MEDuWa

MEDuWa (MEDicines Unwanted in Water) developed innovative solutions to avoid emissions of pharmaceuticals and multi-resistant microorganisms into soil, water, air, and food.

With increasing access to healthcare all over the world, more and more drugs are prescribed. With increased prescription more drugs end up in the sewage system and eventually in the surface and ground water. This is also the case in the Netherlands. Examples of drugs that are found in wastewater are diabetes drugs, metformin, contraceptives (estradiol) and the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac.

Saxion has investigated the potential of nanofiltration to remove these micro-pollutants from the effluent as final treatment of municipal wastewater prior to discharge meeting the strict EU regulations.

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