LIFE SIAMEC project aims to demonstrate the feasibility of using a novel Integrated System of anaerobic Methanogenic reactor and Membrane bioreactor (SIAM) for the removal of organic matter and nitrogen from wastewaters at ambient temperature while producing an effluent suitable for reuse and minimizing energy consumption and GHGs emissions.

The LIFE SIAMEC project will demonstrate the anaerobic treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater at ambient temperature in European climates in order to obtain a technology that consumes less energy, produces less biomass and has a lower integrated footprint for wastewater reclamation. This technology will overcome the main drawbacks associated with anaerobic wastewater treatment at low temperature – namely, greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen removal – since the dissolved methane present in the effluent is used as a source of carbon for denitrification in both a membrane and a non-membrane based post-treatment. The project will demonstrate the technical feasibility of applying basic and advanced reclamation processes to the effluents of both prototypes for agricultural, industrial, environmental and urban water re-use while reducing associated costs and environmental impacts in comparison to the conventional wastewater treatment schemes currently applied.

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