One of the largest urban development projects at present in Hamburg is the conversion of former military barracks into a new residential area for about 630 households, called Jenfelder Au. The urban design concept for this 35 ha area follows a high quality approach to develop a carbon-neutral, attractive neighbourhood for approx. 2,000 inhabitants abundant with green space and urban water. HAMBURG WASSER, Hamburg's water supply and wastewater utility, is rethinking the way of wastewater management by implementing an integrated concept for decentralised wastewater treatment and energy production – the so-called HAMBURG WATER Cycle® (HWC) – in this new residential area, based on source control of wastewater. Stormwater, greywater and blackwater are collected separately and then treated separately on site in Jenfelder Au. The realisation of the HWC will be the hitherto largest demonstration of a resource oriented sanitation concept working with vacuum technology for the collection of concentrated blackwater. This concept intends to establish synergy between wastewater management, waste management and energy production, and contributes to an improved local natural water cycle.
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September 13 2013
Towards sustainable sanitation – the HAMBURG WATER Cycle in the settlement Jenfelder Au Available to Purchase
Kim Augustin;
Kim Augustin
1HAMBURG WASSER, Billhorner Deich 2, 20539 Hamburg, Germany
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Anne-Katrin Skambraks;
1HAMBURG WASSER, Billhorner Deich 2, 20539 Hamburg, Germany
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Zhiqiang Li;
Zhiqiang Li
1HAMBURG WASSER, Billhorner Deich 2, 20539 Hamburg, Germany
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Thomas Giese;
Thomas Giese
1HAMBURG WASSER, Billhorner Deich 2, 20539 Hamburg, Germany
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Ulf Rakelmann;
Ulf Rakelmann
1HAMBURG WASSER, Billhorner Deich 2, 20539 Hamburg, Germany
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Franziska Meinzinger;
Franziska Meinzinger
1HAMBURG WASSER, Billhorner Deich 2, 20539 Hamburg, Germany
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Henning Schonlau;
Henning Schonlau
1HAMBURG WASSER, Billhorner Deich 2, 20539 Hamburg, Germany
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Christian Günner
Christian Günner
1HAMBURG WASSER, Billhorner Deich 2, 20539 Hamburg, Germany
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Water Supply (2014) 14 (1): 13–21.
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Received:
August 24 2012
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April 19 2013
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Kim Augustin, Anne-Katrin Skambraks, Zhiqiang Li, Thomas Giese, Ulf Rakelmann, Franziska Meinzinger, Henning Schonlau, Christian Günner; Towards sustainable sanitation – the HAMBURG WATER Cycle in the settlement Jenfelder Au. Water Supply 1 February 2014; 14 (1): 13–21. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2013.158
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