAR ORGANIZED BY THE UNIVERSITY ROVIRA I VIRGILI OF TARRAGONA
The circular economy is one of the pillars of sustainability and a strategy targeting to reduce the use of materials and production of waste. As mere recycling or reusing is not enough, it is necessary to rethink the materials along their lifecycle: from the design to...
DOW OPENS A TENDER FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE PILOT UNIT
Dow is looking for suppliers for a Water Treatment Research pilot unit involving ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis and ion exchange resins for REWATCH project (LIFE15 ENV/ES/00480). Through this project Dow wants to demonstrate an innovative recycling scheme to...
REWATCH CONSORTIUM MEETS IN TARRAGONA FOR A REVIEW MEETING
First review meeting of the project took place at DOW facilities in Tarragona on March 7th 2017. Representatives of DOW, Veolia, KWR, WssTP and Fundació CTM Centre Tecnològic attended to the meeting. During the meeting the attendees reviewed the current status of the...