METREAU: Microbial Electrochemical Technologies for REsource recovery And Utilisation
Amount awarded: £1,656,489
Led by: Northumbrian Water
Partners: Isle Utilities, METzero, Newcastle University, Thames Water, Uisce Éireann, Yorkshire Water
METREAU will ready Microbial Electrolysis Cells for scaled use in wastewater utilities to support against capacity pressures, reduce energy needs and carbon footprint and recover resources of economic value. A high-performing mobile unit will be developed for companies to evaluate the benefits to their wastewater treatment, ready for roll out.
“Now more than ever we need energy and carbon efficient solutions to treat wastewater and recover the resources it contains. Our collaboration with Newcastle University saw the first successful use of microbial electrochemical technology to treat domestic wastewater, so we’re very excited to accelerate this technology towards deployment at scale.” – Richard Warneford, Wastewater Director, Northumbrian Water Group
