T4H
Research Projects
T4H
Hospital Waste Management with the Aim to Improve the Efficiency of Wastewater Treatment Plants and the Utilization of Effluents
Program at a glance
Funding Agency | Interreg V-A Greece-Cyprus 2014-2020 |
Program Period | 2021-2023 |
Action Acronym | T4H |
Action Name | Hospital Waste Management with the Aim to Improve the Efficiency of Wastewater Treatment Plants and the Utilization of EffluentS |
Project Coordinator | Charalambos Papadogiannis, Municipal Water Supply and Sewerage Service of Heraklion (D.E.Y.A.I.), Greece |
Project partners | Municipal Water Supply and Sewerage Service of Heraklion (D.E.Y.A.I.), Greece Larnaca Sewerage and Drainage Board, Cyprus Greek Mediterranean University / Special Account of Research Fund, Greece Nireas-International Water Research Center, University of Cyprus, Cyprus University of the Aegean- Special Account of research Fund, School of the Environment, Greece |
Total Budget | 999,000€ |
Budget for Nireas-IWRC | 220,750.00 € |
Project website |
Objectives
The main objectives of the project include the design and installation of pilot wastewater treatment plants at the hospitals of Heraklion, Greece and Larnaca, Cyprus for the removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes. The units will consist of anaerobic MBR, phytoremediation through Lemna minor, photocatalysis and microfiltration. The project includes also the economic and environmental evaluation of the operation of the pilot units and the development of guidelines and design models, for full implementation of the total outflow of hospital units, both in the participating hospitals (scale up) and in other hospitals of other areas (transferability and replicability).