domestic wastewater treatment in ps-eau in netherlands

domestic wastewater treatment in ps-eau in netherlands
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  • Who is building a new wastewater treatment plant in the Netherlands?
  • Following a public tender, in April 2016 the Dutch construction companies Heijmans and GMB were awarded the contract to build a new municipal wastewater treatment plant by water authority De Stichtse Rijnlanden.
  • Are Dutch people becoming dissatisfied with decentralised wastewater treatment?
  • In a book chapter about decentralised (small-scale) treatment in the 2000s, two STOWA affiliates remark that ‘certain groups in the Netherlands were becoming dissatisfied with the way in which human wastewater was collected and treated in their country’ (Swart & Palsma, 2013, p. 431).
  • What is the Dutch wastewater treatment programme?
  • The goal of the programme is to improve the technologies’ removal efficiencies while minimising the additional carbon footprint. By late 2025, at least 12 Dutch municipal wastewater treatment plants are expected to have a full scale additional treatment stage.
  • Why did Utrecht build a new wastewater treatment plant?
  • Due to the location of Utrecht’s sewer system, it was decided to build the new installation on the existing site. Owing to the Nereda technology’s compact nature, it was possible to construct it alongside the existing plant. The new wastewater treatment plant is capable of removing twice as much nitrogen and phosphate from the water.