Consortium

Lead partner – West Pomeranian University of Technology

The West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin is a University linking the long-term tradition of the University of Agriculture in Szczecin and Szczecin University of Technology. There are ten faculties at WPUT specializing in 47 fields of study.
Faculty of Electrical Engineering of West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin. It was established in 1946 as one of the first three faculties of Szczecin Engineering School.
Apart from educational activities, the Faculty actively cooperates with the industry and technology transfer centres. The aim of the cooperation is to make the Faculty competitive on the education and labour markets and sustaining active scientific cooperation with companies. This cooperation gives the Faculty access to the most innovative industrial applications and provides an opportunity to make classes attractive. It also gives the Faculty partners a chance to present their standards to students. Another aspect of cooperation is scientific research. For years the Faculty has collaborated with industrial sectors preparing expert’s reports, conducting mutual research, making measurements and applying for funds within UE Framework Programmes, Operational Programmes and ERANET. As the first faculty of WPUT, we established the Industry-Programme Council.

2. Partner – Bornholms Energy & Supply

Bornholms Energy & Supply is a multi-supply company on the Danish island Bornholm in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Poland. Our staff counts app. 150 employees, working in the different branches: Wastewater, Water supply, District heating, Power supply and Power grid. Our company is owned by the Municipality, and operate the sewer systems and wastewater plants for the 40.000 inhabitants in the municipality of Bornholm. 

3. Partner – Klaipeda University

Klaipeda University was established in 1991 and nowadays has over 100 study programmes in all three cycles, providing research and technological innovations-based contemporary knowledge which ensures advanced university education and high professional skills and develops an intelligent, responsible, and creative personality.
Faculty of Marine Technology and Natural Sciences. Department of Natural Sciences.
The main Faculty activities related to education and research. Research are done in the field of sustainable development of maritime industries, where research in shipping and port security and in logistics optimization are well represented. The reduction of the environemental pollution as well as technological solutions for the maritime transport energy effectiveness are fulfilled. The research in the energy-efficient equipment and its systems, their development and improvement are important part of the investigation. The assessment of engineering technologies impact to environment and natural resources resilience and management are investigated as well. Mathematical simulation of the „case studies“and innovative decisions making are developed.

4. Partner – The municipality of Höör /Mittskåne Water

Mittskåne Water is an organization that manages the water and sewage plants in Höör and Hörby municipalities. Mittskåne Water has its head office in Höörs municipality but manages and maintains facilities and pipelines in both municipalities. A total of about 30 people work within the organization.
The municipalities are in the middle of the Skåne region and have about 30,000 inhabitants together. The municipalities want to reduce their impact on the environment and want to work to end the cycle. An improved sludge quality is a way to contribute to this.

5. Partner – Goleniowskie Wodociągi i Kanalizacja

„Goleniowskie Wodociągi i Kanalizacja Sp. z o.o.” in Goleniów, Poland is active in the field of municipal water provision and waste water collection on the territory of Goleniów municipality (30.000 inhabitants). The overall value of infrastructure used is estimated at 20 Mln Eur. The company actively invests in the water infrastructure from own and external resources including european programmes. The compamny employs around 70 employees and within its structures has a organization unit responsible for investments and projects. GWiK in last years has done investments co-financed from EU structural funds, including the construction of new and modernization of existing sewage treatment plants. As part of projects co-financed from EU structural funds GWiK was built over 50 km of network and modernized sewage treatment plant in Goleniów, inter alia in the processing of sewage sludge.”

Associated Partner – SC “Klaipedos vanduo”

Stock Company “Klaipedos Vanduo” supplies drinking water to the residents and companies of Klaipeda City and District and to collect and treat wastewater. The total length of the Klaipeda City and District Water Supply Network is around 870 km. Nearly all city water-supply lines are connected into a ring network suitable for fire extinction and for uninterruptible water supply to the consumers. The sewerage network of the city is dedicated for collection of home and industrial waste water. The network consists of 745 km of sewerage pipelines in Klaipeda City and Klaipeda district. Company treats around 15 million cubic meters of wastewater each year. The majority of the collected wastewater, i.e. approx 90%, gets treated at the Dumpiai Wastewater Treatment Plant while other wastewater is treated in 14 smaller wastewater treatment plants scattered around Klaipėda District. The Dumpiai Wastewater Treatment Plant collects wastewater from Klaipėda, Priekulė, Gargždai, Jakai, Ginduliai, Slengiai, Karklė, Agluonėnai and Dovilai. The company employs 376 employees, including 183 highly qualified specialists and administrative employees and 193 technicians