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Sub-department of Environmental Technology
Wageningen University & Research
Environmental Technology
Local Urban & Industrial Pollutions; oil, chlorinated
compounds, PAH’s,..Groundwater & Sediments
Bioremediation combined with ATES, Natural
Attenuation, Chemical Oxidation, FOSSA, Best Park,
Lift up Low lands
HistoricallyPolluted
Sites
Chain elongationNatural flocculants
Bio-recycling plasticsSuccinate production
OM as soil amendmentWood bio-oxidationAnaerobic digestion
Fermentation
Pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, Anti-scalants/corrosives,
Pesticides, Pathogens,Antibiotic Resistance.
Biological. Nature based Systems, WWTPs, Advanced
Molecular Analyses.Physico-chemical. Sorption, Metal Oxides, Ozon, UV/IR-
light, Electrodes
Micro-pollutants &Pathogens
ElectroprecipitationBio-electrosynthesis
MFC/MECPlant MFC
Bio-electro-chemistry
Electro-membrane desalinisation & recovery of
ions (ED/MCDI)Polymer effects on
membranes and electrodes in MCDI/ED
Removal of Colloidal ParticlesPolymer based water
recoverySalt water EPS bioformationand (An)aerobic granulation
Salts Polymers& Colloids
Recovery of N,P,SSelenium precipitation
Bio-magnetite formationAlgae for nutrient recovery
Bioscorodite for arsenic removal
Biological sulfur reductionBioleaching of valuable
elements
Bio-crystalli-sation
Engineering recovery and cyclic water Infrastructure: Water out, Shit in; Green Street; Sponge City; Novel Sanitation Desah Sneek.
UrbanInfrastruc-
tureManagement
Plastic recyclingRecycling of organic matter
Reuse Solid Waste,
Organics & Plastics
Healthy Urban Water (FUNQywater, ...)
Resources from Urban Waste Water in Emerging
Economies(LOTUS-HR India &
Bangladesh)
Sustainable and Healthy
reuse of Urban
Resources
Energy storage
Renewable Energy & Storage
Demand-Supply analyses and design of sustainable
resource metabolisms
Sustainable Industrial Water Blueprints (Water Nexus,
Entire, Symbi-EAU-sys)
Urban & Industrial
Modelling & Design
Global nutrient cyclesMicronutrient flows
Nutrient cycle pyramids
Closing Global
Nutrient Cycles
• GIS• Supply-
Demand• Mass Flow
Analysis
Treatment
Generation
(Re)use
AGRISAN: INTEGRATING URBAN AGRICULTURE AND NEW SANITATION
Rosanne Wielemaker
THE BATTERY URBAN FARM
The Battery Urban Farm | Rosanne Wielemaker
EAGLE STREET ROOFTOP FARM
Eagle Street Rooftop Farm | Rosanne Wielemaker
Gotham Greens | 2014
GOTHAM GREENS
How much fertilizer?
Acceptable thresholds?
Seasonal variation?
Growing space?
Amount of nutrients in waste/recovered products?
Contained micro pollutants?
Daily production (discrete events)?
Production location?
URBAN AGRICULTURE + NEW SANITATION
AgriSan | Rosanne Wielemaker
QUALITY OF RECOVERED PRODUCTS
FOR PLANTS
Nutrient content and concentration
Availability to plants
Soil carbon content
Solubility
pH
FOR HUMAN & ENVIRONMENT
Pathogens
Pharmaceuticals
Hormones
Heavy Metals
N03-N02
-NH4+Nitrogen availability
Wikimedia Commons | 1913 | https://goo.gl/images/ci4wkX
Demandwater & nutrients
Supplywater & nutrients
Characterization of UA
Identification of NS concepts
SelectedTechnology
DynamicsMass Flow Analysis
Growing practicesQuantity
Quality
Time
Space
Quantity
Quality
Time
Space
URBAN AGRICULTURE NEW SANITATION
Local Situation/Case Study
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
AgriSan Methods | Rosanne Wielemaker
CITY DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOODBUILDING
DELINEATE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES
Home
OtherSchool
WorkYear
MonthWeekDay
Hour
TIME SPACE
ASSESS DISTRIBUTIONOF PEOPLE IN TIME & SPACE
DEFINE NUTRIENT EXCRETION & FREQUENCY
URINE FECES
10.4
1
2.5
6
1.5
0.5
0.7
1.1
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Potassium
Frequency
g/p
/dti
mes
/p/d
BUILD MODELCALCULATIONS
max
min
HOTSPOT: Highest nutrient load profile category (top
20% of load values)
(pending)-SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
-DATA RESOLUTION
GENERATE IMAGES IDENTIFY HOTSPOTS & ANALYZE DATA
MAPPING NUTRIENT HOTSPOTS
Nutrient Hotspots Methods | Rosanne Wielemaker
BUILDING AND NEIGHBORHOOD PHOSPHORUS LOAD PROFILES
Amsterdam Phosphorus Hotspots | Rosanne Wielemaker
ROSANNE WIELEMAKER
PhD ResearcherEnvironmental Technology
Wageningen University & Research
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