Urban water management

Cities around the world increasingly face pressure from both growing populations and climate change, challenging urban water supply in terms of available resources and in terms of treatment of increased wastewater volumes. An integrated approach to urban water management can ensure cost efficiency and synergies. E.g., wastewater treatment can provide the city with energy and nature-based solutions can delay or store rainwater for later use.

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Drinking water treatment

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Aquaporin Inside® CLEAR reduces energy use by 30% in municipal wastewater treatment

Increasing efficiency and quality in municipal wastewater recycling. Reducing the energy consumption of a reverse osmosis operation while maintaining the permeate quality is a delicate balancing act. Municipal wastewater treatment plants often use conventional anti-fouling brackish water membranes t

News

Bio-based circular solutions

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Arup enters as founding partner in new network "Building With Blue Biomass"

A new international and interdisciplinary network “Building with Blue Biomass” will explore the potentials of marine and aquaculture-based biomass. The aim is to help reduce the carbon footprint of buildings and accelerate the building industry’s transition towards circular and renewable bio-based materials.

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Bio-based circular solutions

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Køge Nord Sustainable Site Development with Climate Adaptation and Biodiversity as Tools

The new, urban area Køge Nord will develop into one of Greater Copenhagen’s new sustainable neighborhoods with a strong green identity. The 130-hectare area will evolve over the coming years into a diverse district with office buildings near the station, housing, and innovative businesses. The

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Biodiversity

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First large scale transplantation of eelgrass

Eelgrass has unfortunately disappeared from the seabed along the coast in many places. But eelgrass is essential for biodiversity as it creates living places for several species. Eelgrass also has a great potential to improve water quality and capture CO2. A new project shows, that large scale trans

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Water management

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Digital transformation of the water sector

Taking a data-driven approach to running a water utility opens up opportunities for optimisation of everything from operations to asset management, customer relations and revenue protection.

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Biodiversity

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Karen's Minde Axis climate adaptation unlocks social sustainability

26 February 2024

The Karen’s Minde Axis project responds to various challenges, i.e. biodiversity, circularity and preservation, social issues, etc. But first and foremost, this is a flood prevention design. Due to its topographical location, several larger rainwater catchment areas have to meet the sea throug

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Meet Danish urban water management professionals

Organisation

Carbon capture, storage and utilisation

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INNO-CCUS

We are a mission-driven partnership dedicated to advancing carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technologies. Representing more than 80 partners, we foster innovation and collaboration w

Company

Climate change adaptation

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SCALGO

SCALGO Live is a web-based platform used by engineers, landscape architects, urban planners, biologists and more to create better and more sustainable environments with space for water.

Company

Biodiversity

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URBAN POWER

URBAN POWER ApS is an architect and urbanist office who advises municipalities, regions, companies and private developers in making decisions within the fields of urban planning, buildings and urban s

Company

Climate change adaptation

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TECHRAS Miljø

For more than 20 years, TECHRAS Miljø has been working in the wastewater field. We have great experience in treating water with our carefully chosen technologies. Our solutions are always focused on t

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Biogas

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TECHRAS Nano

TECHRAS Nano provides clean chemistry in the form of nanobubbles. Our solution has the potential to partially replace or enhance conventional technologies that require extensive use of energy or chemi

Company

Bio-based circular solutions

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Nordic Harvest

Nordic Harvest is dedicated to establishing a genuinely sustainable food production model that not only addresses these issues, but also effectively counteracts them. Operating from one of the world's

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Wastewater treatment

KSK Aqua ApS

KSK Aqua supply Saddle Chips for biological treatment of wastewater.

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Wastewater treatment

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WaterCare Filtration

WaterCare Filtration is a Danish engineering and manufacturing company specializing in products for the purification and management of rain and surface water. At WaterCare Filtration, complete purific

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Air pollution

With urbanisation set to increase, air pollution will affect even more people in the future if no action is taken. Through strict environmental legislation and air quality monitoring, Denmark has reduced atmospheric pollution in most areas to less than one-fifth of the levels during the late 70s.

Climate change adaptation

Expanding mitigation to include adaptation in dealing with climate change, enables a holistic view that can combat previous negative social, environmental, and economic impacts and result in both climate resilient and more liveable places to live. Over the next 15-20 years, Denmark will spend more than EUR 5 billion on adapting its cities to climate changes.

District energy

Put simply, district energy is about moving energy in water, with a valuable temperature, from a place of production to the place of consumption. Denmark’s district heating system is highly energy efficient and has been one of the key drivers for reduced energy consumption and CO2 emissions from the energy sector.

Green buildings

With urbanisation, demographic changes, and climate change, our cities and their buildings are facing immense challenges. Creative and innovative thinking can lead us towards a more sustainable approach to designing, creating, and using the buildings that form the basis for our everyday lives, to the benefit of both our planet and the people that populate our urban centres. Ensuring that new buildings are sustainable and energy-efficient will be key to our efforts to tackle climate change.

Smart cities

As the pace of urbanisation quickens, cities face immense challenges related to waste management, mobility, climate adaptation and energy. However, as their political, economic, and technological power grows, cities can harness this trend to act as leaders in the green transition and drivers of the green economy. Cities need smart solutions to ensure that they are optimised for sustainable economic activity, energy consumption, and an improved environmental impact.

Urban mobility

Cities must be built for people to be sustainable, healthy, and liveable. Targeted policy-making with urban mobility in mind is a strong reinforcement of these objectives. The key is to acknowledge the importance of city space and city life as an attractive, informal, and democratic meeting place for the city residents.

Urban waste management

Urban waste management entails the entire system of collecting, sorting, treating, utilising and ultimately disposing of waste. When properly facilitated it can provide a source of energy and resources, while significantly reducing pollution.

Urban water management

Cities around the world increasingly face pressure from both growing populations and climate change, challenging urban water supply in terms of available resources and in terms of treatment of increased wastewater volumes. An integrated approach to urban water management can ensure cost efficiency and synergies. E.g., wastewater treatment can provide the city with energy and nature-based solutions can delay or store rainwater for later use.