Separate Discharge and Treatment of Urine, Faeces and Greywater - EU Demonstration Project (SCST)

摘要

Sustainable water management is a basic concern of Berliner Wasserbetriebe and Veolia Eau. In this context, not only issues with regard to the long-term use of water and other resources, but also concerning their reuse and the environmental consequences have to be considered. But also from the economic point of view, the highly capital-intensive facilities for water supply and disposal are inflexible as to their long-term and safe use and have to be critically scrutinized due their necessary maintenance expenditure. "Out of sight - out of mind" says a German proverb. If wastewater is not regarded as part of our responsibility, it may be managed improperly. To what extent the social benefit of urban hygiene has in the meanwhile turned into a socially unfavourable thoughtlessness, was not the object of the following project "Sanitation concepts for the Separate Treatment of Urine, Faeces and Greywater". This project was realised by Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin, financed by BWB and Veolia Eau and, as a demonstration project, funded within the EU LIFE programme.