Update DeSah
DeSah scales up in Sweden Coronavirus countermeasures permitting, a DeSah (member of the Water Alliance) facility in the Swedish coastal town of Helsingborg will be operational by the end of the year. Grey and black water will soon be collected, transported and treated separately for over 1000 new homes and offices in the Oceanhamnen district. The treatment will include the recovery of nutrients for fertilizer. The kickoff is scheduled for January 2021. The extensive project in
European ‘Run4Life’
grey water (shower,
relied on experience
Sweden is coordinated
project that focuses on
kitchen, washing machine)
gained in Sneek, where
from Sneek, the
source-segregated waste
separately in homes and
the construction of 32
Netherlands. DeSah is
water collection and
offices. The kitchens are
rental homes in the
providing a three-day
decentralized nutrient
equipped with grinders
Lemmerweg-Oost district
training course to prepare
recovery. The same
for processing fruit and
began in 2006, together
operators to use and
principle is being applied
vegetable waste. The
with Wageningen
maintain the system
in the Noorderhoek
waste is fermented with
University and Wetsus.
properly.
district in Sneek, the
the black water to extract
The system was scaled up
Helsingborg is one of the
Netherlands, the Nieuwe
and reuse as much energy
in another district in 2010
fastest growing cities in
Dokken district in Ghent,
and as many nutrients as
with the construction of
Sweden; its population
Belgium, and the Porto de
possible.
232 homes with improved
is expected to have
Molle business centre in
sustainability.
grown by 40,000 by
Nigran, Spain, as part of
DeSah provided the
DeSah hopes that
2035. One of the new
the project.
design for Oceanhamnen
Helsingborg will serve as
districts is Oceanhamnen,
DeSah’s system collects
as an engineering
a gateway to the rest of
which is part of the
black water (toilets) and
consultant. The company
Sweden.
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