As the first full scale facility of its type, an ozonation plant is being implemented in Switzerland. The WWTP Neugut in Dübendorf cleans the wastewater from Dübendorf, Dietlikon, Wangen-Brüttisellen, and Wallisellen. The Neugut plant will be the first full scale ozonation facility at a municipal WWTP in Switzerland. The launch is expected for early 2014. The Neugut plant is a tailor-made application developed in cooperation with Eawag and the surrounding municipalities to protect the water quality of the nearby river and wells.

Roberta Hofman-Caris, researcher at KWR and involved in the DEMEAU Work Area on Advanced Oxidation Techniques, will give a presentation at the World Congress of the International Ultraviolet Association and the International Ozone Assiciation in Las Vegas, United States. It takes place on September 24th on 10:30 within session 17 ‐ AOP Methods in Drinking Water. The presentation deals with the formation of possibly (genotoxic) by-products in UV and UV/H2O2 processes. Find the extended abstract here.

Several DEMEAU partners attended the Micropol & Ecohazard Conference and took part in panels and poster presentations. In connection with the conference, project representatives met on June 19 and 20 to discuss the project’s progress. Visits at partner utilities in Zurich gave a first impression of the implementation of the new technologies.

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