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