Interactive WAter MAnagement

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

Date of latest update: 2023-06-16

Description

Description (EN):

The project aims to improve the resource efficiency in wastewater management in the Baltic Sea Region by capacity development of the wastewater treatment operators and implementation of pilot investments, which will result in reduced nutrient inflows to the Baltic Sea. Municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) play an important role in water protection. Efficient and environmentally smart WWTP operations can influence the state of the sea and the climate. While purifying domestic and industrial wastewaters, WWTPs remove nutrients (phosphorous P and nitrogen N) from the water. When returning to the water bodies, nutrients cause eutrophication, which is one of the biggest problems of the Baltic Sea. The HELCOM recommendations for concentrations for outflowing nutrients are stricter than the requirements of the EU Urban WWT Directive. As a result different WWTPs are applying different requirements in different parts of the BSR. To be able to reach the HELCOM recommendations, most of the WWTPs still need to improve their nutrient removal methodology. Complying with the HELCOM recommendations means also additional operational costs for the WWTPs. However, it is possible, at the same time as applying the HELCOM recommendations, to save costs by smart process optimisation and investments. This opens doors for new business opportunities and innovative, cost and energy efficient technology development. The project actions will focus on three main areas of the municipal WWT sector: capacity development (CD), energy management (EM) and sludge management (SM). The capacity development activities will facilitate uptake of the most recent knowledge on smart sludge and energy management in the region as well as use the lessons learned from the pilot investments. Project partners will participate in on-site workshops, on-line webinars and form national knowledge based communities of lifelong learning in each partner country. The communities will be represented on the international arena through the Baltic Smart Water Hub, which will utilize training materials and other tools developed during the course of the project, and provide an opportunity to adapt new information and continuous knowledge exchange with other water stakeholders in the BSR. The smart energy and sludge management concepts will be developed and tested to improve the efficiency of WWT. The concepts will include the first of its kind common evaluation system for efficient energy performance and sludge treatment based on the wide range of data collected in the BSR. The pilot investments will be implemented for improved energy efficiency and enhanced nitrogen control as well as to increase the quality of sludge management and enhance the nutrient removal through sludge water treatment and new solutions for sludge hygienisation, stabilisation and drying.

Achievements (EN):

In the IWAMA project the Union of Baltic Cities teamed up with five research and training institutions, three national waterworks associations and eight operators of waste water treatment plants from five countries to provide tools and knowledge that operators need to improve the the efficiency of waste water management in the Baltic Sea region. They focused on three of the core areas of the municipal waste water treatment sector: energy management, sludge management and capacity development. Modern technology for waste water treatment plants across the Baltic Sea region: The waste water treatment plants installed state of the art technologies to improve their waste water treatment. Several installations improve the nutrient removal, e.g. a nitrogen component control system in Daugavpils (Latvia), a combined anammox-constructed wetland pilot-plant in Gdańsk (Poland), as well as full-scale sludge humification beds in Türi and Oisu (Estonia) and a reject-water treatment system in Tartu (Estonia). Other installations improved the energy management, e.g. energy-efficient sludge drying in Jūrmala (Latvia), a control system for energy optimization in Kaunas (Lithuania) and a a full-scale advanced control system in Grevesmühlen (Germany). All of these pilot installations were documented and evaluated for other operators to learn from. New tools for better self-monitoring of energy and sludge management: Universities developed two tools which operators of waste water treatment plants can use to audit and optimise their own energy and/or sludge management practices. Operators of twenty wastewater treatment plants tested the auditing tools, among them the plants in Kaunas (Lithuania), Daugavpils (Latvia), Gdansk (Poland), and Grevesmühlen (Germany). The energy audit tool was translated into eight languages and is included in a package of training materials for lifelong learning of professionals in waste water treatment. Training and lifelong learning for waste water experts – in the Baltic Sea region and beyond: The project partners developed a package of training materials and organised workshops and webinars which attracted some 140 organisations. Furthermore, the Union of Baltic Cities set up an online portal that facilitates the international exchange of knowledge and expertise in water management: the Baltic Smart Water Hub. More than 60 professionals from academia, municipal administrations and private companies have contributed to developing the Hub. At the end of the project, the Smart Water Hub provided already more than 50 descriptions of good practices, technical solutions and tools on waste water management including experience gained in the IWAMA project, and more than 100 users from 10 countries were registered. Experts from outside Europe have already expressed interest in the common, transnational approach towards water management in the Baltic Sea Region, namely from Vietnam, from Georgia and from the United States. With the support of the BSR Water platform the Smart Water Hub is developed further. http://interreg-baltic.eu/project/iwama/

Website: https://www.iwama.eu/

Delivered Outputs (EN):

Tested training materials on smart energy and sludge management for improved energy efficiency and nutrient removal “Baltic Smart Water Hub” for functioning national knowledge based communities that supports lifelong learning of WWTP operators. Audit concept for smart energy management Simple control system in Daugavpils WWTP Energy optimized control of large WWTP in Kaunas Advanced control in Grevesmuhlen WWTP Combined anammox- constructed wetland pilot-plant in Gdansk WWTP Audit concept for smart sludge management Sludge humification beds in Türi and Oisu WWTPs Reject-water treatment system in Tartu WWTP Drying and incineration unit in Jurmala WWTP

