The CLH Group and the Institute of Water at Granada University sign an agreement for developing new systems for the treatment of hydrocarbon-polluted water

• Scientists at the Institute of Water are to work in collaboration with CLH on the design of new systems, based on biological processes, that are more efficient and sustainable

At an event held at the University of Granada, the CLH Technology and Innovation General Manager, Mr. Basilio Navarro; the Commissioner for the Vice Chancellor for Transfer, Innovation and Business at the University of Granada (UGR), Jesús Chamorro; the director of the UGR's General Business Foundation, Mercedes Romerosa; and the director of the Institute of Water, also the chief researcher in the project, Concepción Calvo; have signed an agreement for the development of a new hydrocarbon-polluted water treatment system.

The purpose of this project is the development of a new technology based on the design of new bio-absorbent systems that use the formation of a biofilm for achieving a high level of retention of hydrocarbons and other organic compounds in the water used in the process.

The aim is to design a more efficient cleaning system to replace the one currently in use, one that is more sustainable and environmentally-friendly, through the combined use of physical and biological techniques, thereby making it possible for the current treatment plants to be replaced.

This new agreement will enable CLH and the University of Granada's Institute of Water to improve the present-day waste water treatment systems through the use of biological processes, with a view to performing treatment operations in a more efficient, more economical and, above all, more environmentally sustainable way.

The research agreement signed with the University of Granada joins other similar initiatives undertaken by CLH in recent years, such as the research work conducted for identifying new techniques in soil remediation.