Demo sites

The 7 rivers connected to the demo sites – Stoke-on-Trent and Redditch (UK), Ebro (Spain), Ticino and Olona (Italy), Queich (Germany), and the Danube (Serbia) – run through several major European capital cities and feed into 5 sea basins (Celtic, Mediterranean, Adriatic, Black and North Seas).

The demo sites were chosen according to geographical spread and variations in types of wastewater treatment facilities in order to maximise impact. Of the 5 demo sites, 4 are at wastewater treatment plants (UK, Spain, Germany, and Italy). The fifth demo site is the Danube river itself in Serbia (including connecting channels). In total, UPSTREAM will address 7 different rivers, which discharge into 4 different seas (the Celtic, Mediterranean, Adriatic, and North Seas).

Demo 1 – Severn Trent WWTP

Located in Stoke-on-Trent and Redditch, United Kingdom  |  Connected rivers: Severn and Trent rivers

The Rivers Severn and Trent are the 1st and 3rd longest rivers in Great Britain, respectively, totalling 651 km. They discharge into the Bristol Channel, which opens into the Celtic Sea.

Technologies to be demonstrated: Combined cellulose/MP recovery (Stoke-on-Trent) and
removal of residual MP with Daphnia water fleas as a tertiary treatment (Redditch).

Demo 4 – EW Landau WWTP

Location: Landau-Moerlheim, Germany  |  Connected rivers: River Queich

The River Queich is a 52 km tributary of the Rhine, a major European river, emptying into the North Sea

Technologies to be demonstrated: Rapid detection by fluorescent dyeing, elimination of micropollutants using UV Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP), elimination of MP by the Wasser 3.0 PE-X® agglomeration process.

Demo 5 – Novi Sad sampling sites on the Danube and connecting channels

Location: Novi Sad, Serbia  |  Connected rivers: the Danube

The Danube is a major EU river at 2850 km, running through 4 capital cities and emptying into the Black Sea

Technologies to be demonstrated: Detection of L and P with drones, removal of L/P/MP with floating systems.

Demo 3 – CAP Holdings WWTP

Location: Robecco sul Naviglio and Basiglio (Milan area), Italy  |  Connected rivers: Ticino and Olona

Both smaller rivers that connect to the 652 km Po River, with one of the largest discharges into the Adriatic Sea.

Technologies to be demonstrated: Prevention of MP through the formulation of biodegradable bioplastics.

Demo 2 – Zaragoza Eco-ciudad WWTP

Located in Zaragoza, Spain  |  Connected river: Ebro River

The Ebro River flows through the Iberian peninsula over 930 km, discharging into the Mediterranean Sea.

Technologies to be demonstrated: Rapid detection by fluorescent dyeing; MP removal with membranes; biodegradability of new bioplastics.

 

Located in Stoke-on-Trent and Redditch, United Kingdom  Connected rivers: Severn and Trent rivers

The Rivers Severn and Trent are the 1st and 3rd longest rivers in Great Britain, respectively, totalling 651 km. They discharge into the Bristol Channel, which opens into the Celtic Sea.

Technologies to be demonstrated: Combined cellulose/MP recovery (Stoke-on-Trent) and removal of residual MP with Daphnia water fleas as a tertiary treatment (Redditch).

Located in Zaragoza, Spain  Connected river: Ebro River

The Ebro River flows through the Iberian peninsula over 930 km, discharging into the Mediterranean Sea.

Technologies to be demonstrated: Rapid detection by fluorescent dyeing; MP removal with membranes; biodegradability of new bioplastics.

Location: Robecco sul Naviglio and Basiglio (Milan area), Italy  Connected rivers: Ticino and Olona

Both smaller rivers that connect to the 652 km Po River, with one of the largest discharges into the Adriatic Sea.

Technologies to be demonstrated: Prevention of MP through the formulation of biodegradable bioplastics

Location: Landau-Moerlheim, Germany  Connected rivers: River Queich

The River Queich is a 52 km tributary of the Rhine, a major European river, emptying into the North Sea

Technologies to be demonstrated: Rapid detection by fluorescent dyeing, elimination of micropollutants using UV Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP), elimination of MP by the Wasser 3.0 PE-X® agglomeration process

Location: Novi Sad, Serbia  Connected rivers: the Danube

The Danube is a major EU river at 2850 km, running through 4 capital cities and emptying into the Black Sea

Technologies to be demonstrated: Detection of L and P with drones, removal of L/P/MP with floating systems

Photo: Thomas Meisel

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