Recycling and reducing the environmental impact of thermal waters

The major problems occurring during the handling of drained wastewater from the thermal spas are the high salinity and the largely present microbiological contamination. The aims of the project are to invent a new, complex technique that allows the optimized recycling of thermal waters with cavitational germ-exonerating and to reduce the level of salinity in the wastewater coming from these waters and their impact on the surrounding eco-system with the combination of algae-reactors, industrial reversed ozmotical techniques and hydrobiological methods.
As thermal water is a limited natural resource, we have to keep in mind its handling, which can make it possible for the new generations to use it and meanwhile sustainability can be attractive for the current customers, too as it shows the responsibility of the service provider. The significant level of salinity reduces the recoverability of surface waters. We have to accomplish a great ecological condition of the waters by the year of 2027. This is only possible in the case of the thermal-recipients if the level of salinity can be radically lowered. That is why it is very important at thermalism to have a sustainable desalinization process.
The research and development project was implemented in the consortia of two companies and two universities, who have different skills in the field.