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NuReDrain: the end of the beginning
06 July 2023After six interesting years, NuReDrain has ended. The consortium can only be grateful for this exciting project that presented itself as an extremely fruitful quest with great partners and an unique c…
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Investment support for N and P filters in Flanders
05 July 2023The NuReDrain research results have convinced the Flemish government to support the roll-out of filter systems in the field. Since 1 June 2023, Flemish farmers can receive 75% support when investing i…
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The regeneration of P-loaded iron coated sand
05 July 2023Within the NuReDrain project, VITO developed a process to regenerate P-loaded sorbents. This regeneration process, developed for iron-coated sand (ICS) allows for the reuse of the sorbents after satur…
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Results and conclusions for the field tests with a zero-valent iron filter
05 July 2023The field tests of the zero-valent iron (ZVI) filter at the Taastrup site of the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) have shown that this type of filter system can produce water free from nitrate, ammoniu…
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NuReDrain's final conference shows the way towards less nutrient loading in our surface water
13 June 2023On 8 June 2023 we organised our final conference webinar as a partner event of the EU Green Week.
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Inagro pilot plots offer good test case for constructed wetlands, woodchips filter and MBBR
03 May 2023A few years ago, Inagro bought new test fields that needed to be drained: the Godelieve fields. As such, this was the ideal location to test different denitrification techniques for NuReDrain.
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Can nitrate filters help mitigate nitrate pressure in surface water?
03 May 2023Even when farmers fertilize according to plant needs, this does not guarantee that nitrate pressure in surface water remains below EU targets. Inagro (Belgium) tested filter systems on pilot plots and…
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Growers testing 2-in-1 filters for phosphorus and nitrogen removal
03 May 2023PCS Ornamental Plant Research has been conducting tests with combined filter systems that remove both phosphorus and nitrogen from greenhouse effluent. An overview of their latest field test results.
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Upscaled Filter Boxes with Iron-coated Sand for Effective Phosphorus Removal from Open Wells and Collector Drain Water
03 May 2023Previously, a filter box with a filter material volume of 40L Iron-Coated Sand (ICS) developed by UGent was successful in removing reactive phosphorus (P) from individual drains in agricultural fields…
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NuReDrain's final conference on 8 June
28 April 2023NuReDrain 2.0 is organising its final conference webinar! And we do it in style: as a partner event of the EU Green Week! The conference takes place on 8 June from 14:00 until 17:00 CEST.
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