Decentralized Water Resource Circulation as a Sustainable Solution for Plantation

Title of Project: Decentralized water resource circulation as a sustainable solution for plantation

Sector: Water pollution

Country: Vietnam

Lead Institution:    Hanoi University of Science and Technology

Co-PI Institution:    Hanoi University of Science and Technology

Partner(s):     VIEBA, PANDORA, VIETXANH CON-TECH., JSC, AVIPRO JSC., CECR

Final Budget:     $171,957.00

Project Length: 2 year

Research Objective:

Determine the possibility of municipal wastewater recycling to develop appropriate on-site plant systems, minimize domestic wastewater emissions into the environment, and repurpose waste nutrients.

Project Description:

The project aims to develop practices that promote Decentralized water circulation to reuse water and nutrients in domestic wastewater to support greenifying local areas without excessively exploiting the local natural resource. Effective measures and practices can conceivably change local water usage in different communities. 

The translation partners in this project, VIETXANH, and AVIPRO, have a multifunction facility, equipment, and technician ready for the LASER PULSE funded project in terms of R&D, manufacture, test, and deploy the water circulation system as the outcome of the project. Two other translation partners, the Vietba garment company with 120 women workers and the Pandora Education Park will host the water circulation system. Two complete systems will be designed, fabricated, and run at the hosts’ premises to prove the concept of cost-effective, flexible treatment configurations with innovative technologies to reclaim water to reuse water and nutrients in domestic wastewater to a flora system for greenery in the campus and developing a learning section. Based on the research results, the project team will perform propagation campaigns through public media, scientific publications, and policy communication about the concept of decentralized water resource circulation.       

Embedded Research Translation Product:

• Decentralized water circulation sollutions for SMEs
• Decentralized water circulation sollutions for educational institutions
• New business directions for Environmental Engineering Market
• Communication programs on water circulation including policy dialogue , information briefs, guidebooks, training, multimedia products, production or processing methods, education curriculum, and technical manuals.

Embedded Research Translation Audience:

• Environmental Authorities, Local Government
• Policy Makers
• Small and Medium Enterprises 
• Educational Institutions
• Publics including school pupils 
• Environmental and Mechanical Engineering practices
• NGOs

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