JRC (EC)

Following the completion in 2017 of two feasibility studies in the Danube region on the development of innovative, integrated solutions for wastewater treatment, the Joint Research Center to the EC assigned to the CEO of ABERON to conduct an expert assessment on the applicability of the wastewater solutions in the pilot agglomerations of Gabrovo, Veliko Tarnovo and Razgrad, Bulgaria.

Opportunities of water, energy and nutrient recovery were analyzed for a set of treatment technologies. A business model was developed with a financial assessment and a definition of revenues that make the business sustainable. Part of the survey was quantification of costs of systematic implementation of wastewater treatment, as well as the corresponding reductions of pollution loads, and the social, economic, financing, governance, capacity and cultural aspects that may hamper or favour the applicability of the different solutions.

Year 2017-2018