VicInAqua – Integrated aquaculture based on sustainable water recirculating system for the Victoria Lake Basin

VicInAqua's goal is to develop a sustainable combined sanitation and recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) for wastewater treatment and reuse in agriculture in the Victoria Lake Basin area.
The core of the project concept is to develop and test a novel self-cleaning water filters which consist of a highly efficient particle filter as well as a membrane bioreactor (MBR) as principal treatment unit within a combined treatment system.

Details

Status:

  • inactive

Research Focus:

  • Environment / Natural Resources / Biodiversity , 
  • Water / Sanitation / Hydrology

Project Coordination:

Hochschule Karlsruhe – University of Applied Sciences (HKA)
(HKA)

Partners:

Steinbeis Innovation GmbH, Germany
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
Universita delle Calabria, Italy
Aquabiotech Ltd., Malta
Oxyguard International AS, Denmark

Countries:

Germany (Bavaria), Tanzania, United Republic Of, Uganda, Kenya

Funding Agency:

European Union (EU)

Duration:

01/06/2016
– 31/05/2019

Budget:

299.710 EUR

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