EMWIS will participate in one recently approved project of LIFE 2014 program on sludge treatment: ANADRY

The LIFE program is the only financial instrument of the European Union dedicated exclusively to the environment. Its overall objective for the period 2004-2020 is to contribute to sustainable development and the achievement of the objectives and goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy and the relevant strategies and plans of the Union's environment and climate. The existing total budget for grants for the LIFE 2014 is 283 million euros. Of these, 238 million have been allocated to the Sub-Environment and of those 165 million for 'traditional' projects.

Among traditional projects recently approved reported from the managing agency, the Executive Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises (EASME), assigned by the European Commission for the evaluation of proposals under the LIFE program, there is one project in which EMWIS is involved.

This project entitled ANADRY "Dry anaerobic digestion as an alternative management and treatment for sewage sludge" will develop a new technology in semi-industrial scale of dry anaerobic digestion in thermophilic and mesophilic conditions and whose main objective is to improve treatment and management of sewage sludge produced in WWTPs with lower treatment capacity.

In the project coordinated by Depuración Aguas del Mediterraneo (DAM) will collaborate the Centre of Studies & Technical Research of Gipuzkoa (CEIT), the Regional Agency for sanitation and wastewater treatment in the region of Murcia (ESAMUR), the company Mendyra and EMWIS (Euro-Mediterranean Information System on Know-how in the Water Sector).

The project aims to show the efficiency of this technology to treat sludge produced in the WWTP, maximize biogas production and obtain a slurry with a degree of stabilization and proper sanitation for its use in agriculture.

ANADRY project is planned to last three and a half year and has a total budget of 1,549,598 Euros, with the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community.