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Completed project · 2011–2014
Biotechnology for Africa’s sustainable water supply
Africa, the world’s second driest continent, faces mounting challenges in providing sufficient safe water for its growing population. Wastewater treatment technologies and reuse applied to the treatment of polluted water resources can play an important role in addressing this challenge. The WATERBIOTECH project has been designed to find an appropriate solution to water scarcity in Africa.
In order to propose an appropriate solution, a number of analyses have been carried out concerning the legal framework, the treatment technologies in use, the socio-economic situation and cost-benefit considerations in the nine target African countries. Based on these analyses, a strategy for the large-scale implementation of the proposed technology, as well as guidelines for the implementation process of wastewater treatment biotechnologies, will be developed. The on-site demonstration and dissemination of the proposed technology and methods provide a unique opportunity to involve various stakeholders in the development process.