Introducing Wetsus and WaterCampus Leeuwarden

Scientific Support to the Danube Strategy Ulm, 28 October 2015

Wetsus EU Liaison Officer, Pieter de Jong

Friesland: focus on RES, Water Technology and Milk

Northern Netherlands RIS34 Societal Challenges:

Health, Food, Energy and Water

Health, Demography

and Wellbeing

Food Security,Sustainable

Agriculture andBio-economy

Reliable,Clean andEfficientEnergy

Clean, Safe Water Supply

New building: opened September 28, 2015

Strategic cooperation with >100 companies

2003 2006 2009 2012 2014Alliander WS Hunze en Aa's Philips Anglian Water WMLVitens TCNN Dutch Rainmaker WS Noorderzijlvest DMTShell Friesland Campina Arcadis Berson UV HDM PipelinesUnilever Lionix Avebe Brightwork Metalmembranes

Kurita Purac Kuraray HAPSS2004 Duplaco Waterschap ZuiderzeelandBioclear 2007 2010 De Friesland Zorgverzekeraar WaternetMagneto Aquacare Pure Green Techn. Abengoa Water High Voltage WaterEnergy Valley PWN Biaqua ICLLandustrie/Hubert Brabant Water Van Remmen 2013 SabicPentair/X-flow Dow Chemicals MAST Carbon Kemira SomutGrontmij Stowa IPF/Grander SkionHeineken Trojan UV Veolia Eau 2015

EasyMeasure 2011 CEW Izore2005 CvO-BTO Water Alliance REDstack YaraEsco/Frisia Zout General Electric Stork Veco GrundfosWaterb. Groniningen 2008 A. Hak Construction DeSaH DC WaterWaterm. Drenthe Fuji Film Algae Biotech BioTrack BiostreamPaques Oasen Aqua Nirvana Foundation BioCompact European Water StewardshipRoyalHaskoningDHV Neste Oil O2 Environmental Oosterhof HolmanEvides AF&F EFCseparations SNTRabobank Feyecon Paqell HHNKWetterskip Fryslân Voltea Van Der KnaapBright Spark AquaBattery

Izer

International partners WetsusUK USA/Canada Japan IsraelAnglian Water General Electric Fuji ICLHAPPS DOW Kurita

Mast Carbon DC Water Kuraray SpainBerson UV Trojan UV Abengoa

Germany France Austria FinlandSkion Veolia Eau IPF KemiraEsco Salt Aqua Nirvana SNT Neste Oil

Laborelec-Engie

Denmark Saudi Arabia Ireland NorwayGrundfos Sabic O2Environmental Yara

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How to organize multidisciplinarity

University participants throughout Europe

Meeting place European scientists

Co-funding from regional, national and international programmes

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions2015 – 202010 co-funded PhD’s/year3.34 M€

CoFund3.34 M€

Nat. & regionalgovernment

(50%)

Companies(25%)

(in kind)Universities

www.phdpositionswetsus.eu

21 projects

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Dairy: combining CH4 and CaP recovery

BES allow for Nitrogenand Energy Recovery

Rodriguez Arredondo, M., et al. (2015).DOI: 10.1039/C4EW00066H

(SCP)

NH3 recoveryBES

MAP recoveryCollection

Kuntke, P. (2013). Nutrient andenergy recovery from urine

Full Scale DemoValuefromUrine project

Translate an Idea into Business

2010 - 2012 2013 - 2014 2015 - 2016 -

urine flow

0.5 L/d 10 L/d 50 L/d 200 L/d

Antibiotic resistance

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Denewa: treatment of hospital wastewater (INTERREG IV A)

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Waste water

Chemical agents• Cytostatics• Painkillers• Antinflammatories• Antibiotics• ...

Biological agents• Parasites• Fungi• Viruses• Bacteria• Antimicrobial resistance

Strong network in EU water sector

Vice-president S&T board

Chairing WG Resource RecoveryChairing Water WG

Member Taskforce EIP Water

Chairing FINNOWATER AG

Bilateral cooperation with regions

with ten less developed regions• Latvia (lv)• North Portugal (pt)• Puglia (it)• Lithuania (lt)• Pomorskie (pl)• Lodzkie (pl)• Dolnoslaskie (pl)• Opolskie (pl)• Romenia (ro)

• More Danube regions…?

Network of Excellence in SustainableWater Technology

Triple helix partnership

EIP Water 2016 Conference

Leeuwarden, February 10, 2016

Mayors and Water

Leeuwarden, February 11, 2016

www.wetsus.euwww.watercampus.nl

www.topsectorwater.nl