Thematic information

Water management Energy efficiency

Specific Objective: ‘Clear waters’: To increase efficiency of water management for reduced nutrient inflows and decreased discharges of hazardous substances to the Baltic Sea and the regional waters based on enhanced capacity of public and private actors dealing with water quality issues

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06b) investing in the water sector to meet the requirements of the Union's environmental acquis and to address needs, identified by the Member States, for investment that goes beyond those requirements

Partners (17)

Lead Partner: Itämeren kaupunkien liiton Kestävien kaupunkien kommissio c/o Turun kaupunki

Address: Vanha Suurtori 7, 20500 Turku, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ubc-sustainable.net/

Total budget: EUR 746 236.00

ERDF budget: EUR 559 677.00

Technische Universität Berlin

Name: Technische Universität Berlin

Department: Department of Urban Water Management

Address: Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25; Sekretariat TIB 1 - B 16, 13355 Berlin, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.siwawi.tu-berlin.de

Total budget: EUR 514 195.99

ERDF budget: EUR 385 646.99

Tartu Ülikool

Name: Tartu Ülikool

Department: Institute of Chemistry

Address: Ravila 14A, 50411 Tartu, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ut.ee/

Total budget: EUR 428 270.00

ERDF budget: EUR 364 029.50

Lahden ammattikorkeakoulu Oy

Name: Lahden ammattikorkeakoulu Oy

Address: Mukkulankatu 19, 15210 LAHTI, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lamk.fi/

Total budget: EUR 451 940.00

ERDF budget: EUR 338 955.00

DWA Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e.V.DWA-Landesverband Nord-Ost

Name: DWA Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e.V.DWA-Landesverband Nord-Ost

Address: Halberstädter Str. 40a, D39112 Magdeburg, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.dwa-no.de

Total budget: EUR 92 466.66

ERDF budget: EUR 69 349.99

Eesti Vee-ettevõtete Liit (EVEL)

Name: Eesti Vee-ettevõtete Liit (EVEL)

Address: Järvevana tee 3, 10132 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: private

Website: http://evel.ee

Total budget: EUR 90 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 76 500.00

Aplinkosaugos valdymo ir technologijų centras, VšĮ

Name: Aplinkosaugos valdymo ir technologijų centras, VšĮ

Address: Lydos g. 4, LT - 44213 Kaunas, Lithuania

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.ecat.lt

Total budget: EUR 110 322.00

ERDF budget: EUR 93 773.70

Linnéuniversitetet

Name: Linnéuniversitetet

Department: Faculty of Health and Life Science

Address: Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science, SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lnu.se

Total budget: EUR 201 370.00

ERDF budget: EUR 151 027.50

Kauno Vandenys

Name: Kauno Vandenys

Address: Aukstaiciu str. 43, 44158 Kaunas, Lithuania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.kaunovandenys.lt

Total budget: EUR 151 700.00

ERDF budget: EUR 128 945.00

Zakład Wodociągów I Kanalizacji Sp. z o.o.

Name: Zakład Wodociągów I Kanalizacji Sp. z o.o.

Address: 10 Golisza St., 71-682 Szczecin, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.zwik.szczecin.pl

Total budget: EUR 149 280.00

ERDF budget: EUR 126 888.00

Gdańska Infrastruktura WodociągowoKanalizacyjna Sp. z o.o.

Name: Gdańska Infrastruktura WodociągowoKanalizacyjna Sp. z o.o.

Address: Kartuska 201, 80-122 Gdansk, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.giwk.pl/

Total budget: EUR 403 460.00

ERDF budget: EUR 342 941.00

Zweckverband Grevesmühlen, Wasserversorgung und Abwasserbeseitigung, Körperschaft des öffentliches Rechts

Name: Zweckverband Grevesmühlen, Wasserversorgung und Abwasserbeseitigung, Körperschaft des öffentliches Rechts

Address: Karl-Marx-Straße 7/9, 23936 Grevesmühlen, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.zweckverband-gvm.de

Total budget: EUR 218 326.05

ERDF budget: EUR 163 744.53

Tartu Veevärk AS

Name: Tartu Veevärk AS

Address: Tähe 118, 51013 Tartu, Estonia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.tartuvesi.ee/

Total budget: EUR 358 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 304 300.00

Türi Vesi OÜ

Name: Türi Vesi OÜ

Address: Tehnika 7, 72213 Türi, Estonia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.tyrivesi.ee/

Total budget: EUR 147 250.00

ERDF budget: EUR 125 162.50

Daugavpils ūdens SIA

Name: Daugavpils ūdens SIA

Address: Udensvada 3, LV-5401 Daugavpils, Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.daugavpils.udens.lv

Total budget: EUR 119 349.00

ERDF budget: EUR 101 446.65

Jūrmalas ūdens SIA

Name: Jūrmalas ūdens SIA

Address: 1a Promenades Street, LV-2015 Jurmala, Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.jurmalasudens.lv/

Total budget: EUR 247 650.00

ERDF budget: EUR 210 502.50

aqua & waste International GmbH

Name: aqua & waste International GmbH

Address: Mengendamm 16, 30177 Hannover, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.aquawaste.de/

Total budget: EUR 192 219.00

ERDF budget: EUR 144 164.25

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