Innovative Cost-effective Multibarrier Treatments for Reusing Water for Agricultural Irrigation (LIFE PHOENIX)

LIFE PHOENIX is a demonstrator project. It aims at the validation of a multiple barrier FPP with a set of 3ary technologies in 5 sites (3 for testing technologies for large-medium WWTPs, 2 for testing technologies for small WWTPs) and 1 replication site (small WWTP), arranged in a flexible way to allow any combination between them (Fig. 3). Although some of LIFE PHOENIX technologies have been already validated individually at TRL 5-6, LIFE PHOENIX will demonstrate them in an integrated and flexible solution in the form of a FPP, providing 130-240 m3/day of water for agricultural reuse (WWR-EU class A), and at a higher TRL of 7-8. LIFE PHOENIX technologies are tailored for the particularities of small or large-medium WWTPs. In the first case they include natural based and low-energy-low-maintenance treatments, while technologies for large-medium WWTPs are intensive and easily scalable.

Objectives:

• Demonstrate new cost-effective multibarrier treatments at TRL 7-8 for reusing 2ary effluents to meet WWR-EU quality for agricultural irrigation by a flexible pilot plant (FPP) with state-of-the-art and innovative technologies.