Overview of our research and development projects
Here you will find a list of our current and completed projects. We are proud to say that we have already successfully acquired research funding and will continue to do so thanks to our non-profit status and our "open-innovation approach". This provides us with a degree of continuity.
In addition, we try to fill information gaps with our own projects and dispel myths through transparent data collection and communication. These types of projects are financed exclusively through sponsorship and donations.
The EU funded project REMEDIES is implemented by 21 pan-European and one African organization. It focuses on innovation actions along three main pillars 1) the monitoring of plastic waste, 2) its collection and valorization, 2) the prevention of the proliferation of non-degradable plastics.
Along seven rivers and in five countries, scientists from 22 partners in the UPSTREAM project (Horizon-Miss-2022-Ocean-01-04) are researching and developing a total of 14 solutions for monitoring, preventing, removing and valorising waste (L), plastics (P) and microplastics (MP).
In our research project konti | detect we develop a multifunctional, continuous detection and evaluation tool for microplastics in water. This will provide comprehensive, harmonized sampling and thus qualified data acquisition of microplastic contamination in surface waters, seawater, and wastewater.
The NEoPoly project is involves the development of a removal technology for the economic removal of water-soluble synthetic polymers from industrial wastewater based on circular process control and the resource-saving use of innovative process chemicals. This is a project from abcr GmbH and Wasser 3.0 gGmbH and is funded by the innovation promotion of the state Baden-Wuerttemberg.
At the Landau-Mörlheim wastewater treatment plant operated by Entsorgungs- und Wirtschaftsbetriebe Landau i.d.Pfalz (EWL), the Wasser 3.0 PE-X® process was used for the first time in a long-term trial in municipal wastewater. Accompanied by the continuous detection of microplastics, extensive data sets were obtained.
In the REC-MP project, a rapid test for microplastic detection was developed in the funding period 01.10.2021 to 30.09.2022, which was then tested with students during the Water Days 2023.
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We develop solutions for water without microplastics, carry out feasibility studies and implement educational projects.
More news in our blog
27. August 2024
More and more droughts, more and more pollution, more and more corrupt exploitation. Our water is more endangered than we realise. There is bad news wherever you look. But in between there is a glimmer of hope – an encouragement. A new non-fiction book ‘Rebellin des Wassers’ will be published in October and is the first book by Dr Katrin Schuhen, Managing Director of Wasser 3.0. Together with Scorpio Verlag, we venture into the book, which has so many exciting things in store.
4. December 2024
On June 26 and 27, 2025, the second Open House of Wasser 3.0 gGmbH will take place at the EW Landau wastewater treatment plant. Registration is now open. There are only a limited number of places. It pays to be quick.
9. September 2024
With the revised EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, many wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) will finally be required to monitor microplastic levels – but only twice per year for those serving > 150,000 population equivalents (p.e.) and only once per year for WWTPs with >10,000 p.e. The question remains – is this sufficient? The answer: NO! How do we know this?
