Construction of the ViviMag demonstration plant

Summary

Waterschap Brabantse Delta is procuring the design development, construction, connection, testing and operational handover of a ViviMag demonstration plant at the Nieuwveer wastewater treatment plant in Breda, for recovering phosphorus from digested sludge. The plant will receive digested sludge and magnetically separate vivianite; its planned capacity is 10 m³/h, approximately two-thirds of the total sludge flow. The works include process equipment, buffer tanks, pumps, pipework, automation, utilities, a building, research and storage rooms, site works and connections to the existing treatment plant. The main phase must be tested and handed over ready for operation by 30 September 2028; it may be followed by a 24-month monitoring and optimisation phase and a possible 12-month extension. The procurement comprises one lot.