Scaling up resource and energy and recovery Roelof Kruize, CEO Waternet
Waternet A water cycle utility Regional Public Water Authority Amstel, Gooi en Vecht
City of Amsterdam • Sewage system • Groundwater • Drinking water • Nautical and waterway management • Storm water
Waternet Foundation
• Dikes • Water levels • Waterquality management • Waste water treatment
From Waste to Value: • New products • New markets • New partnerships • New financing • New regulations
New products & services Cooling with drinkingwater Heat from wastewater, drinkingwater, servicewater Cold water from deep lakes Calcite from drinkingwater Green gas from wastewater Cellulose from wastewater
Struphite from wastewater Protein from wastewater Bio-plastic from wastewater
New Partnerships Total value chain from production to end user Missing link between raw product and resource for end user (new business) Upscaling the resource recovery (Aquaminerals)
New Financing Early adopters and risks
Public or private Limitations in tax regulations
New regulations VAT-rules are too strict Use of resources from waste is limited Tax improvement
Some examples Sanquin (cooling with drinking water Green gas Power to Protein Calcite Factory
Buiksloterham
Conclusions .
Close the value chain with new partnerships
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Lobby needed for new regulations
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Cooperation between drinkingwatercompanies and waterauthorities and resource recovery
Next stops? The Amsterdam International Water Week 4 – 8 November 2019 See you in Amsterdam!