Closed-loop wAter Systems in textile industrial distriCts: orchestrAteD rEmoval of emerging pollutants from textile wastewater

The LifeCascade Project

Start date: 1st October 2023
Duration: 48 months

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The CASCADE  project is aimed at evaluating at a laboratory scale and testing at a demonstrative scale a series of treatment technologies to remove PFAS and Microplastics from wastewater both at the level of textile companies and at the level of centralized wastewater treatment plants.

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PFAS

PFAS are among the most persistent emerging micropollutants and among the substances most studied by researchers in recent years, due to their impact on the environment and on human health, so much so that they are subject to great attention by regulatory bodies.

In the CASCADE project, two categories of emerging (micro) pollutants of great interest in the textile sector have been selected: poly- and per-fluorinated compounds (PFAS) and Microplastics.

MICROPLASTIC

Microplastics in water are the second addressed problem, whose origin is partly connected to the production cycle and deterioration during the use of textile products containing synthetic fibers.

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Public deliverables:

  • Green Procurement and
  • Green Project Management
  • Report on the presence of MP and PFAS in the wastewater of the textile companies
  • Report on the presence of PFAS and MP in centralised WWTPs in a textile district
  • Report on the survey on the quality and quantity of reused water required by the textile district
  • Report on the nanocellulose extraction and production from textile industrial waste
  • Laboratory pilot for PFAS and MPs removal at the textile factory level
  • Demonstrative pilot plant for MPs removal at textile factory level – surface filtration DBFPP
  • Demonstrative pilot plant for MPs removal at textile factory level – surface filtration DDFPP
  • Demonstrative pilot plant for PFAS removal at WWTP – GAC/BAC module
  • Demo-scale GAC/BAC TO3X pilot ready to use

LIFE CASCADE has been funded under the LIFE PROGRAMME.

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