Zero-waste water cycle

"Zero-waste" means avoiding or heavily reducing waste production so that future generations do not have to pay the price. For the urban water cycle, this means reusing waste flows like emissions to air, treated waste water and resource recovery and  as far as possible.

At Aquafin, we research, develop and test technologies that ensure that, for example, treated wastewater can be an alternative water source. We are also looking at the possibilities of recovering nutrients and energy from the treatment process. All this in a cost- and environmentally efficient way.

Highlighted projects

Sewer thermal energy Aquafin

Sewer thermal energy

Sewage is a promising energy source thanks to sewer thermal energy technology. After all, the water in a sewer is far more than a waste product. It still contains plenty of residual heat from washing machines and showers, for example. And this makes an excellent basis for heating buildings.
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Biogas turns into biomethane

At the Antwerpen-Zuid waste water treatment plant, Aquafin converts the biogas produced by the fermentation of sewage sludge into biomethane. We inject that green gas into the natural gas grid.
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