WATER-MINING | Presentation video
Summary
TLDRThe Water Mining project addresses the critical need for desalination to secure water resources, especially in water-stressed regions. It tackles high energy use and financial costs through innovative solutions like renewable energy and waste heat recovery. The project also promotes water reuse in urban areas and industrial sectors, recovering valuable minerals and salts. Demonstration sites in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Cyprus showcase efficient water use and energy production, moving towards a circular economy in water and salt consumption.
Takeaways
- 🌍 Desalination is crucial for securing water resources, especially in water-stressed regions.
- 💡 Current challenges in desalination include high energy use, financial costs, and environmental impacts.
- 🏭 Large-scale desalination projects are underway in Lampedusa, Italy, and Almeria, Spain.
- 🔄 These projects aim to eliminate brine influence and extract valuable minerals and salts for other sectors.
- ☀️ The Spanish site uses solar energy, and the Italian site uses waste heat recovery to reduce costs.
- 🚰 Urban water use has increased due to population growth, urban expansion, and higher living standards.
- 🔄 Innovative technologies can treat and reuse urban wastewater, creating a circular water use process.
- 🌿 Three demonstration sites in Portugal, Cyprus, and Spain promote water use efficiency and energy production.
- 🏢 Only 10% of EU water use is in urban areas; 90% is for industrial purposes, highlighting the need for industrial water reuse.
- 🔄 Water mining tests zero liquid discharge processes to link wastewater producers with industrial consumers.
- 🔄 The Water Mining project promotes a circular economy approach, cutting-edge technology, and social engagement.
Q & A
What is desalination and why is it important for water resources?
-Desalination is the process of producing drinking water from seawater. It is important for securing water resources, especially in water-stressed regions with a growing population.
What are the two main challenges faced by desalination?
-The two main challenges faced by desalination are high energy use and its resulting financial costs, as well as the environmental impacts due to pollutant gas emissions and brine influence.
How does the Water Mining project address the challenges of desalination?
-The Water Mining project addresses these challenges by eliminating brine influence and extracting valuable minerals and salts. It also uses renewable energy sources like solar power and recovered waste heat to reduce energy and financial costs.
Where are the two large-scale desalination sites mentioned in the script?
-The two large-scale desalination sites are located in Lampedusa, Italy, and Almeria, Spain.
How does the Water Mining project contribute to a circular economy?
-The project contributes to a circular economy by reusing treated urban wastewater, recovering valuable raw materials from treatment, and implementing zero liquid discharge processes in industrial water use.
What are the three larger-scale exhibition sites established within the Water Mining project?
-The three larger-scale exhibition sites are located in Portugal, Cyprus, and Spain. They promote water use efficiency, energy production, and recovery of raw materials.
What percentage of water used in the EU is consumed in urban areas?
-Only 10 percent of the total water used in the EU is consumed in urban areas.
How does the Water Mining project approach industrial water use?
-The project focuses on developing innovative technologies to reuse water from industrial sectors, taking advantage of the low water quality needed by some industrial processes.
What is the zero liquid discharge process mentioned in the script?
-The zero liquid discharge process aims to link wastewater producers with consumers and industrial areas to reduce water needs and wastewater discharge, creating pollution-free brine influent.
Can you provide an example of the zero liquid discharge process within the Water Mining project?
-An example is the Rotherland industrial cluster in the Netherlands, where wastewater from epoxy resin production is purified to create quality brine for use in chemical production, thus closing the loop of industrial wastewater management.
What is the role of communities of practice in the Water Mining project?
-Communities of practice gather relevant actors to enable rich interaction focused on case studies. They promote social engagement and allow citizens to experience newly created water technologies on living labs.
Outlines
💧 Desalination Innovations for Water Security
Desalination, the process of converting seawater into drinking water, is crucial for addressing water scarcity, especially in regions with limited freshwater resources. The script discusses two main challenges in desalination: high energy consumption and the financial and environmental costs associated with it. To tackle these issues, the Water Mining project has established large-scale desalination sites in Lampedusa, Italy, and Almeria, Spain. These sites not only produce high-quality water but also extract valuable minerals and salts, reducing treatment costs. The Spanish site uses solar energy, while the Italian site recovers waste heat, thus lowering energy and financial costs. The script also highlights the importance of urban water use efficiency and the potential of treating and reusing wastewater to create a circular water system. Three demonstration sites in Portugal, Cyprus, and Spain are working on promoting water use efficiency and energy production from solar power and biogas, as well as recovering raw materials like phosphates and salts.
🔄 Industrial Water Recycling and Circular Economy
The second paragraph focuses on the industrial use of water, which accounts for 90% of the total water usage in the EU. The Water Mining project is developing innovative technologies to reuse water from industrial processes, particularly in the epoxy resin industry. A zero liquid discharge process is being tested to link wastewater producers with consumers and industrial areas, aiming to reduce water needs and wastewater discharge. The project in the Roer Valley industrial cluster in the Netherlands is highlighted as an example, where wastewater from epoxy resin production is treated and the salt is recovered. Water Mining applies innovative technology to purify wastewater, creating quality brine for chemical production, thus closing the loop on industrial wastewater management and promoting circularity in water and salt consumption. The script concludes by emphasizing the Water Mining project's role in paving a new path towards sustainable water and resource management, following a circular economy approach, utilizing cutting-edge technology, and engaging communities of practice to foster social interaction and experience new water technologies.
