Application Of Innovative Antimicrobial And Self-Cleaning Membranes For Water Treatment In The Vicinaqua Lake Basin

The research activity was devoted to the development of a new class of antimicrobial and self-cleaning membranes to be used in the membrane bioreactor (MBR) system, within the VicInAqua project (GA 689427, period 2016-2019) funded by European Union's H2020 Framework Programme. The project involved a consortium of 11 partners (7 from European countries and 4 from African countries) for making a novel sustainable, efficient and robust solution for water sanitation in Lake Victoria Basin (Kenya). During the project, a small-scale technical membrane bioreactor (MBR) was integrated into a domestic wastewater treatment system producing clean water to be used in aquaculture and agriculture.