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Project

MERMAID : Microbial Resource Management for Closing the Urban Water Cycle

Outputs and Outcomes

Acronym

MERMAID

Code

41U06713

Duration

01 September 2013 → 31 August 2017

Funding

European funding: framework programme

Promotor

Nico Boon

Research disciplines

Engineering and technology
- Environmental microorganism biotechnology

Keywords

flow cytometry urban water cycle microbial communities invasion

Project description

A rising demand for safe drinking water makes it necessary to close the Urban Water Cycle (water to wastewater to water) in a sustainable, cost efficient manner. Microbial communities have always been used in water industry and environmental biotechnology, but rather based on historical empirical than scientific approaches. Consequently, the management of microbial communities and their interactions in a controlled way is the next step, termed Microbial Resource Management.

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