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Keywords
💡Desalination
💡Water Mining
💡Environmental Impacts
💡Renewable Energy
💡Circular Economy
💡Urban Water Use
💡Innovative Technologies
💡Wastewater Treatment
💡Zero Liquid Discharge
💡Industrial Water Use
💡Living Labs
Highlights
Desalination is essential for securing water resources in water-stressed regions, especially with growing populations.
Current challenges in desalination include high energy use and environmental impacts from pollutant emissions and brine discharge.
Water mining works with exhibition sites in Lampedusa, Italy, and Almeria, Spain, to create high-quality water and extract valuable minerals and salts from brine.
In Spain, the desalination site uses solar renewable energy, while in Italy, waste heat is recovered to reduce energy and financial costs.
Urban water use has increased due to population growth, urban expansion, and higher living standards, but local climate and consumption habits also influence water usage.
Innovative technologies can treat and reuse urban wastewater, creating a circular water use process and recovering valuable raw materials from treatment.
Water mining established large-scale exhibition sites in Portugal, Cyprus, and Spain to promote water efficiency and energy production from solar power and biogas.
Recovery of raw materials like phosphates, salts, and bio-based polymers from wastewater treatment is a focus of the water mining project.
90% of water in the EU is used for industrial purposes, emphasizing the importance of innovative technologies for industrial water reuse.
The zero liquid discharge process in water mining links wastewater producers with consumers in industrial areas to reduce water needs and eliminate wastewater discharge.
A case study in the Netherlands demonstrates industrial wastewater management by purifying wastewater from epoxy resin production and recycling brine for chlorine and caustic production.
Water mining aims to create circularity in water and salt consumption in industrial processes, ensuring efficient resource use.
The project emphasizes the importance of scaling innovative technologies to market readiness and enabling the use of secondary raw materials.
Water mining supports the sustainable development goals by following a circular economy approach and using cutting-edge technology.
Social engagement is promoted through 'communities of practice,' where relevant actors and citizens participate in the development and experience of new water technologies.
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producing drinking water from sea water
known as desalination is expected to
become essential in securing Water
Resources for a growing population
especially in water stressed regions
but for this to come true we need to
find Solutions
currently the salination faces two main
challenges
high energy use and its resulting
Financial costs as well as the
environmental impacts due to the
pollutant gas emissions and the Brain
influence produced
to address these challenges water mining
works with two large scale exhibition
sites one in lampedusa Italy and one in
Almeria Spain
in both sides while creating high
quality water the brain influent is
eliminated and valuable minerals and
salts are extracted to be used in other
sectors thus upsetting parts of the
treatment costs
furthermore the site in Spain runs its
facilities on solar renewable energy and
site in Italy on the recovery of waste
Heat
thus reducing the energy and financial
costs of desalination
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in recent decades a growing population
Urban expansion and higher living
standards have increased Urban water use
however water use also depends on the
local climate the efficiency of public
Supply Services the residence
consumption habits and the technology
used
through Innovative Technologies Urban
Wastewater can be treated and reused
returning it to the water supply system
creating a circular water use process
combined with the recovery of valuable
raw materials from the treatment we can
increase water supply whilst minimizing
waste and treatment costs
to implement these Solutions three
larger scale exhibition sites have been
established within the water mining
project
Portugal
Cyprus
and Spain
this case studies promote water use
efficiency and water use whilst focusing
on energy production such as solar power
and biogas and the recovery of raw
materials such as phosphates salts and
bio-based polymers
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of the total water used in the EU only
10 percent is consumed in urban areas
the other 90 percent is used for
industrial purposes
given the prominence of industrial water
use the development of Innovative
Technologies to reuse water from these
sectors is key
taking advantage of the low water
quality needed by some industrial
processes water mining will test what is
called zero liquid discharge process
the aim is to link Wastewater producers
with consumers and industrial areas to
reduce water needs and waste water
discharge and create pollution-free
brine influent a larger scale water
mining cases studied within the
rotherland industrial cluster in the
Netherlands is a good example of this
process currently Industrial Waste Water
from the production of epoxy resins is
sent to a bio treatment plant before
discharge and the salt is discarded
however water mining will apply
Innovative technology to purify the
Wastewater from the epoxy resin industry
creating quality brine to be used by the
chemical production company novian
thereby contributing recycled water and
salt for the production of chlorine and
caustic important base chemicals need
for epoxy resin production thus closing
the loop of industrial Wastewater
management and ensuring circularity in
water and salt consumption
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this presentation a lot has happened but
there's also still a lot that needs to
be done demonstration in fact we use a
key step in the scale of structure the
market and enable the penetration of
secondary raw materials like Chimera or
phosphate the water mining project opens
A New Path to achieve the water and
consumption development rules a path
that follows a circular economy approach
uses cutting-edge technology and
promotes social engagement through the
so-called communities of practices
their relevant actors gather together
enabling a rich interaction focused on
the case styles and citizens can
experience the newly created water
Technologies on the living labs
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