At the start of the year, Andrea Deiana (DC4) had the chance to present his work under the INCLUE project during the Nieuwjaars Watercongres (VC76), a gathering of the Dutch Water sector at TU Delft.
Increasing water pollution from emerging contaminants, costly wastewater treatment plants struggling to keep pace, and the desire to recover valuable nutrients were among the challenges discussed during the congress, accompanied by a provocative question:
‘The time is ripe, and we are ready to reap the fruits, but how do we do it?’
“Perhaps with some good old thermal hydrolysis, fine-tuned for the removal of Organic MicroPollutants!” That’s Andrea’s answer!