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‎Project objectives and key messages:

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 ==Actions and means involved:==
 COWS implementation will firstly ensure the participation of all stakeholders: citizens and CSOs, utilities interested to apply the same approach, technology providers.
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 During the implementation of COWS 5 new temporary jobs will be created.
-By the end of the demonstration run it is expected that at least another SS treatment plant will start its conversion to COWS-like process.
+By the end of the demonstration run, and as a consequence of it, it is expected that at least another SS treatment plant will start its conversion to COWS-like process.
 ==Can the project be considered to be a climate change adaptation project? YES___NO___<sup>[[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}|discuss]]</sup>==

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 The objective of COWS project is to demonstrate how most sewage sludge treatment plant can be upgraded to co-digestion with OFMSW with sustainable outcomes on environmental, social and economic sides.
 COWS project will implement a full scale process upgrade (15.000 ton/year) that will include a prototype pre-treatment unit for high-performance separation of a clean and most useful  fraction of OFSMW as slurry to be mixed with sewage sludge and the forwarded to anaerobic digestion.
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 The biogas obtained exceeds by large the heating and power needs of the plant, allowing a to upload more that 11.000 KWh/day to the grid power, enough ti satisfy the needs of 3.000 people equivalent.
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 ==Actions and means involved:==
 COWS implementation will firstly ensure the participation of all stakeholders: citizens and CSOs, utilities interested to apply the same approach, technology providers.

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	==Can the project be considered to be a climate change adaptation project? YES___NO___<sup>[[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}\|discuss]]</sup>==		==Can the project be considered to be a climate change adaptation project? YES___NO___<sup>[[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}\|discuss]]</sup>==
		+	COWS core action affects directly GHG reduction (1452 TCO2/year), use of resources linked to energy use (400 TOE/year) and efficient use of waste.
		+	Moreover the cooperation between water and waste services is a strategy that can improve urban systems resilience to adverse events related to climate change (e.g. stormwater and flood management, long periods of temperatures above average, etc.)



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	==Expected results (outputs and quantified achievements):==		==Expected results (outputs and quantified achievements):==
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		+	COWS will deliver an upgraded SS-OFMSW co-digestion plant processing 15000 ton/year of OFMSW and 62000 m3/year of SS.
		+	An essential part of COWS process is a pre-treatment separation subsystem, working on extrusion principle, that allows low cost calibration of optimal cleaning levels of OFMSW inflow and of output slurry properties for best mixing with SS.
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		+	At full scale operations, COWS will deliver 1000 m3/day of biogas resulting in 13200 KWh/day electric of which 11700 KWh/day sent to the grid, the remaining being used for running the plant.
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		+	Comparing with pre-COWS operations, 400 TOE/year savings and 1452 TCO2/year will be spared to the environment, reducing impact on climate change;
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		+	During the implementation of COWS 5 new temporary jobs will be created.
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		+	By the end of the demonstration run it is expected that at least another SS treatment plant will start its conversion to COWS-like process.

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 COWS plant & process design prepare the essential conditions for implementation of the project, i.e. completion of the final design and obtaining of the necessary permits. COWS design will then be the base of the terms of reference for public procurement of works and supplies.
-Works for modifying current stabilization process will run parallel to the development of the pre-treatment prototype, which will make use of a stable industrial technology that will be adapted for the purpose.
+COWS pre-treatment prototype will be adjusted to obtain optimal particle size and separation of contaminants and non-biodegradable ingredients.
-The process will then be adjusted and balanced to optimal performances and finally run on "showcase" mode for all interested parties.
+The process will then be integrated, adjusted and balanced to optimal performances and finally run on "showcase" mode.
 After commissioning all parameters will be kept under constant monitoring and made available for evaluation and improvements.
+Documentation of COWS design, model, implementation guidelines, results, will be made freely available.
 ==Expected results (outputs and quantified achievements):==

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 ==Project title:==
+COWS - Sustainable sewage sludge management by optimisation of co-digestion with municipal solid waste organic fraction
 ==Project objectives and key messages:==
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 As a result OFMSW is often sent to composting.
-In order to solve this drawback to widespread upgrading of existing SS treatment facilities, COWS project partners Sea Risorse, Sea Ambiente and the Municipality of Viareggio devised an innovative processing solution that experimented at low-scale, achieving positive results.
+In order to solve this drawback to widespread upgrading of existing SS treatment facilities, COWS project partners Sea Risorse, Sea Ambiente and the Municipality of Viareggio devised an innovative processing solution that implemented at experimental small-scale, achieving positive results.
 That solution is now brought to demonstration scale upgrading the sewage sludge plant of Viareggio to a biogas power-generation facility, diverting 15,000 tonnes/year of OFMSW from composting, and innovating also the business model of cooperation between municipal waste services and water/wastewater services who are producers of sewage sludge.
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 COWS project will implement a full scale process upgrade (15.000 ton/year) that will include a prototype pre-treatment unit for high-performance separation of a clean and most useful  fraction of OFSMW as slurry to be mixed with sewage sludge and the forwarded to anaerobic digestion.
 COWS implementation will firstly ensure the participation of all stakeholders: citizens and CSOs, utilities interested to apply the same approach, technology providers.
 Works for modifying current stabilization process will run parallel to the development of the pre-treatment prototype, which will make use of a stable industrial technology that will be adapted for the purpose.
 The process will then be adjusted and balanced to optimal performances and finally run on "showcase" mode for all interested parties.
-However, this separation has to be very efficient to ensure a high purity of the waste on both flows (the wet flow being mixed to digester and
+After commissioning all parameters will be kept under constant monitoring and made available for evaluation and improvements.

