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"Water is not a market commodity like others but is an asset that has to be protected, defended, and treated as such" (Directive 2000/06/EC).
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Everybody agrees on the validity of such a declaration and its rapid application by all the citizens on our planet.
Many questions are yet hanging in the air about what actions to undertake to preserve this asset and their effectiveness: this is notably the case for effluents containing dyes.
The SOPHIED project partners are trying to develop new bio methods assisted by microorganisms that can reduce environmental problems caused by the colour industry but also to reduce the treatment cost and the usage of aquatic resources.
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After having standardised their analysis techniques, the scientists involved in the SOPHIED project have developed conclusive methods in the laboratory and are improving the effluent treatment models developed in the laboratory and their suitability for the realities in the field. Two principal avenues are being investigated: wastewater treatment techniques using complete cells and by the enzymes that they produce.
Treatment of an effluent in an enzyme column.
Result of discolouring an industrial effluent after bio treatment
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