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      nextGen

      nextGen

      Towards A Next Generation Of Water Systems And Services For The Circular Economy.

      NextGen will demonstrate innovative solutions for water in the circular economy in ten demonstration cases across Europe. The circular economy transition to be driven by NextGen encompasses a wide range of water-embedded resources: (1) water reuse at multiple scales supported by nature-based storage, optimal management strategies, advanced treatment technologies, engineered ecosystems and compact/mobile/scalable systems; (2) energy recovery by combined water-energy management, treatment plants as energy factories, water-enabled heat transfer, storage and recovery for allied industries and commercial sectors; and (3) material recovery by nutrient mining and reuse, manufacturing new products from waste streams, regenerating and repurposing membranes to reduce water reuse costs, and producing activated carbon from sludge to minimise costs of micro-pollutant removal.

      FHNW School of Life Sciences makes a comprehensive economic assessment of defined system configurations with specific technologies and processes in place using inputs provided by the case studies. Direct and indirect effects of the NextGen processes and services will be analyzed and quantified. Depending data availability, complexity and system maturity the LCC and CEA will be performed in different levels of detail.

      Key Figures

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      Project duration:
      2018-2022
      Funding agency:
      EU / H2020, GA no. 776541
      Project website:
      www.nextgenwater.eu/

      Collaboration in research and services

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      Luca Loreggian

      Dr. Luca Loreggian

      Research Associate

      Telephone

      +41 61 228 55 68

      E-mail

      luca.loreggian@fhnw.ch

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      School of Life Sciences FHNW Institute for Ecopreneurship Hofackerstrasse 30 4132 Muttenz

      Michael Thomann

      Prof. Dr. Michael Thomann

      Team leader and lecturer, environmental and water technologies

      Telephone

      +41 61 228 53 34

      E-mail

      michael.thomann@fhnw.ch

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      Hochschule für Life Sciences FHNW Institut für Ecopreneurship Hofackerstrasse 30 4132 Muttenz

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      Institute for Ecopreneurship

      FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
      School of Life Sciences
      Institute for Ecopreneurship

      Hofackerstrasse 30

      CH - 4132 Muttenz

      Phone+41 61 228 60 75

      E-Mailmarco.rupprich@fhnw.ch

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