Several technologies are already available, which allow efficient wastewater treatment and re-use without hygienic risks on a low-cost and easy-to-handle level. These includes sanitation systems with low water consumption, separation of grey and black water, biological treatment of grey water and reuse for non-drinking purposes (e.g. irrigation), bio-membrane reactors for intense treatment, constructed wetlands for extensive treatment, sludge hygienisation for re-use as fertiliser.<\/p>\n\n
The beneficiary countries are Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey.<\/p>\n\n
The project consortium consists of 11 partners from these four Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPC) and the EU-countries Italy, Greece, Austria and Germany and comprises a Municipality, environmental NGOs, non-profit professional organisations and research institutions (see under Consortium).<\/p>\n\n
Target groups of the project are experts from administration, planning and engineers. Awareness raising measures additional target on schools and interested public. <\/p>\n\n
Zer0-M wants to enable one centre in each country to implement and disseminate SWM solutions and to promote the technologies and the approach among authorities and consumers. Main issues to be taken into consideration are: <\/p>\n\n
Planned Activities<\/p>\n\n