ENFORCE
ENFORCE aims to develop a resource efficient wastewater management model that will reduce water and environmental footprint of wastewater treatment provisions in the region to ensure sustainability. Innovative and sustainable solutions are necessary for reducing carbon footprint and transition to a circular and resource-efficient economy. Wastewater is recognized as a renewable energy resource, and the source of many other nutrients that can be recovered and can contribute to achieve circular economy targets. However, current wastewater treatment plants & management practices in the region are not efficient enough to recover energy and nutrients that wastewater contains. The partially treated or untreated discharge of effluent into the environment becomes an environmental hazard which is exacerbated by climate change impacts. Circular economy principles can be implemented in wastewater treatment in the form of re-cycle, re-use, nutrients recovery, and energy recovery.
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