Projects

Sustainability assessment of low-tech digesters for biogas and biofertilizer production in Colombia

• Funded by: Centre de Cooperació per el Desenvolupament
• Duration: 2023 - 2025
• Leading Researcher: Anna Garfí

Sustainable wastewater treatment with microalgae and biochar from acai seeds

• Funded by: Centre de Cooperació per el Desenvolupament
• Duration: 2022 - November 2023
• Leading Researcher: Etiele Greque

Start-up and operation of high rate algae pond for wastewater treatment and biofertilizers production

• Funded by: Centre de Cooperació per el Desenvolupament
• Duration: May 2022 - May 2023
• Leading Researcher: Enrica Uggetti

Agreement of transfer of knowledge on the agricultural application of sludge from constructed wetlands

• Consell Comarcal d'Osona and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• Duration: June 2022 - May 2023
• Leading Researcher: Enrica Uggetti

Resources recovery from wastewater: small-scale digesters for biogas and biofertilizer production in Colombia

• Funded by: Centre de Cooperació per el Desenvolupament
• Duration: 2021 – 2022
• Leading Researcher: Anna Garfí

Increasing urban climate resilience through the improvement of the Solid Waste Management System in Maputo, Mozambique. Funded by: Centre de Cooperació per el Desenvolupament

• Funded by: Centre de Cooperació per el Desenvolupament
• Duration: 2021 – 2022
• Leading Researcher: Irene Josa

Development of a “low-cost” and “do-it-yourself” multi-sensor platform for water quality assessment

• Funded by: Centre de Cooperació per el Desenvolupament
• Duration: September 2021-July 2022
• Leading Researcher: Jaume Puigagut

Low cost wastewater treatment based on microalgae: application in urban Indian areas

• Funded by: Centre de Cooperació per el Desenvolupament
• Duration: 2020 - 2021
• Leading Researcher: Enrica Uggetti

Strategies for Enhancing Sustainable Treatment of Wastewater and Food Waste

• Funded by: Centre de Cooperació per el Desenvolupament
• Duration: 2019 - 2021
• Leading Researcher: Rubén Díez

Sistemas naturales sostenibles y de bajo coste para el tratamiento de agua residual en zonas urbanas densamente pobladas y en expansión de la India

• Funded by: UPC Centre of Cooperation and Development
• Duration: February 2019 - May 2020.
• Leading Researcher: Maria Jesús Garcia

Improving sustainable sanitation and energy access in rural areas of Peru and Colombia: constructed wetlands and small-scale digesters 

• Funded by: UPC Centre of Cooperation and Development
• Duration: May 2018 - May 2020.
• Leading Researcher: Anna Garfí

Environmental and Health Impact assessment of drinking water alternatives. Contribution to sustainable and healthy management of drinking water supply

• Funded by: UPC Centre of Cooperation and Development
• Duration:  October 2018 – March 2018.
• Leading Researcher: Anna Garfí

Low‑cost digesters for waste and wastewater treatment in small-scale farming at the Peruvian Andes 

• Funded by: UPC Centre of Cooperation and Development
• Duration:  May 2017 - May 2019.
• Leading Researcher: Anna Garfí

Low cost digesters for biogas production in rural Andean communities 

• Funded by: UPC Centre of Cooperation and Development
• Duration:  May 2016 - May 2018.
• Leading Researcher: Anna Garfí