The project will demonstrate innovative technologies by implementing membrane materials and techniques in a new configuration, for the direct treatment of saline flows and others loaded with organic matter, the innovative character of which stems from the specific implementation of the technology and a real-life realisation on the industrial scale of a substantial plant.
LIFE ZEUS will highlight the performance and reliability of the R-Oasys ® and ReGeCycle® processes, backed up by a solution to facilitate the financing of the equipment so that the solutions can be more easily disseminated, particularly to SMEs. CHEMDOC has already offered plant financing with LMT. Complete packages will be developed with commercial partners as part of a global contract including equipment, consumables and service.
LIFE ZEUS is positioned as a flexible solution, whose design and technical capabilities make it adaptable to a wide range of situations: types of effluent, flow rate, volumes, organic load, seasonality, etc.
Customer requirements, particularly for the food industry, are the same as those that led MONIN to turn to membrane filtration technologies as part of its zero discharge project:
- Scalable treatment capacity, for all types of volumes, including seasonal sites.
- Lower operating costs.
- Lower investment than conventional wastewater reuse solutions based on biological treatment.
- Better recycling performance, resulting in greater profitability.
- Easier and less restrictive to operate than biological treatment.
These advantages will be highlighted in action D2, building on the monitoring work carried out in actions C1 and C2 and actions B5&B7.
Implementation of the demonstration site and actions D2, C1, C2, B5 and B7 will prove the technical and economic feasibility of reusing treated wastewater in the food industry and encourage replication projects.
In the medium term, 4 to 5 years after the project, the combined effect of the impact of global warming on the availability of resources, the foreseeable tightening of regulations on the quality of industrial wastewater discharges, a likely incentive pricing policy and the removal of regulatory barriers to the reuse of treated wastewater in the food industry will lead to an increase in the number of projects.
