WasteWater Science | A novel affordable, portable and autonomous wastewater treatment unit for the agriculture industry

Summary
WasteWater Science Ltd is a Maltese fast growing SME that has a clear business objective to produce wastewater recovery
products and to reclaim the nutrients in the wastewater for productive use. Our company intends to commercialise a novel
affordable, portable and autonomous wastewater treatments units and make the business more profitable and sustainable
through a novel business model. We are challenging the status quo of organic waste disposal by offering producers a novel
and greener alternative that is more convenient, eliminates disposal and hauling costs and in countries where water is a
scarce and expensive resource it recovers water from organic waste, thus reducing significantly their water bills. 70% of the
world’s water is used in the agricultural sector. Our novel product creates added value from waste and by-products
generated on farm and saves the farmer 85% of costs. Our company has diversified from Big Players and has created an
untapped niche market in the $1 Billion wastewater treatment industry. Our solution provides a high economic impact to the
global agriculture sector. We foresee that our innovative product will generate over €5 Million to our annual revenue by 2020,
increase our annual profits by 10% and grow direct employment by 1150% by 2020. Phase 1 of this innovative project is to
carry out an elaborate Feasibility Study and Business Plan to get this product from TRL6 to TRL9 and commercialise it in the
international market
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Web resources: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/816832
Start date: 01-06-2018
End date: 30-09-2018
Total budget - Public funding: 71 429,00 Euro - 50 000,00 Euro
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Original description

WasteWater Science Ltd is a Maltese fast growing SME that has a clear business objective to produce wastewater recovery
products and to reclaim the nutrients in the wastewater for productive use. Our company intends to commercialise a novel
affordable, portable and autonomous wastewater treatments units and make the business more profitable and sustainable
through a novel business model. We are challenging the status quo of organic waste disposal by offering producers a novel
and greener alternative that is more convenient, eliminates disposal and hauling costs and in countries where water is a
scarce and expensive resource it recovers water from organic waste, thus reducing significantly their water bills. 70% of the
world’s water is used in the agricultural sector. Our novel product creates added value from waste and by-products
generated on farm and saves the farmer 85% of costs. Our company has diversified from Big Players and has created an
untapped niche market in the $1 Billion wastewater treatment industry. Our solution provides a high economic impact to the
global agriculture sector. We foresee that our innovative product will generate over €5 Million to our annual revenue by 2020,
increase our annual profits by 10% and grow direct employment by 1150% by 2020. Phase 1 of this innovative project is to
carry out an elaborate Feasibility Study and Business Plan to get this product from TRL6 to TRL9 and commercialise it in the
international market

Status

CLOSED

Call topic

EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020

Update Date

27-10-2022
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Horizon 2020
H2020-EU.2. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP
H2020-EU.2.1. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
H2020-EU.2.1.0. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Cross-cutting calls
H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
H2020-EU.2.3. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
H2020-EU.2.3.0. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs - Cross-cutting calls
H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
H2020-EU.3. SOCIETAL CHALLENGES
H2020-EU.3.0. Cross-cutting call topics
H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1