The Burriana City Council, FACSA, and Hydrokemós, a highly innovative SME specializing in the application of the latest technologies to water treatment and purification, have launched a research project to eliminate nitrates generated during the treatment and purification process through electrodenitrification. This procedure, among other advantages, prevents the generation of brine or nitrate waste by converting them into nitrogen and oxygen.
The mayor of Burriana, Maria Josep Safont, accompanied by the councilor for the Environment, Bruno Arnandís; and the councilor for Services, Vicent Aparisi, visited the facility and stated that “projects like this show the interest that both the council and the company awarded the service have in improving water treatment performance, and continuing to increase the levels of respect for both the Environment and the water management model.”.
In turn, regarding the implementation of the new project, FACSA explained that "it is an initiative promoted by the European Union through the WATIFY program, within the framework of the Horizon 2020 program, and aims to convert the waste generated by wastewater treatment into nitrogen and oxygen.".
Through this type of technology, which is completely harmless to the environment, instead of being separated from the water as in conventional processes, nitrogen is electrochemically destroyed and transformed into air. Furthermore, the water is also chlorinated and disinfected during the treatment process.
To test the effectiveness of this procedure, promoted by the European Union through the WATIFY program within the framework of the Horizon 2020 program, FACSA has installed a pilot electrodenitrification plant at the reverse osmosis facilities of the Burriana City Council's Municipal Drinking Water Supply Service. This project will validate the use of this technology in treating desalination plant wastewater and, additionally, in purifying water for human consumption.
