A madrileña in Australia. Interview with Raquel García Pacheco. Her research involves recycling the membranes or reverse osmosis filters, which, for example, are those used to desalinate sea water. Dr. García Pacheco seeks new applications for the purification of water in rural areas.
They visited two desalination plants, one of large scale, located in Águilas, and another of small scale, located in Cuevas de Almanzora.
LAYMAN's Report of LIFE TRANSFOMEM project (English version)
AFTER-LIFE Communication Plan (English version)
On the occasion of the closure of the project, the consortium of the LIFE-TRANSFOMEM project has held a final workshop. The day took place on May 16 at the headquarters of the IMDEA Water Institute in Alcalá de Henares. On this day, personal R & D meetings were held by companies such as Valoriza Agua and Sadyt (from the Sacyr Group), Typsa, FCC Aqualia, Facsa and Gimeno Grupo, researchers from the University of Alcalá, Universidad Complutense, Rey Juan University Carlos and Polymat, as well as membrane producers and waste managers. The event gave the opportunity to exchange experiences with other ongoing European projects related to the recycling and reuse of recycled membranes. This demonstrates the scientific and industrial interest in membrane recycling that will support its jump to the market in the future.
In addition to the different presentations, attendees were able to visit one of the validation pilots of recycled ultrafiltration membranes for the regeneration of wastewater, located in the water treatment plant of Guadalajara.