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Building a cost-efficient ETV system
Bart Jan Brandt Bosman Watermanagement, Piershil
(Netherlands)
Bart-Jan Brand General Manager, Bosman
Watermanagement, The Netherlands
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Contents

• Introduction BWM Fuzzy Filter
• EU Market Entrance
• Market Barriers
• Difficulties
• ETV
• What is an ETV system?
• Why do we need ETV?
• Set-up of an ETV-system
• Conclusions

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Watermanagement, The Netherlands
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Bosman Watermanagement (BWM)

• Locations

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Watermanagement, The Netherlands
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Bosman Watermanagement (BWM)

• Organisation
• Founded in 1929
• Project organisation
• 80 Employees
• Quality assurance
• ISO 9001 (quality
• VCA (safety)
• BRL6001 (Electrical installations)

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Bosman Watermanagement (BWM)

• Core Activities

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Fuzzy Filter

• Large volume filter for removing floating
  particles out of (waste)water
• Innovative and promising technology

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Watermanagement, The Netherlands
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Advantages

• High filtration speed (100 m3/m2h)
• Low operational energy costs
• Compact flexible installation
• Wide application range
• Great sales expectations

More info on the Fuzzy Filter http//www.bosman-w
ater.nl/en/12_FuzzyFilter.htm
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Sales Expectations

• Markets
• Domestic Wastewater
• Industrial Wastewater
• Process Water (Re-use)
• Large volume filtration

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Watermanagement, The Netherlands
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Market Barriers for the Fuzzy filter

• High investment costs (SME)
• Investors are hesitating (novel technology)
• Users demand guarantees on performance and
  efficiency
• Different regulations in different member states
• Difficult market entrance

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Watermanagement, The Netherlands
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What is ETV?

• Environmental Technology Verification
• Application for testing
• Verification of test parameters (applicator/test
  institute)
• Testing of the system (full scale)
• Verification of test results
• EU Certificate

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Why ETV?

• Qualitative and credible testing
• Decrease of financial risks for investors
• Quality label marketing opportunities (SMEs)
• Enhancing EU market entrance
• Faster project development
• Augmenting the possible ROI of new technologies

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Watermanagement, The Netherlands
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Set-up of an ETV-system

• Development of protocols paid by the EU
• Testing paid by the applicator or other parties
  interested in the tests
• Initially testing is subsidized partly by the EU

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Watermanagement, The Netherlands
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Conclusions

• An ETV-quality label will attract financiers
• ETV will accelerate marked acceptance in the
  whole EU
• Financial support from EU necessary especially
  for the start up of ETV

Bart-Jan Brand General Manager, Bosman
Watermanagement, The Netherlands