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Webinar presents cost evaluation tool for measures to reduce the nutrient Export from agricultural landscapes
28 February 2023Stakeholders and catchment officers need to know the costs and the impact of technical measures to reduce nutrient pollution for a strategic and sustainable catchment management. On 14 February NuReDr…
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Promising test results for the regeneration of filter materials for phosphorus removal
19 December 2022The successful regeneration of filter materials after saturation is an important aspect for a sustainable use of phosphorus removal filters. VITO’s treatment tests to desorb the loaded filter material…
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Testing different filter materials for phosphorus removal at PCS
19 December 2022PCS Ornamental Plant research has conducted field tests on P removal since 2017. Their latest results give interesting insights in the lifespan and circular use of iron coated sand. Two filter materia…
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Lessons learned after three seasons of intensive follow-up of a moving bed bioreactor (MBBR)
19 December 2022After three seasons of intensive monitoring of a pilot scale moving bed bioreactor (MBBR) system for nitrate removal by KU Leuven, a lot of practical experience was gained in operating such treatment …
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Towards a realistic cost and impact assessment of measures for reducing nutrient export from agricultural landscapes
19 December 2022The costs and the impact of technical measures to reduce nutrient loads in tile-drained landscapes depend on many factors and are hardly predictable. Therefore, it is reasonable not to calculate with …
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NuReDrain 2.0 Webinar shows the road to effective nutrient filter systems in the fields
29 September 2022On 24 November, NuReDrain organised a well-attended webinar where the project partners presented the research work and first results of NuReDrain 2.0.
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NuReDrain partners visit Rostock University for a project meeting
05 May 2022After a long period of travel restrictions and (semi-)lockdowns, NuReDrain partners were again able to have a physical meeting and travelled on 15 and 16 March to Rostock (Germany). The latest researc…
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Design your own MBBR with a handy calculation tool
05 May 2022Nitrates in drainage water can be removed from water by means of a Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR). This has been proved in several NuReDrain field cases. NuReDrain partner KU Leuven developed a too…
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VIDEO A Zero Valent Iron filter to trap nitrogen and phosphorus from drainage water
01 April 2022Copenhagen University is testing an experimental Zero Valent Iron filter for the removal of phosphorus and nitrogen from drainage water. The nitrate is transformed into ammonium that could be recycle…
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Vegetable grower Goni invests in a ‘NuReDrain MBBR filter system’
24 January 2022The Belgian vegetable grower Goni located in Sint-Katelijne-Waver has invested in a denitrifying Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor filter developed by NuReDrain project partner KU Leuven. The field test resu…
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