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	That solution is now brought to demonstration scale upgrading the sewage sludge plant of Viareggio to a biogas power-generation facility, diverting 15,000 tonnes/year of OFMSW from composting, and innovating also the business model of cooperation between municipal waste services and water/wastewater services who are producers of sewage sludge.		That solution is now brought to demonstration scale upgrading the sewage sludge plant of Viareggio to a biogas power-generation facility, diverting 15,000 tonnes/year of OFMSW from composting, and innovating also the business model of cooperation between municipal waste services and water/wastewater services who are producers of sewage sludge.

		+	The objective of COWS project is to demonstrate how most sewage sludge treatment plant can be upgraded to co-digestion with OFMSW with sustainable outcomes on environmental, social and economic sides.

		+	COWS project will implement a full scale process upgrade (15.000 ton/year) that will include a prototype pre-treatment unit for high-performance separation of a clean and most useful fraction of OFSMW as slurry to be mixed with sewage sludge and the forwarded to anaerobic digestion.
		+	The biogas obtained exceeds by large the heating and power needs of the plant, allowing a to upload to the grid power enough ti satisfy the needs of 3.000 people equivalent.
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		+	COWS implementation will firstly ensure the participation of all stakeholders: citizens and CSOs, utilities interested to apply the same approach, technology providers.
		+	Works for modifying current stabilization process will run parallel to the development of the pre-treatment prototype, which will make use of a stable industrial technology that will be adapted for the purpose.
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		+	The process will then be adjusted and balanced to optimal performances and finally run on "showcase" mode for all interested parties.
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	A high quality for the OFMSW that is supplied to a biogas plant can be achieved by two main concepts: either by establishing a source-sorting collection system that achieves a low content of contaminants or by selective removal of contamination from the collected OFMSW before it is supplied to the biogas plant.		A high quality for the OFMSW that is supplied to a biogas plant can be achieved by two main concepts: either by establishing a source-sorting collection system that achieves a low content of contaminants or by selective removal of contamination from the collected OFMSW before it is supplied to the biogas plant.

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	In order to solve this drawback to widespread upgrading of existing SS treatment facilities, COWS project partners Sea Risorse, Sea Ambiente and the Municipality of Viareggio devised an innovative processing solution that experimented at low-scale, achieving positive results.		In order to solve this drawback to widespread upgrading of existing SS treatment facilities, COWS project partners Sea Risorse, Sea Ambiente and the Municipality of Viareggio devised an innovative processing solution that experimented at low-scale, achieving positive results.

−	That solution is now brought to demonstration scale ~~with~~ the ~~whole innovation~~ model.	+	That solution is now brought to demonstration scale upgrading the sewage sludge plant of Viareggio to a biogas power-generation facility, diverting 15,000 tonnes/year of OFMSW from composting, and innovating also the business model of cooperation between municipal waste services and water/wastewater services who are producers of sewage sludge.

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-Anaerobic codigestion can be considered one of the most promising way to give a proper disposal to the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OF-MSW) coming from source or separate collection systems.
+The Waste Framework Directive sets the long-term strategy aims to help Europe become a recycling society that seeks to avoid waste and uses waste as a resource, in accordance with smart and sustainable development targets set by Europa 2020.
 However, this separation has to be very efficient to ensure a high purity of the waste on both flows (the wet flow being mixed to digester and
 Earlier experiences have shown that compost derived from mechanical separation hardly meet the required standards for useful application as soil conditioner.

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	==Project objectives and key messages:==		==Project objectives and key messages:==

		+	Anaerobic codigestion can be considered one of the most promising way to give a proper disposal to the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OF-MSW) coming from source or separate collection systems.
		+	Whereas municipalities are interested in having low costs for collection and treatment, biogas plants are only able to treat OFMSW with low plastics contamination.
		+	A high quality for the OFMSW that is supplied to the biogas plant can be achieved by two main concepts: either by establishing a source-sorting collection system that achieves a low content of contaminants or by selective removal of contamination from the collected OFMSW before it is supplied to the biogas plant.
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		+	However, this separation has to be very efficient to ensure a high purity of the waste on both flows (the wet flow being mixed to digester and
		+	Earlier experiences have shown that compost derived from mechanical separation hardly meet the required standards for useful application as soil conditioner.

	==Actions and means involved:==		==Actions and means involved:==