The high point of the event took place
at the closing ceremony where the “Low
Cost Microalgae Harvesting Strategies
for Wastewater Treatment Plants” pos-
ter presented by the researcher Zouhayr
Arbib, was selected as the best among
the 600 scientific presentations. The
award-winning research project studies
the harvesting of high energy value mi-
croalgae as part of the All-gas pan-Euro-
pean project led by FCC Aqualia and co-
financed by the European FP7 program.
Prize for researchers’ efforts
The award recognises the efforts of
FCC Aqualia’s young researchers
and the efforts of the team of the
company’s scientists at this event.
The positive outcome of the event recei-
ved significant coverage in the news me-
dia. Newspapers, news agencies, and
radio stations highlighted the added va-
lue generated by having a company such
as FCC Aqualia managing the public wa-
ter services, which benefits include eco-
nomies of scale, synergies, and the de-
velopment of other innovation projects.
More than
5000 people participated
in this congress, the most
important one of its kind
worldwide in the water
industry
The FCC Aqualia team during one of the seminars.
Workshops, plenary sessions
The Resource Recovery workshop was
conducted during the course of the con-
gress, coordinated by Frank Rogalla, In-
novation and Technology manager at FCC
Aqualia, and Elena Maneiro, head of the
project in the same department. The re-
searchers Jules van Lier and Charles Banks
who are currently involved in a European
anaerobic membrane reactor project also
participated in this workshop.
Guillermo Moya, manager of International
Development, participated in the plenary
session “Social Dimensions of Water Mana-
gement Innovations at Scale”, and was in
charge of presenting Dipak Gyawail, mana-
ger of the Nepal Water Conservation Foun-
dation and an academic of the Royal Nepal
Academy of Science and Technology.
Frank Rogalla, Innovation and Technology
manager at FCC Aqualia highlighted the
benefits that small and medium-sized city
councils can reap from the All-gas research
project to optimise the water treatment pro-
cess. The project, being conducted from a
highly practical standpoint studies the har-
vesting of microalgae from wastewater to
generate bioenergy.
Jose Ramón Vázquez, project manager,
from the Innovation and Technology team,
unveiled at FCC Aqualia’s stand the ELAN®
project, a significant improvement in the
energy performance and sustainability of
wastewater treatment plants.
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