Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0883573
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Combining recycled water use, biofuel production and phytoremediation of contaminated land and biosolids. The storage of biosolids, by-products of sewage treatment, is an environmentally unsustainable practice exacerbated by the presence of inorganic and organic contaminants. Phytoremediation is a plant-based technology which is potentially a cost-effective option for progressive long-term and sustainable clean-up of contaminated soils and sediments. Combining metal extraction by plants with reuse of wastewater and the production of a biofuel will provide multiple benefits of a cleaner environment, water conservation, waste reduction, carbon capture and a reduction in fossil fuel use. Development of such a low-cost combined bioenergy/remediation system will be of considerable local/regional benefit and national significance.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 08-2008
End Date: 07-2012
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $300,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Environmental Biotechnology | Bio-Remediation | Agroforestry | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Renewable energy | Industrial/degraded areas | Rehabilitation of degraded farmland
