WW4ENVIRONMENT

The WW4ENVIRONMENT aimed to:

• Implement a tool to optimize the management of wastewater treatment plant following the objectives set by the EU in terms of energy efficiency and environmental impact
• Develop a methodology to investigate the ecotoxicity of WWTP
• Determine a procedure to assess the carbon footprint of the WWTP
• Determine and reduce the environmental costs of the wastewater treatment process

The work plan of the project WW4ENVIRONMENT was divided into several actions, including:

1. Establishment and management of the database
2. Chemical Survey
3. Ecotoxicological Survey
4. Energy and process optimization
5. Maximization biogas
6. Assessment carbon footprint
7. Determination of environmental costs
8. Dissemination of actvities
9. Project Management
10. Communication Plan After- LIFE

WW4ENVIRONMENT was designed to develop the following services:

• Implementation of the optimization tool in WWTP Beirolas
• Guidelines for WWTP ecotoxicological survey
• Methodology and procedure for implementation in WWTP of co-digestion in anaerobic digesters
• Methodology to assess the carbon footprint of WWTP
• Scientific and technical publications
• Project website
• Reports for the European Commission
• Layman’s report