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16/09/2024

Phoenix faces its final stretch

Phoenix validation process, one of the pioneering research projects in water reclamation for agricultural use, is in its final stages. The validation has been carried out according to Regulation 741/2020 on minimum requirements for the reuse of water for agricultural irrigation.

The technologies have been validated indi...

05/08/2024

A lot of visits in the last 12 moths

In the last 12 months we have received many visits from students, among which we highlight:

In the months of July and September 2023 we had visits from students of two courses: "Industrial processes based on microalgae" and another training course organized by the DIGITALGAESATION project, both organized by Professor Ga...

17/06/2024

AEDYR Congress in Granada

Phoenix was presented, on the 13th of last June, at the Congress, XIII International Congress AEDyR organized by AEDyR in Granada. AEDYR is the Spanish Association for desalination and water reuse. The different technical solutions for the regeneration of wastewater for agricultural use that make up this project were p...

09/10/2023

Visit of the provincial government

The Special Deputy Delegate for Sustainability and Natural Environment, María Luisa Cruz Escudero, and the Special Deputy Delegate for European Fundraising and Entrepreneurship, José Juan Martínez Pérez visited the LIFEPHOENIX project on 3 October. The purpose of this visit was to know the different innovative and sust...

02/10/2023

European researchers night

Thanks to the effort, work, and professionalism of the Solar Energy Research Centre (CIESOL), DIPALME, and Aqualia, the LIFE PHOENIX project was presented at the European Researchers' Night in the city of Almeria last September.

This is an activity that allows the streets and squares of Andalusia to be filled with scien...

21/04/2023

6th project meeting

The 6th project meeting took place online on the 20th of April. The event was attended by the NEEMO Monitor, the Project Adviser as well as all the project partners.

This was a great opportunity to share the progress made in the different project activities, and the different points of view and to plan the next actions...

27/03/2023

Inauguration of Phoenix plant in Almería

The plant of the European innovation project Life Phoenix was inaugurated on March 24th, built in the facilities of El Toyo WWTP in the city of Almería. The project is part of the HUB REUSA, a platform focused on research on wastewater regeneration for agricultural use. The event was chaired by the Mayor of Almería, Ma...

20/03/2023

XV Technical Conference on Reuse of Regenerated Water

The Phoenix project was presented at the XV Technical Conference on Reuse of Regenerated Water: New Challenges, New Solutions, organised by ESAMUR in collaboration with Spanish Association of Desalination and Reuse (AEDYR). The conference took place in Cartagena (Murcia) between the 15th and 16th of March.

The different...

13/02/2023

Farmers from Almería know about Phoenix

Last 10th February, the Phoenix Project was visited by members of COAG Almería, one of the main farmers associatons of the province, and the Municipal Councillor for Environmental Sustainability of Almería, Margarita Cobos, the Manager of AQUALIA in the city, José Antonio Otero and Antonio Amazares, Head of Collection ...

17/01/2023

The Phoenix plant is already operational

The project technologies are finishing their start-up. For this reason, the validation process of the demonstration plant has started. This validation will be carried out for all the technologies individually and in combination.

These studies will continue at the El Toyo WWTP for one year to obtain results with differen...

 

Funding details:

Funding: LIFE Environment and Resource Efficiency

Organism: European Commision (EC)

ProjectLIFE19/ENV/ES/000278

Grant: Subsidy of 55% budget

Total funding received: 1.855.113€

With the contribution of the European Union LIFE programme LIFE19 ENV/ES/000278

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