BIO-UV Group Integrates Its UV-C Reactor into Montpellier's European Water Recycling Project
BIO-UV Group announces the integration of its UV-C RW reactor into the mobile treatment unit developed under the European LIFE ReWa program led by the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Water Board. This project aims to produce 110,000 cubic meters of recycled water annually from treated wastewater.
A Mobile Unit to Test Treatment Systems
The mobile container incorporates several treatment technologies, including BIO-UV Group's UV-C system, to test various processes designed to produce high-quality recycled water. This unit will help define water qualities suitable for multiple uses: cleaning green spaces and roadways, agricultural irrigation, industrial uses, firefighting, and network hydro-cleaning.
The project is based on a protocol involving ultrafiltration and UV disinfection, capable of producing four water qualities at a rate of 25 to 40 cubic meters per hour. Tests will be conducted at the output of five wastewater treatment plants in the metropolis: Lattes, Fabrègues, Cournonterral, Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, and Saint-Georges-d'Orques.
A Context of Water Resource Preservation
The Montpellier metropolis currently discharges about 32 million cubic meters of treated wastewater each year into the sea and rivers, of which only 0.01% is reused. The LIFE ReWa program, funded by Europe, the Occitanie region, and the Rhône Méditerranée and Corsica Water Agency, aims to transform this situation by creating a new source of recycled water.
The initiative also includes setting up recycled water storage units at several wastewater treatment stations in the metropolis to make water available to users. The project is part of a pioneering approach in France to preserve water resources and limit the extraction of natural freshwater.
